Background Information.

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Mirlyn

Mirlyn is the library's catalog of books and periodicals. It is a rich source of background information. You can use the keyword search feature to look up subjects, or search for specific authors or titles.

Some Important Indexes:

	ProQuest indexes 2500 scholarly and popular journals since the 1970s and provides the full text of many since the mid-1980s. It is only available to University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff from campus workstations, from home using the University's private Ann Arbor phone number, or through the remote server.
	Academic Universe provides the full text of newspapers from around the world as well as professional and business newsletters since the mid-1980's. It is only available to University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff from campus workstations, from home using the University's private Ann Arbor phone number, or through the remote server.
	On environmental issues, you can also look at the Congressional Research Service Environmental Reports, which were written by the Library of Congress for Congressional committees.
	The full text of Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report provides the best historical summary of hot topics. Use the search engine in the upper corner of the lefthand frame to locate material published since 1983. It is only available to University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff from campus workstations, from home using the University's private Ann Arbor phone number, or through the remote server.

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