This function is very powerful and flexible in an on-line catalog, but the best search results are still obtained by use of the standardized subject headings found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books. Specific names, broad terminology, and jargon can also be entered as keywords with good results. The following reference books are useful for checking facts and statistics and for gaining an overview of the history and politics of an individual country. Indexes and Databases Academic Universe Library Gateway Academic Universe is a fulltext database of news and legal information. Time coverage for the various newspapers, journals, and newswire services varies from publication to publication, generally no earlier than 1980.
Access points are author, title, and subject.
Subject matter covered includes literary, social and historical topics. As an index, Premier covers over 1800 English-language periodicals in social sciences, humanities, and science, as well as general interest magazines and several important American newspapers. Articles are indexed back to 1980. Premier is most useful for general information, although it does contain scholarly journals. You may need to use more specialized indexes for scholarly analysis.