 SIRS Knowledge
Source
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| Access: |
Available
to all PTC campuses. Access is
available off-campus with a
password.
Campus
Access | Off
Campus Access
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| Producer: |
Social
Issues Resource Series (ProQuest
Company) |
| Subject
Areas: |
Social
issues. |
| Coverage: |
Current |
| Update: |
Daily |
| Content: |
The
SIRS Knowledge Source is an online
resource that provides integrated
access to full-text articles,
documents and graphics from SIRS
reference databases: |
| Publications: |
- SIRS
Researcher
- Thousands of full-text
articles on social, scientific,
health, historic, economic,
business, political and global
issues. Articles are selected
from around 1,500 newspapers,
magazines, journals and
government publications. In
addition to full-text articles,
the following databases are also
available:
- Today's
News (Reuter's)
- World
Almanac Excerpts
- Maps
of the World
- SIRS
Government Reporter -
Thousands of full-text documents
and graphics from agencies,
departments and commissions of
the U.S. government. Information
on health, science, economics,
environment, politics, foreign
affairs, workplace issues,
business and industry is
included. Additional content
databases included are:
- U.S.
Supreme Court Decisions
- Historic
Documents
- Congressional
Members Directory
- U.S.
Justices Directory
- Federal
Agency Directory
- U.S.
Presidents Directory
- Congressional
Committees
- SIRS
Renaissance - Information on
cultures, architecture,
philosophy, religion and visual
arts. Additional content
databases:
- Award
Recipients (Pulitzer Prizes
in Literature, Bollingen
Prizes in Poetry, Pritzker
Architecture Prize, National
Medal of the Arts, Academy
Awards and the MacArthur
'Genius' Fellowship)
- Glossary
of the Arts (Hutchinson
Dictionary of Art, 1998)
- Recommended
References
- Lifetime
Readings
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