Journal, Magazine, & Newspaper Databases
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GENERAL REFERENCE DATABASES
Britannica Online
The Encyclopaedia Britannica with updated content specifically designed to meet the needs of academic libraries.
Credo Reference
A collection of full text books including an assortment of subject encyclopedias and dictionaries, along with images, multimedia (music and video) features, tables of statistics, and maps.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of searchable reference sources in full-text, including the Encyclopedia of Education, Encyclopedia of Religion, Nutrition and Well-Being A-Z, World Microbiology and Immunology and others.
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
A collection of bilingual dictionaries for English with Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, including other tools related to writing and language.
GENERAL SUBJECT DATABASES
ProQuest Direct
Find articles in this general academic database for undergraduate research. Many articles are full-text.
EBSCOhost
Find articles on a variety of subjects from journals, magazines, newspapers and other reference sources. Many articles are full-text.
CURRENT / CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES DATABASES
CQ Researcher Plus Archives
Find articles about controversial issues, both current and historical, in a wide variety of subject areas. Current issue and back issues to 1923 can be searched. Extensive bibliographies are often included in the articles, which are full-text.
FACTS.com
20 + years of news with maps, photographs, and primary source documents. Find full-text articles on today's prominent issues in "Issues and Controversies" and "Today's Science."
Opposing Viewpoints
Articles providing alternative points of view on controversial issues. Articles are full-text.
SUBJECT SPECIFIC DATABASES
Allied Health Business Careers/Employment Criminal Justice Education Literature & History Music Paralegal Psychology Science Social Sciences Technical
ALLIED HEALTH
CINAHL with Full Text
A comprehensive source of full-text articles from more than 520 nursing & allied health journals, with coverage back to 1982.
PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine. Provides access to over 11 million citations to articles in medical and life science journals. Not full-text!
PubMed Central
The National Library of Medicine's archive of life sciences journal literature. Most of the articles are full-text .
Ovid
A select grouping of scholarly nursing journals in full text (limited number of users at one time).
ProQuest Direct
Large database that includes many journals and magazines with a business focus, especially the database portion titled "Medical Science - Nursing." Many articles are full-text.
EBSCOhost - Health Source - Nursing / Academic Edition
EBSCOhost - Clinical Pharmacology
BUSINESS
Hoover's Online *
Through Hoover's Pro Online, the company's more than 80-member editorial staff delivers continuously updated intelligence on public and private companies worldwide. On-campus access only.
ProQuest Direct
Large database that includes many journals and magazines with a business focus, especially the database portion titled "Business: ABI/INFORM Select." Many articles are full-text.
EBSCOhost - Business Source Elite
CAREERS / EMPLOYMENT
Chronicle Career Library of Occupational Briefs
Presents information on more than 2,000 occupational titles, including 650 comprehensive occupational descriptions, ranging from those that require a high school diploma or less, through professional careers.
Vault: Online Career Library*
Vocational Biographies
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ForensicnetBase
A collection of electronic books covering the areas of criminal justice, law enforcement, and forensic science in a searchable full-text format.
ProQuest - Social Sciences - Criminal Justice Periodicals
SocIndex
Contains full text journal articles in the fields of sociology, and subdisciplines including criminal justice/criminology, ethnic & racial studies, marriage & family, political sociology and many others.
EDUCATION
EBSCOhost Professional Development Collection
ProQuest Direct
Large database that includes many journals and magazines with a focus on education. Many articles are full-text.
ERIC Database
Contains abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Sponsored by Educational Resources Information Center of the U.S. Department of Education.
LITERATURE AND HISTORY
The African American Experience
The widest-ranging and easiest-to-use online collection on African American life ever assembled.
Asian American Drama*
Info on productions, full text plays, characters, etc., by Asian Americans.
Black Drama*
Info on productions, theatres, full text plays, etc., by Black dramatists.
EBSCOhost History Reference Center
Offers full text information from reference books, encyclopedias, non-fiction books, and leading history periodicals. Resources include historical documents, biographies of historical figures, and historical photos, maps, and videos.
History Resource Center: U.S.
Covers themes, trends, and people from United States History. Contains full-text articles, maps and images with many primary source documents.
The Latino American Experience*
The first-ever full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States.
Latino Literature: Poetry*
Plays, prose and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States
Literature Resource Center (includes Gale Literary Index)
Provides full-text access to biographical information on authors as well as literary criticism, book reviews and plot summaries from a variety of Gale literary resources and over 130 literary journals.
MagillOnLiterature
This database is an online source for editorially reviewed critical analyses of literature and also includes brief plot summaries.
North American Theatre Online*
People, theatres, theatrical companies, plays, source works, years, etc. Links to many full-text plays published by Alexander Street Press.
North American Women's Drama*
Plays by women playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, etc.
ProQuest Direct
Large database that includes many journals and magazines with a literature focus. Many articles are full-text.
Twentieth Century North American Drama*
Plays, info on related productions, theaters, production companies, selected playbills, production photographs, etc.
MUSIC
Classical Music Library*
Includes a fully searchable classical music database where users can browse, search click, and then listen to over 10,000 tracks of audio. Associated music reference sources are also available.
PARALEGAL
ProQuest Direct
Large database that includes many journals and magazines with a criminal justice focus. Many articles are full-text.
Westlaw Campus *
Westlaw Campus provides full-text access to a vast collection of statutes, case law material, public records, and other legal resources, including the U.S. Code, federal Supreme Court decisions, and Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes. On-campus access only. You must agree to the initial Westlaw Agreement before you can access the database.
PSYCHOLOGY
PsycARTICLES
Full-text database of articles from American Psychological Association journals.
ProQuest Direct
Large database that includes many journals and magazines with a focus on psychology. Many articles are full-text.
SCIENCE
Access Science
Science reference materials from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, Science News headlines, biographies of scientists, definitions, evaluated web sites, illustrations, and more.
EBSCOhost
Find articles on a variety of subjects from journals, magazines, newspapers and other reference sources. Many articles are full-text.
ProQuest Direct
Large database that includes many journals and magazines with a focus on science. Many articles are full-text.
PubMed Central
The National Library of Medicine's archive of life sciences journal literature. Most of the articles are full-text
SOCIAL SCIENCES
The African American Experience
The widest-ranging and easiest-to-use online collection on African American life ever assembled.
CountryWatch
Up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.
EBSCOhost
Find articles on a variety of subjects from journals, magazines, newspapers and other reference sources. Many articles are full-text.
The Latino American Experience
The first-ever full-text database focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States.
ProQuest Direct
Find articles in this general academic database for undergraduate research. Many articles are full-text.
SocIndex
Contains full text journal articles in the fields of sociology, and subdisciplines including criminal justice/criminology, ethnic & racial studies, marriage & family, political sociology and many others.
TECHNICAL
Knovel *
Technical books on science, biology and biotechnology, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and more. Access and
print page by page.
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
National Fire Codes
Safari Books*
Safari is the premier electronics reference library for programmers and IT professionals. Read and print from the full text of the books.
* on-campus access only
