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SLUth Search Plus & SLU Libraries Catalog Tutorials

First-Generation Ebooks For Course

Click on the title to link directly to the ebook.

The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students by Anthony Abraham Jack
ISBN: 9780674976894
Publication Date: 2019-03-01
College Belonging: How First-year and First-Generation Students Navigate Campus Life by Lisa M. Nunn
ISBN: 9781978807655
Publication Date: 2021-02-12

Helpful Library Databases

If you need help knowing what type of source will work best for your research, please refer to the Rhetorical Breakdown of Sources document:

Rhetorical Breakdown of Sources

Below is a list of library databases that will be helpful when you do your research. Also, if you are looking for a specific source and you can't find it in the SLU Libraries databases, you can use interlibrary loan.

You should never have to pay for an article for your research. Let us help you find what you need.

SLU Libraries Discovery Database & Library Catalog

SLUth - Search Plus This link opens in a new window
Use SLUth to start your information search - find journal articles across all disciplines, plus newspaper articles, books, ebooks and more! Some major databases such as ABI/INFORM Complete, Biological Abstracts, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts are not included....more.
Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog This link opens in a new window
1818-present. Contains the most complete listing available of books, ebooks, journals, ejournals, videos, government documents, online resources, and other materials provided by the SLU Libraries....more.
Google Scholar @ SLU This link opens in a new window
Use this link to access even more full-text articles in your searches. Look for the "Full Text Options at SLU" link in your search results.….more.

Newspaper Databases

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Formerly LexisNexis Academic, Nexis Uni provides access to full-text of local, national, and international news sources; business, financial, and company information; legal sources for state and federal levels...more.
New York Times Digital Subscription This link opens in a new window
1851-present. Use this link to register for a SLU NYT online account using your @slu.edu or @health.slu.edu email address.

Accounts provide SLU students, faculty, and staff with subscriber access to NYTimes.com or the NYT app. Student subscriptions are valid through the graduation date entered at sign-up. Faculty/staff subscriptions are valid for four years. Renew at accessnyt.com

For more information about registration, renewal, and available content see our NYT guide.
Wall Street Journal Digital Subscription This link opens in a new window
The SLU Libraries provide WSJ memberships to all SLU students, faculty, and staff. Readers have complete and personalized digital access to The Wall Street Journal and the WSJ app....more.

Streaming Film Databases

Alexander Street Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
On-demand streaming video service for selected films from Alexander Street....more.
PBS Video Collection: Fourth Edition This link opens in a new window
Streaming video documentaries and series from PBS.

Helpful Websites on First-Generation Topics

Center for First-Generation Student Success (An Initiative of NAPSA and the Suder Foundation - News & Blogs
"Find the latest from the Center, learn new and innovative approaches from colleagues, and engage with current mainstream media conversations on first-generation student success."
First Gen and Juice
This blog was created by La'Tonya "LT" Rease Miles, Ph.D., to share ideas about first-generation college students, especially in popular culture and the media.