Powers and History of the U.S. Presidency  Tags: ugl_subject_guide american_presidency executive_power us_presidency ugl  

Articles are a valuable resource in any research paper or project. Articles (as opposed to books) generally possess the following characteristics:

• Shorter length
• Currency of information
• Focus on a specific aspect of a topic 

Presidents – United States
Executive Power – United States
United States of America
Presidents
History
Federal government

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General Interest Databases (cover a variety of subjects/topics)

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Host) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated daily.
• Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated daily.

Discipline Specific Databases (focus on a specific discipline or collection of related disciplines)

• America History and Life (ABC Clio)– Historical database of American history, contains articles from prehistory to present.
• Reader’s Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) (Wilson Web)- Articles from popular magazines, helpful for 20th popular culture research.
• New York Times Historical (Proquest) – Covers paper from 1895-1998, although there may be some gaps. Good for primary source documents.
• Historical Wall Street Journal (Proquest) – Covers paper from 1889-1985, offers full page and article images. A good for primary source documents.
• World Wide Political Science Abstracts (CSA) —Articles on political science, public administration, policy and political economy.
• PAIS – Public Affairs Information Service (CSA) – Contains articles on political, social and public policy issues.