LIBRARY

Databases by Subject

Choose a subject area, and the link will take to you the appropriate section on this page. If you do not know where your subject would fall under, try the general databases or ask a librarian.

For an explanation of the icons by each database, see the bottom of the page.

All databases can be accessed from off-campus, though a few, marked with an * require free registration from an on-campus computer. If you need help, please contact us.

Arguments / Viewpoints / Controversial Issues

• Academic Search Complete  
• CQ Researcher  
• Issues and Controversies   
• Issues and Controversies in American History   
• MasterFILE Premier   
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center   

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Arts

• Academic Search Complete  
• Arts & Humanities Search 
• Associates Programs Source   
• JSTOR   
• Project Muse   

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Biographies

• AccessScience   Click on the Biographies tab.
• Biography Resource Center  
• History Resource Center: U.S.    Search by Person. Or from the results list, click on the Biographies tab.
• Literature Resource Center      From the results list, click on the Biographies tab.
• Oxford African American Studies Center  
• Oxford Reference Online Premium   

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Biology

• Academic Search Complete    
• AccessScience  
• AGRICOLA
• Biological Sciences   
• Biology Digest 
• BioOne   
• Highwire Press  
• JSTOR   
• Nature   
• Nature Publishing Group    
• Plant Science 
• Today's Science   
• Wiley InterScience   

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Book Reviews

• Books in Print with Book Reviews    Starred entries include reviews.
• Choice Reviews Online   
• EBSCOhost        From the Advanced Search screen, select Book Review from the Document Type menu.
• JSTOR    From Advanced Search screen, Limit to -Typemenu: checkmark box next to Review.
• Literature Resource Center      From the results screen, click on the Reviews & News tab.
• Project Muse    By Type menu: checkmark box next to Review.

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Business & Economics

• Academic Search Complete   
• Associates Programs Source   
• Business Source Complete   
• EconLit 
• Economia y Negocios   
• Factiva   
• Fuente Academica   
• Hospitality & Tourism Complete   
• JSTOR   
• MasterFILE Premier   
• Mergent Horizon
• Mergent Online
• Newspaper Source Plus   
• Regional Business News   
• Safari Books Online     
• Vente et Gestion   
• Worldscope GLOBAL 

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Chemistry

• Academic Search Complete   
• AccessScience  
• Highwire Press  
• Today's Science  
• Wiley InterScience   

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Computer Science & Information Technology

• ACM Digital Library  
• AGRICOLA 
• Computer and Information Systems Abstracts 
• Computers & Applied Sciences Complete  
• Electronics and Communications Abstracts 
• Safari Books Online     

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Conferences & Proceedings

• ACM Digital Library   
• Conference Papers Index 
• Consumers Index 
• PapersFirst  
• ProceedingsFirst 

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Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management

• Academic Search Complete   
• Associates Programs Source   
• Hospitality & Tourism Complete   
• Oxford Reference Online Premium  

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Directories

• Books in Print with Book Reviews   
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory 

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Education

• Academic Search Complete    
• Adjunct Advocate  
• Associates Programs Source   
• Education Research Complete   
• ERIC - EBSCOhost    U.S. Dept. of Education
• Fuente Academica   
• JSTOR   
• MasterFILE Premier   
• Teacher Reference Center (TRC) - Journal Information for K-12 Teachers & Librarians 

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Engineering & Technology

• ALLDATA® Online    Western Campus
• American Chemical Society  List of Titles
• Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts 
• Engineered Materials Abstracts 
• ENGnetBASE     
• IEEE ASPP   
• Institute of Physics Journals   
• Mechanical Engineering Abstracts 
• Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts 

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Foreign Language Databases

• EBSCOhost     
• Economia y Negocios   
• Fuente Academica   
• Gale        From the full article, select a language from the Tools box and then click on the Translate button.
• MedicLatina  
• Salud en Espanol   
• Vente et Gestion   

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General (databases covering a wide variety of topics)

• Academic Search Complete    
• Alternative Press Index 
• Articles First 
• Associates Programs Source   
• Consumers Index  
• CQ Researcher   
• Dissertation Abstracts Online 
• Digital Library & Archives
• Factiva   
• Fuente Academica   
• Highwire Press   
• Issues and Controversies  
• JSTOR   
• LearningExpressLibrary  *  
• MasterFILE Premier   
• NetLibrary *  
• Newspaper Source Plus    
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center   
• Regional Business News  
• World News Digest  
• WorldCat 

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Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences

• AccessScience  
• AGRICOLA ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts 
• Environment Complete   
• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management 
• GEOBASE 
• GreenFILE
• JSTOR   
• Nature   
• Nature Publishing Group      
• Oceanic Abstracts 
• Oxford Reference Online Premium   
• Today's Science  
• Science Magazine   
• Water Resources Abstracts 

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Health & Medicine

• Academic Search Complete    
• AIDS & Cancer Research Abstracts 
• ALT Health Watch 
• Annual Reviews      
• Associates Programs Source     
• CINAHL   
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)  
• Consumer Health Complete   
• Fuente Academica   
• Health Source - Consumer Edition   
• Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition   
• Highwire Press   
• Journals@Ovid   
• MasterFILE Premier   
• MedicLatina   
• Medline with Full Text   
• NetLibrary  *  
• Nursing & Allied Health: Comprehensive    
• Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)
• Pre-CINAHL  
• PsycArticles   
• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection   
• PsycINFO 
• Safety Science & Risk Abstracts 
• Salud en Espanol     
• Scitable - Genetics, specifically
• TOXLINE 
• Wiley InterScience   
• Your Journals@Ovid   

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History

• Academic Search Complete   
• America: History and Life 
• HarpWeek: The Civil War Era (1857-1877)  
• Historical Abstracts 
• History Resource Center: U.S.   
• Issues and Controversies in American History    
• JSTOR   
• Oxford African American Studies Center   

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Horticulture Technology

• AccessScience  
• AGRICOLA
• Associates Programs Source   
• Oxford Reference Online Premium   

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Humanities - General

• Academic Search Complete   
• Annual Reviews   
• Arts & Humanities Search 
• Associates Programs Source   
• Education Research Complete   
• ERIC - EBSCOhost    U.S. Dept. of Education
• Fuente Academica   
• Humanities International Complete   
• JSTOR   
• MasterFILE Premier   
• Oxford University Press   
• Project Muse   
• Religion & Philosophy Collection   
• Teacher Reference Center (TRC) - Journal Information for K-12 Teachers & Librarians
• Wiley InterScience   

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Law & Government

• Academic Search Complete   
• Alternative Press Index 
• Associates Programs Source   
• CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online  
• Congressional Universe   
• CQ Researcher  
• Criminal Justice Collection    
• Fuente Academica   
• GPO Monthly Catalog 
• JSTOR   
• Legal Collection   
• MasterFILE Premier   
• Military & Government Collection   
• National Fire Codes Online   (Call Library for username & password)
• PAIS International 
• WestLaw Campus   

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Literature & Language

• Academic Search Complete   
• African-American Poetry, 1760-1900  
• American Poetry   
• Associates Programs Source   
• Biography Resource Center   
• Choice Reviews Online  
• Communication & Mass Media Complete   
• English Poetry
• English Verse Drama   
• Fuente Academica   
• JSTOR    
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts 
• Literature Resource Center    
• MasterFILE Premier   
• MLA International Bibliography 
• Overdrive Digital Audiobook Collection   
• Oxford English Dictionary   
• Project Muse    
• Wiley InterScience   

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Materials Science

• AccessScience  
• Aluminum Industry Abstracts
• Ceramics Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts
• Copper Data Center
• Corrosion Abstracts 
• Engineered Materials Abstracts 
• Materials Business File 
• METADEX 
• WELDASEARCH 

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Mathematics

• American Mathematical Society
• JSTOR   
• MathSciNet   

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Music

• JSTOR   

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Newspapers

• Alternative Press Index 
• Factiva   
• HarpWeek: The Civil War Era (1857-1877)  
• Newspaper Source Plus   
• Regional Business News   
• World News Digest  

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Nursing

• Books@Ovid  
• CINAHL   
• CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)  
• Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition   
• Journals@Ovid     
• Medline with Full Text    
• Nursing & Allied Health: Comprehensive   
• Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)
• Pre-CINAHL  
• Your Journals@Ovid    

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Psychology

• Academic Search Complete   
• Journals@Ovid   
• JSTOR   
• PsycArticles   
• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection   
• PsycINFO 
• Wiley InterScience   
• Your Journals@Ovid   

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Reference (almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias)

• AccessScience   
• Gale Virtual Reference Library  
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• Oxford English Dictionary   
• Oxford Reference Online Premium   
• World Almanac, Book of Facts, and Encyclopedia   

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Science - General

• Academic Search Complete   
• AccessScience  
• AGRICOLA
• Annual Reviews   
• Associates Programs Source   
• Biological Sciences   
• Biology Digest 
• BioOne  
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics   
• Fuente Academica   
• Highwire Press  
• JSTOR   
• MasterFILE Premier   
• Nature   
• Nature Publishing Group      
• Oxford University Press   
• Plant Science 
• Science Magazine   
• Today's Science  
• Wiley InterScience   

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Social Sciences

• Academic Search Complete   
• Alternative Press Index 
• Articles First 
• Associates Programs Source   
• Communication & Mass Media Complete   
• CQ Researcher  
• Criminal Justice Collection   
• Education Research Complete   
• ERIC - EBSCOhost    U.S. Dept. of Education
• Factiva   
• Fuente Academica   
• Issues and Controversies   
• Issues and Controversies in American History   
• JSTOR   
• MasterFILE Premier   
• Military & Government Collection   
• Newspaper Source Plus   
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center   
• Oxford African American Studies Center    
• PsycArticles   
• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection   
• PsycINFO 
• Regional Business News   
• Religion & Philosophy Collection   
• Social Services Abstracts 
• Sociological Abstracts 
• Women's Studies International   

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Statistics

• STAT-USA    
• World Almanac   
• World Almanac Reference Database   

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Off-Campus Access

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