Finding real-world illustrations
Use the Journal Finder to search for specific journals, magazines, and newspapers, such as:
- Atlantic
- Boston Globe
- Mother Jones
- New Yorker
- Washington Post
Databases:
- Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new windowBiographical dictionary of people who have influenced and shaped Biographical information on approximately half a million people from antiquity to present.
More information - Kanopy This link opens in a new windowIf you find videos that you would like to use in classes, please complete this form to request them. Kanopy is a mediated, on-demand streaming video service that provides access to offer award-winning collections including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more. Films requested will be available in approximately one to two business days.
More information - MasterFILE Premier (popular magazines) This link opens in a new windowIndex, abstracts, and full text covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. Designed for a general (as opposed to academic) audience.
More information - Newspaper Source This link opens in a new windowFull text for regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, and newspaper columns.
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Related Databases
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowIndex, abstracts, and full text for journals in communication and mass media. Includes or has links to full text
More information - Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new windowProfessional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources about sexual diversity issues
More information - PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowJournals, dissertations, and book chapters in psychology.
More information - Race Relations Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIncludes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline
More information - Religion and Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new windowIndex, abstracts, and full text covering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
More information - SearchONU (Classic Interface) This link opens in a new windowSearches ONU's databases, e-journals, e-books, the POLAR catalog, and the OhioLINK catalog.
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new windowIndex, abstracts, and full text covering sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
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Interlibrary Loan
Please use Interlibrary Loan for materials not available through the library's resources and not available through OhioLINK. You may request journal articles, books and DVDs through Interlibrary Loan. From the time of request, books usually arrive in 10-12 days. Journal articles are usually delivered electronically and arrive within 3-5 days. Please visit Heterick's ILL page for more information about requesting items:
For further questions about Interlibrary Loan, please email: ill@onu.edu.
Helpful Links
When using library resources off campus, the system prompts for your Ohio Northern University username and password
- When prompted for your username, type your ONU username.
- Your password is the same password you use to sign into your ONU email.
Please contact reference@onu.edu with any questions.