Most Useful Databases
Academic
Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary database of
journals, magazines, book chapters, and government reports.
(Some full-text).
OmniFile
A multi-disciplinary index of
journal and magazine articles from 1982 to present. (Some full-text).
Military
and Government Collection
Journals and government documents
in military sciences, national security, and homeland security.
(Some full-text).
National
Criminal Justice Reference Service
Reports, books, and newsletters
in criminal justice from 1997 to date with abstracts back to
1960. (Some full-text).
PsycINFO
Start here for psychology research.
A comprehensive index of journals, books, and dissertations.
(Some full-text).
SAGE
Journals Online
Journals in communications, criminology,
education, health, management, political science, psychology,
and sociology. (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
ArticleFirst
An index of journals and magazines
in every field of study. (Citations only).
Business
Source Complete
A database of business journals
and magazines, company profiles, country reports, industry profiles,
and market research reports. (Some full-text).
Catalog
of Government Publications
An index of federal government
publications, including Congressional reports and testimony.
(Some full-text).
Country
Reports on Terrorism
Annual reports of terrorist
groups and activities by country. (Full-text).
CQ Press Congress Collection
Policy analysis by topic, voting records, profiles of members, and more. (Full-text).
CQ Researcher
Reports on "hot" topics with detailed analysis and opposing viewpoints. (Full-text).
Criminal
Justice Abstracts
A comprehensive index of journals,
trade magazines, books, and reports in criminal justice. (Citations
only).
Criminal
Justice Periodicals
An index of journals and trade
magazines in criminal justice, security management, and related
fields. (Some 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™
Extremist
Group Information for Students
Profiles of
major terrorist and extremist groups. (Full-text).
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
Basic information from specialized
encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).
Google
Scholar
An Internet search engine for scholarly
journals, books, preprints, and theses with links to UHD-purchased
content.
InfoTrac
Newspapers
Local, national, and international
newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, New York Times, and
Times of London. (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 Fund.
Latin
American Newsstand
Spanish- and Portuguese-language
newspapers from 11 Latin American countries. (Full-text).
LexisNexis
Congressional
U.S. Congressional publications
such as bills, hearings, speeches, and voting records.(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).
ProQuest
Newspapers
The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles
Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
(Full-text).
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center
Essays on controversial topics
from books, magazines, journals, news, primary source, and web
sites. (Full-text).
Terrorism:
Essential Primary Sources
Articles, speeches,
and other documents in the history of terrorism. (Full-text).
Terrorism and Homeland Security: An Introduction with Applications
A textbook about government and private security responses to terrorism. (Full-text).
WorldCat
A catalog of 58 million books,
dissertations, sound recordings, and videos available in libraries.
(Citations only).
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