Frequently Used Databases
- Congressional Research Service Reports This link opens in a new windowNonpartisan research and analysis on public policy issues, including: Domestic Social Policy; Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade; Knowledge Services; and Resources, Science and Industry.
- Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new windowDocuments related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management from a wide variety of sources including federal, state and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations and private entities.
- IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new windowFull text of society magazines, journals, and other periodicals on artificial intelligence, e-Commerce, intelligent Systems, the semantic Web, biometrics, and more.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowBack issues of selected scholarly journals and monographs in many fields, including history, economics, political science, and sociology.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowIndexing, abstracts, and citation searching for science and social science scholarly literature.
Useful Tools
- Citing SourcesJMU Libraries guide to citation styles and citation management tools.
- Connect from Off CampusHow to set up your computer to access eBooks, databases, and other online library resources from off campus.
- LibKey Nomad Browser ExtensionMakes it easy to download article PDFs available from JMU Libraries when you're looking at journal websites or Wikipedia.
- ZoteroFree, open source citation management tool.
