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Select from the tabs on the left panel for frequently requested reference information. If you can't find what you are looking for, please browse our research guides for more subject-specific resources or ask a librarian for assistance.
Find Articles on a Wide Range of Subjects (Access ID & Password may be required)
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinion, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
- JSTORJSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
- Nexis UniExplore more than 17,000 news, business, and legal sources in the Nexis Uni® academic research database.
- ProQuest MultisearchSearches multiple ProQuest databases (ABI Inform, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, National Newspaper Abstracts, ProQuest Nursing Journals, and Research Library) simultaneously.
Search MelCat
Search here to request and borrow books through MelCat, a statewide library network that includes the University of Michigan and Michigan State University library collections.
- Click here to learn more about using MelCatInformation on how to access MelCat and request books, due dates, renewals, overdue fees, and more.