Books/eBooks/Films
Search the library catalog for books, eBooks, articles, DVDs, streaming videos, and more:
- To request items for curbside pick-up, after clicking "Search", you must sign in with your NetID and password and then select the "Request" button.
- Ebooks can be read or downloaded on a computer or electronic device. Off campus access will require your NetID and password.
For assistance, please contact us via: phone: 203-285-2057 email: library@gatewayct.edu text: 203-212-8329
LC Call Number
Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is used in Gateway Library. View LC Classification Outline and be familiar with LC Call Number System.
Library Databases Selected for General Research
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Academic OneFile (Gale)Search all the cross-searchable Gale databases, including Academic OneFile, for a comprehensive search encompassing all subject areas.
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)Cross-searches all the EBSCO databases, for a comprehensive search encompassing all subject areas.
What is peer reviewed articles?
- Peer reviewed articles are scholarly articles that have undergone a review process by other experts in the field before being published.
Search the library databases, many of which allow you to limit the search results to peer-reviewed or scholarly articles:
- Read the database description first, to determine whether the database includes peer-reviewed articles
- Check the box which allows you to limit your results to peer-reviewed articles. For example, Academic Search Premier, on the search screen, check the box "Limit to Peer Reviewed" under "Search Options - Limit Your Results"
- Look at the screen of "Search Results", check the box to limit peer-reviewed under the tab of "Refine Results", if you didn't set up the search for peer-reviewed articles at the beginning.
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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)Provides access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles on a variety of social issues such as abortion, capital punishment, affirmative action, illegal immigrants, medical ethics & more.
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Global Issues (Gale In Context)Content includes a wide variety of subject areas, including sociology, current events, civics, politics, science, economics, cultural/religious studies, women's studies, human rights, English composition and many more.
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Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)Provides more than 270 topics, each with an overview, point , counterpoint, and Critical Thinking Guide. Includes more than 1,200 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.
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Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society (ABC-CLIO)Content includes authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring and timely issues of the day.
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New York Times (1980 -) (ProQuest)Contains full-text newspaper articles from 1985 to current
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Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)Contains more than 700 full-text newspapers and more than 757,000 television and radio news transcripts.
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Wall Street Journal (1984-present) (ProQuest)The financial newspaper of record offering in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news.
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eBooks (Gale)Full-text encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
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Credo Reference (Infobase)An online reference library of full-text content from encyclopedias, dictionaries, subject-specific titles and more.
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Britannica AcademicAn authoritative information source with over 73,000 articles, media such as photos, illustrations, sound files, and interactive multimedia.
