Pew Learning Center & Ellison Library

• Use our catalog to find books, videos, CDs, etc.            
• Use WorldCat to find and request books from other libraries.                                                                  

    Just so you know:

• Reference books contain overviews of a range of topics.
• Regular books usually present more focused treatments of a subject.
• Electronic books can be viewed or checked out online.
  

Finding an article can involve three steps.

 1. Use Articles & Databases to find articles or citations. If the citation includes the full-text or image, you can get the article right away. If not, go to Step 2.

 2. Use Journal Finder to see if we have the journal you want. If we do, get your article from the source. If not, go to Step 3.

 3. Use Interlibrary Loan to request the article from another library. Please allow time.

 Interdisciplinary databases covering a variety of subjects:

• MasterFILE Premier
• OmniFile Full Text
• Academic Search Premier
• Proquest Research Library
• JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive

• Business Source Premier 
• Social Sciences Full Text 
• Social Sciences Package 
• CQ Researcher 

• Historical New York Times
• Wall Street Journal
• Newspaper Source Plus

• U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Labor, Wages by Occupation
• U.S. Department of Labor, National Compensation Survey-- Wages
• U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008/09
• U.S. Department of Labor, Consumer Price Index
• U.S. Department of Labor, Employment
• U.S. Census Bureau (includes Statistical Abstract, USA Counties and County & City Data Book)
• U.S. Census Bureau Factfinder
• HUD Data Sets
• Economics Statistics (from the U. of Mich.)
• Economic Policy Institute – their publication, The State of Working America, provides a comprehensive look at the U.S. labor market and trends in income and employment levels, wages, poverty, and health care coverage for American workers. You can read selected chapters and view statistics.
• UC Berkeley Labor Center – see reports and journal articles under "Research."

• Painless Library Research includes information on documentation and plagiarism.                                                  
• Personal assistance: send me email, call me at ext. 3062, or come see me.                                                                            
• Tour the library.