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Welcome to the Stanford University Libraries. This page
is designed to help you find some of the most important library
resources for your research. If you have questions, check first
with your counselor or teacher.
You will find photocopy machines throughout the building. On the
first floor of Green East, there is one near the Current Periodicals
and 3 across from the Loan Desk.
- No copiers take change or bills. You must buy a copy card. There
are no change machines in the library, nor can you get change
at a desk.
- You can buy a copy card at the machine across from the Loan
Desk for $1, but that only gives you a card (no copies). To put
value on it for copying, you need to put in more money. The copy
card machine takes bills up to $20.
- To copy from microfilm you must have a copy card.
- Copy cards can also be used to print from the public kiosks
Use Socrates, Stanford's
online catalog, to identify books on your topic. For books listed
as being in Green, check Green
Library Shelving Locations online or posted near the stairs/elevator
in Green (East).
Library kiosks or workstations have been set aside for your use
on the First Floor of Green East. Please do not use any other library
computers. The kiosks give you access to the catalog (Socrates),
the Internet, and many important resources; however, they do
not include word processing packages. There is a $.10/page charge
for printing. To print
from a library kiosk you must have a copy card.
See also the more comprehensive subject
list of databases on the Web. You can change the image to a
Title list by clicking on the Titles Only radio button.
- ABI/INFORM
Global including Wall Street Journal (1984+)
- Academic
Search Premier a good general index with many full-text
articles.
- AccessUN
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(1952+) index to current and retrospective UN documents and publications,
plus fulltext of resolutions and selected meeting records.
- Alternative
Press Index, part of FirstSearch
from OCLC. (1991+)
- Alt
Press Watch, a full text database of the newspapers,
magazines and journals from alternative and independent presses
- America's
Newspapers
part of NewsBank (fulltext)
- Business
Source Complete (Ebsco)
- CAB
Direct (1973+) agriculture and applied life sciences.
Includes Descriptors: Bioenergy; Coal; Energy Sources; Hydrocarbons;
Biofuels; Climate Change; Emission; Global Warming; Pollution;
Waste utilization.
- CQ.com
- Econlit
(1969+)
- Expanded
Academic ASAP indexes scholarly and popular articles;
includes some abstracts and many full-text articles.
- Facts.com
Facts on File World News Digest 1950+ (complete text).
- Global
Newsbank (1996+) full text of selected articles from
wire services, broadcasts, newspapers, and periodicals worldwide.
- Hoover
Institution Publications fulltext articles by Hoover
Scholars on international and national policy issues.
- International
Bibliography of the Social Sciences (1951+) from CSA
- National
Journal (1977+ on Web) full text coverage of U.S. politics.
- PAIS International,
(1972+ on Web ;
1915+ volumes are shelved at Green Library Information Center
Z7163.P9) indexes selected books, government documents, and periodical
articles on contemporary public issues and the making of public
policy.
- Policy
File: Public Policy Research and Analysis
- Political
Science : A SAGE Full-Text Collection
- Social
Sciences from ProQuest
- Sociological
Abstracts (1963+ on Web)
(1952-1973 shelved at Green Library Information Center HM1.S67)
indexes periodicals articles, some books and unpublished papers
on social issues; also includes some full text.
- Lexis
Nexis Statistical (Statistical Universe)
Note: You do not have access to Lexis Nexis Academic
(Academic Universe).
- UNBISnet
provides information about UN documents
- Worldwide
Political Science Abstracts (1975+)
Stanford owns many periodicals in various formats. The best way
to find these is to use Socrates,
Stanford's online catalog, and select Browse and Periodical
Title. Socrates will tell you the library and call number,
if any. It may also give you a link to an electronic copy when that
is available. Check E-journals,
as well, since it may contain titles not linked from Socrates. Current
(unbound) periodicals are shelved in the Information Center (1st
floor Green East) and are arranged alphabetically by title. These
may not be checked out. Please leave the boxes on the shelves.
Here is a guide for resources in the library on Environmental
Issues
Here are 2 guides created for Stanford undergrad courses in writing
about "green" and energy issues:
Planet
on Edge: the Rhetoric of Sustainable Energy
Everybodys
Favorite Color: the Rhetoric of Green
There are many government resources on the Internet. Some of the
most important are listed below. For others see the Stanford Guides.
Stanford Guides:
Congressional
Information
Congressional
Information Internet Sites
Presidential
Documents and Publications
Government
Information Internet Resources
International
Documents
Great Starting Points:
CQ.com
Thomas
(Library of Congress)
GPO
Access (US Government Printing Office)
Congress:
Congressional Record and Index
General
Accounting Office Reports
Legal
Information Institute from Cornell Law School
Avalon
Project at Yale Law School
President: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Supreme Court Decisions 1937-75
Congressional
Research Service (CRS) Reports
Government Agency URLs
US
Department of Energy
The
Green Pages
Council
of Economic Advisers (President's Office) Including Economic
Report of the President>
Defense Department
Education Department
Food and Drug Administration
(Health & Human Services)
Health & Human
Services
Justice Department
Management
and Budget Office
National
Security Council (President's Office)
Science and Technology
Policy Office (President's Office)
State Department
Welcome to
the White House
There are wonderful Web pages designed specifically for the national
debate topic. They include all sorts of links and fulltext resources.
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