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Journal Articles and Books

American Chemical Society Journals This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and some full-text of peer-reviewed American Chemical Society research journals (1996 to present) in the chemical and related sciences.

Encompass Search
To find only articles, use the Article limit on the left sidebar of your search results page. Use the Peer-reviewed limit to narrow further to scholarly sources that have been peer-reviewed. Some full text is linked directly; otherwise, use the Get It links to check for full text online or in the library.
Google Scholar
An open-access search engine that looks for content it identifies as "scholarly" on the free web. Emphasis is on books and journal articles. Intended as a "federated search" to search across disciplines (weighted toward sciences and social sciences). Not always full text. Be sure to check library catalog to see if Muhlenberg has access to the full text.

ScienceDirect Journals This link opens in a new window
A collection of 2,000+ full-text journals published by Elsevier 1995 to the present in the areas of health, life, and physical sciences, engineering, social sciences, and humanities.
Springerlink This link opens in a new window
Over 1,700 journals from Springer-Verlag with coverage from 1997 to present. Subjects covered focus on the natural sciences, but also include significant titles in behavioral sciences, humanities, social sciences and law.

American Factfinder
A database from the U.S. Census Bureau with population, housing, and business statistics at the country, state, county, city, and zip code levels.

This is a list of selected multi-purpose resources. For additional recommendations by topic, see the Finding Statistics and Data: Topical Sources guide.

FedStats
Links to official statistical information produced by the U.S. federal government. Browse by topic or agency or search across agency websites.
Historical Statistics of the United States
Statistics from colonial times to modern day covering population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, economic sectors, and governance and international relations.
Lehigh Valley Research Consortium
Collects quantitative and qualitative data on the Lehigh Valley on: demographics, public opinion , economic indicators, non-profit sector, governmental sector, and more.
Pennsylvania State Data Center
Official source of demographic and economic data for Pennsylvania.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The authoritative and comprehensive compilation of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Editions 1878-2012 are available online, as well as in print in the Trexler Library Government Documents section starting at C 3.134:886. Publication by the Census bureau ceased in 2012, but the series continues published by ProQuest, with newer editions (2013 to present) available in print in the Main Collection (Reference) 317.3 U58s.