Community Engagement and Service Learning
UMass Library Databases
Find reliable information from journals, magazines and newspapers.
To access databases from off-campus, log-in with your UMass username and password.
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Alt-Press Watch This link opens in a new windowSeveral hundred U.S. alternative newsweeklies, covering issues like the environment, labor, public policy, and the peace movement, 1970-present.
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ERIC This link opens in a new window
Education journal articles (EJ references) and ERIC documents (ED references), 1967-present. EDs before 1997 are requestable using the Microforms Request page and usable in the Microforms Vewing Room in the LC.
A free version of ERIC is available for all to use at this link: https://eric.ed.gov/.
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GovEngineA private meta-site that organizes access to federal, state, and local government information online. Current
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.
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GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowScholarly, government, and general-interest articles on climate change, renewable energy, green building, sustainable agriculture, green building, pollution, recycling, education, law, health, and technology. Covers 1973-current.
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Michigan Journal of Community Service LearningCovers scholarship on service-learning and community engagement. Includes access to all past issues and articles of the MJCSL (with four month embargo). Search by author, title, or journal volume and number.
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ZoteroCitation guide
