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CQ Researcher (1991 -)
44 reports per year. Explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week, featuring comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue.
Google News (Advanced Search Options)
Use the advanced search options in Google News Search to limit your search by country and date. Click the down arrow at the right side of the single search box to see the options. SEE BOX BELOW.
Popular Science
Monthly magazine about current science and technology.

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Academic Search Complete (1975-present)
Covers topics in most areas of academic study. Full-text provided for over 10,000 publications, with over 7,850 peer-reviewed. Abstracts and indexing available for over 13,780 journals in the collection.

Also includes full-text access to over 5,000 journals. Offers coverage of many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
Compendex (Engineering Village) (1970 - )
Millions of bibliographic citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings, covering all engineering disciplines.
IEEE Xplore
Search and access the full-text of IEEE and IET journals, IEEE and IET conference proceedings, and IEEE standards.
PubMed (1946 - )
Over 3,500 journals published internationally, covering all areas of medicine. Includes the entire Medline database (1966+) PLUS PreMedline (recent articles that are not yet fully indexed for Medline) and links to publisher full-text web sites and other databases. Learn more about this database
Scopus
The world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Contains over 46 million records, 70% with abstracts, and also includes over 4.6 million conference papers.
Web of Science (1900 - )
Science, social science, arts, and humanities citations for scholarly literature. Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions. The Libraries subscribe to Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1970-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present).

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Becker Medical Library Catalog

Interlibrary Loan
Link to WUSTL's Interlibrary Loan.

What is information literacy?

The Association of College & Research Libraries defines information literacy as a "set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning"

Authority is constructed and contextual.

Different types of Authority depending on the subject, situation, and societal situation.
Research tools and indicators of authority to determine the credibility of sources; understanding the elements that might temper credibility.
“standards” of authority by subject areas. Engineering sources vs. gender-studies sources.
Understanding the social nature of the information ecosystem where authorities actively connect with one another and sources develop over time.

From the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy

ACRL Framework For Information Literacy in Higher Education

CRAAP Method for Evaluating Resources
C	Currency
R	Reliability
A	Authority
A	Accuracy
P	Purpose

Finding Images Research Guide

Associated Press Collections Online
Associated Press Collections Online includes decades' worth of access to an array of internal AP publications and records from select AP bureaus. Contents provided by Associated Press Corporate Archives, AP Images, and AP Archive.

Creative Commons Image Search
Search for free content in the public domain and under Creative Commons licenses.

Digital Public Library of America
This resource offers a single point of access to millions of items including photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Users can browse and search the DPLA's collections by timeline, map, format, and topic. Users can also save items to customized lists and share their lists with others.
Factiva (6 users)
Combines more than 35,000 sources for access to premium content from 200 countries in 26 languages. Worldwide full text coverage of local and regional newspapers, web and social media, tweets, digital video and audio clips, analyst reports, trade publications, business newswires, press release wires, media transcripts, news photos, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, historical market data. Learn more about this database
Google Image Search
The most comprehensive image search on the web.
National Geographic Virtual Library (1888-1994)
A digital archive of National Geographic magazine, including every page and every photograph, Now you have access to the complete archive of National Geographic magazine. Also includes a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images and videos.