Most Useful Databases
Academic
Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary database of
journals, magazines, book chapters, and government reports.
(Some full-text).
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
Basic information from specialized
encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).
JSTOR
Scholarly journals from many fields.
Archives go back to 1831, but recent issues (past 3-5 years)
are not included. (Full-text).
Purchase made possible by a generous
donation from the Rockwell Foundation.
OmniFile
A multi-disciplinary index of
journal and magazine articles from 1982 to present. (Some full-text).
SocINDEX
An index of journals, books, and
conference papers in sociology, social work, and criminology.
(Some full-text).
Web
of Science
An index of high impact research
journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. (Citations
only).
Other Databases
Anthropological
Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Research papers on cultures of
North America, Mesoamerica, and other places. (Full-text).
America:
History and Life
An index of journals, book chapters,
and dissertations in United States and Canadian history. (Citations
only).
American
Memory
Books, primary documents, photographs,
movies, and sound recordings from the Library of Congress. (Full-text).
Bibliography
of Native North Americans
An index of journals, magazines,
newspapers, and books on Native American culture, history, and
life. (Citations only).
Countries
and Their Cultures
Essays
on cultural practices in nations around the world. (Full-text).
ebrary
A collection of electronic books
with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download
ebrary Reader™
Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
The complete encyclopedia, plus
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an atlas, and timelines.
(Full-text).
Encyclopedia
of Anthropology
An encyclopedia
of cultural and physical anthropology. (Full-text).
Encyclopedia
of Diasporas
Facts
about immigrant and refugee cultures worldwide. (Full-text).
Encyclopedia
of World Cultures
Essays
on 1,500 cultures around the world. (Full-text).
Encyclopedia
of World Cultures Supplement
Updated
facts on cultures in the main volume. (Full-text).
Ethnologue:
Languages of the World
Facts
and bibliographies for 6,912 living languages. (Full-text).
Gale
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Essays
on 150 ethnic groups. (Full-text).
Google
Scholar
An Internet search engine for scholarly
journals, books, preprints, and theses with links to UHD-purchased
content.
Historical
Abstracts
An index of journals, books, conference
papers, and dissertations in world history from 1450 to present.
(Some full-text).
netLibrary
Electronic books from academic,
professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).
New
York Times
An archive of the newspaper from
1980 to present. (Full-text).
New
York Times Historical
A cover-to-cover archive of the
newspaper from 1851 to 2003. (Full-text).
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center
Essays on controversial topics
from books in the Opposing Viewpoints series, the Current Controversies
series, and the At Issue series. Additional content includes
magazines, journals, news, primary sources, statistics, multimedia,
and web sites. (Full-text).
Oxford
Art Online
Information about artists, art
forms, and terminology from the Grove Dictionary of Art and
other sources. (Full-text).
Oxford
Music Online
Information about composers, musicians,
instruments, music forms, and terminology. (Full-text).
Project
Muse
Electronic journals in the humanities
and the social sciences. (Full-text).
PsycINFO
Start here for psychology research.
A comprehensive index of journals, books, and dissertations.
(Some full-text).
World
History Collection
Journals on the history of Africa,
Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. (Full-text).
WorldCat
A catalog of 58 million books,
dissertations, sound recordings, and videos available in libraries.
(Citations only).
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