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General (all subjects)
  • Academic Search Premier-Multi-disciplinary database  of more than 2500 journals dating as far back as 1985 (full-text available).
  • ArticleFirst-Multi-disciplinary index to articles from scholarly and popular publications.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica-The complete EB Online with connections to much more.
  • Ethnic News Watch-Interdisciplinary, bilingual, and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library - Interdisciplinary Database containing e-reference books (including online encylopedias).
  • Global Road Warrior-is the reference for today's globe trotter, containing critical information you need  while on the road internationally.
  • GreenFILE- Environmental database that draws on multidisciplinary sources such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology.
  • GPO Online-Indexes U.S. Government Publications
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic-is an outstanding service for researching news, business, and legal topics.
  • MasterFile Premier  - Multi-disciplinary database for the general public providing full-text access to nearly 2,500 general reference publications dating as far back as 1975.
  • Newsbank-Full-text content of thousands of local, regional, and international newspapers
  • Newspaper Source Plus-Indexes, nearly 30 national and international newspapers, more than 200 regional newspapers, and many television & radio news transcripts(full-text available).
  • RefWorks- Citation management software that allows you store citation info, format a Works Cited page & more. You must sign up for a RefWorks account.
  • PapersFirst-Index of citations for papers presented at conferences worldwide.
  • Proceedings First-Index of citations to the proceedings of conferences from all over the world.
  • TopicSearch-Current events database that explores social, political, economic and science issues.
  • WorldCat-Extensive catalog of books and other materials held in libraries worldwide.

African American Studies

 

  • African American Newspapers Search for articles in historic African American Newspapers from around the country.
  • African American Studies Center-Contains over 7500 articles and a large number of images and other media all relating to the African American experience.
  • Black Drama-contains approximately 1200 plays with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.
  • Black Short Fiction-contains approximately 4370 stories and folktales by 272 African, African American, and Caribbean authors.
  • Black Studies Center (Trial, one year) One stop research solution offering articles from the Chicago Defender, Black Literature Index, International Index to Black Periodicals, and access to the Schomberg Studies on the Black Experience.
  • Black Thought and Culture-contains 795 sources with 434 authors which includes the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans.
  • Black Women Writers-Offering fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents and 20 countries, the database gives an unparalleled view of black women’s struggles through time.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch-Interdisciplinary, bilingual, and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

Agriculture & Natural Resources

  • Agricola-Index to publications encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines.
  • GreenFILE- Environmental database that draws on multidisciplinary sources such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology.
  • ScienceDirect- covers around one quarter of the world’s full-text scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature published in 24 fields of science.

Biology & Life Sciences

  • BioMed Central-More than 100 open access journals covering biology and medicine.
  • GreenFILE- Environmental database that draws on multidisciplinary sources such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology.
  • ScienceDirect-covers around one quarter of the world’s full-text scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature published in 24 fields of science.

Business (Includes Economics & Computer Science)

  • Business Source Premier-Index and full text for nearly 7500 scholarly business publications.
  • Entrepreneurship- database that provides a wide variety of information regarding starting a business including: video clips, dissertations, business cases, journal content, and much more.
  • Euromonitor-Extensive business database that gives up to date information about countries, companies, industries, and consumer trends. Please note you must create a username and password to access Euromonitor.
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic- An outstanding service for researching news, business, and legal topics. Containing more than 6,000 sources from all over the world.
  • Mergent Online - an Internet-based suite of information resources that enables in-depth business and financial research.
  • Newsbank-Full-text content of thousands of local, regional, and international newspapers
  • Newspaper Source-Indexes,nearly 30 national and international newspapers, more than 200 regional newspapers, and many television & radio news transcripts(full-text available).
  • Regional Business News-Provides full-text article access for over 80 business publications..
  • ScienceDirect-covers around one quarter of the world’s full-text scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature published in 24 fields of science.
  • TopicSearch-Current events database that explores social, political, economic and science issues.

Communications, Journalism & Media

  • Communication & Mass Media Complete-Contains materials in the areas of communication and media
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic- an outstanding service for researching news, business, and legal topics
  • Newsbank-Full-text content of thousands of local, regional, and international newspapers
  • Newspaper Source-Indexes, nearly 30 national and international newspapers, more than 200 regional newspapers, and many television & radio news transcripts(full-text available).
  • Topic Search-Current events database that explores social, political, economic and science issues.

Education & Psychology

  • Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)- find books by subject, age level, genre and much more including reading Measurement Programs &  Children’s Catalog (H. W. Wilson) and teaching tools.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica-The complete EB Online with connections to much more.
  • ERIC-World’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.
  • GreenFILE- Environmental database that draws on multidisciplinary sources such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology.
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook-Comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.
  • Professional Development Collection-Designed for educators, provides a  collection of  education journals, including 350 peer-reviewed titles and  200 educational reports.
  • PsycArticles-Contains full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association
  • PsychInfo- 2 million citations and summaries of  journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s.
  • ScienceDirect-covers around one quarter of the world’s full-text scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature published in 24 fields of science.

Humanities (Includes Music, Literature, Drama, Religion &

Philosophy)

  • American History & Video Provides the largest & richest collection of video available online for the study of American history
  • ArchiveGrid- descriptions of museum, library, and archival collections.
  • Black Drama-contains approximately 1200 plays with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more.
  • Black Short Fiction-contains approximately 4370 stories and folktales by 272 African, African American, and Caribbean authors.
  • CAMIO- an online resource for art museum images
  • Black Women Writers-Offering fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents and 20 countries, the database gives an unparalleled view of black women’s struggles through time.
  • Literature Resource Center-Premier Internet resource for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in all genres.
  • Literature Resources -Search across several major Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.
  • LitFinder-contains full-text speeches, plays, biographies, images, short stories, and over 150,000 poems.

Mathematics & Physics

  • ScienceDirect- covers around one quarter of the world’s full-text scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature published in 24 fields of science.

Nursing & Physical Therapy

  • CINAHL Plus with Full-Text- Index to scholarly and professional publications in the areas of nursing and health.
  • DynaMed-the only evidence-based reference answering most clinical questions during practice.
  • GreenFILE- Environmental database that draws on multidisciplinary sources such as agriculture, education, law, health, and technology.
  • Health Source Consumer Edition-provides full-text access to consumer health journals, brochures, and reference materials.
  • Health Source-Nursing-More than 550  journals, including nearly 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
  • Medline-Authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
  • PubMed-over 15 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals,  includes links to full text articles and other resources.
  • PubMed Central- contains full-text scientific literature in biomedical and life sciences
  • Science Direct- covers around one quarter of the world’s full-text scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature published in 24 fields of science.

Rehabilitation Counseling & Visual Rehabilitation Counseling

  • Medline-Authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
  • PubMed Central-database of full-text scientific literature in biomedical and life sciences
  • PsycArticles-Contains full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association
  • PsycInfo-More than 2 million citations and summaries of scholarly media all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s.
  • Science Direct-covers around one quarter of the world’s full-text scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature published in 24 fields of science.

Social Sciences (Includes History, Geography, Criminal Justice & Corrections)

 

  • African American Studies Center-Contains over 7500 articles and a large number of images and other media all relating to the African American experience.
  • Black Studies Center (Trial, one year) One stop research solution offering articles from the Chicago Defender, Black Literature Index, International Index to Black Periodicals, and access to the Schomberg Studies on the Black Experience
  • Black Thought & Culture--contains 795 sources with 434 authors which includes the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans
  • Criminal Justice Periodicals-a database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. Provides research materials for those interested in careers in law enforcement, security, family law, and public safety.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch-Interdisciplinary, bilingual, and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
  • Global Road Warrior-is the reference for today's globe trotter, containing critical information you need  while on the road internationally.
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook-Comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.
  • Military & Government Collection-Current news pertaining to all branches of the military.
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service-Offers justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts-contains information about criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse. Resources covering corrections, courts, crime statistics, domestic preparedness, drugs, juvenile justice, law enforcement and victims. 
  • Oklahoma Periodicals Index-Index to The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Today, Outdoor Oklahoma, and Persimmon Hill.
  • ScienceDirect-covers around one quarter of the world’s full-text scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature published in 24 fields of science.
 
 
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New Databases

  • Criminal Justice Periodicals-a database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. Provides research materials for those interested in careers in law enforcement, security, family law, and public safety.

    Entrepreneurship-excellent database that contains a wide variety of information regarding starting a business including: video clips, dissertations, business cases, journal content, and much more.