A-Z Databases

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The most frequently-used databases

Academic Search Complete (1975-present)

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Covers topics in most areas of academic study. Full-text provided for over 10,000 publications, with over 7,850 peer-reviewed. Abstracts and indexing available for over 13,780 journals in the collection.

Gale Primary Sources (includes Gale NewsVault)

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Search every Gale Primary Source from a single, powerful interface. The refreshed user interface and updated tools make it easier than ever to find documents for research and teaching. The new interface now features integration with leading cloud storage systems for saving and organizing your documents. Learn more about this database

Google Scholar

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Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. While Google Scholar itself is free on the web, many of the citations it references are not. Accessing Google Scholar via the proxied link will enable Get It! and Web of Science Links from within Google Scholar citations. Learn more about proxying Google Scholar Having trouble accessing Google Scholar from off-campus? Use this research guide to access Google Scholar.

Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography

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An index to literary, linguistic, and folklore scholarship (books and articles) published throughout the world. Indexes material published from 1926-present.

Web of Science (1900 - )

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Science, social science, arts, and humanities citations for scholarly literature. Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions. The Libraries subscribe to Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1970-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present).

WorldCat (FirstSearch interface)

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Information about books, journal titles, videos, and materials in other formats owned by more than 15,000 U.S. and foreign libraries. DOES NOT INCLUDE JOURNAL ARTICLES.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Al-Ahram Digital Newspaper Archive

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Al-Ahram is one of the longest-running newspapers in the Middle East. It has long been regarded as Egypt’s most authoritative and influential newspaper, and one of the most important newspapers in the Arab world, with a circulation of over 1 million. This digital archive contains all obtainable published issues from 1875 to 2018, with an additional year’s worth of content added on an annual basis. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, and searchable text.

ASM Alloy phase diagram database

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Provides access to the world’s largest collection of information and data on the composition, structure, properties, processing, performance, and evaluation of engineering materials. Fully searchable database containing binary and ternary alloy phase diagrams with associated crystal and reaction data.

Bloomsbury Architecture Library

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Bloomsbury Architecture Library is a leading digital resource for the study of architecture, urbanism, and interior design. The platform offers access to a carefully curated collection of fully-searchable text and image content, incorporating the new edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture, exclusive to the platform and produced in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the University of London. The all new Banister Fletcher is global in focus and sits alongside peer-reviewed cutting-edge academic research and a wealth of images.

Fire Insurance Maps online (FIMo)

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A research portal to find and view high-definition, color Fire Insurance Maps, Real Estate Atlases, Plat Books, and other historical maps showing building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information. Learn more about this database

OntheBoards.tv

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OntheBoards.tv offers high-quality videos of full-length performances by some of today's most provocative artists working in dance, theater, music and other forms that defy categorization.

Oxford Scholarly Editions Online Latin History

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Provides full-text access to hundreds of essential editions of Classical texts straight to your desktop. The Latin History module includes the works of Livy, Tacitus and Sallust. Look up individual Latin words in the Oxford Latin Dictionary widget.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global Full Text

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Access to 5 million citations to dissertations and theses from around the world from 1637 to the present day together with over 2.7 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Over 200,000 new dissertations and theses are added to the database each year. Learn more about this database.

TRACFED Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse

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Database which provides access to comprehensive, independent, and nonpartisan information about United States federal law enforcement, staffing, and spending. What's New at TRAC.