Below are a few general and subject-specific databases to get started. To find additional databases, check the A-Z Database List or check the Research Guides for specific subject areas of interest.
Index of journal articles, book reviews, and book articles in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. Also has full-text of more than 4,650 publications.
Coverage, 1975-present. Multidisciplinary index of 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals plus relevant items from 6,800 major science and social science journals.
Find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
Database of full texts and journal articles. The most recent 3-5 years are not available for the majority of journals in the JSTOR archive. For many titles, WU has complementary coverage through Project Muse or the eJournal itself.
A comprehensive collection of peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journals from leading university presses, not-for-profit publishers and prestigious scholarly societies.
Journals can be searched individually, in groups, or all together.
Literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes 1,700 journals from 1964 to present and also includes citations and links to book and media reviews.
Covers history of the world (minus US and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Includes world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
Covers topics on the role of scientific discovery in society and culture, as well as the historiography of scientific disciplines from prehistory to the present. It includes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, serials, maps and other related materials.
PhilPapers is a comprehensive index of philosophy books and articles. PhilPapers offers unique features such as real-time indexing of pre-prints, fine-grained classification by topic, email alerts, reading lists, advanced search functionality, and discussion forums.
"PhilPapers is a comprehensive directory of online philosophy articles and books by academic philosophers. We monitor journals in many areas of philosophy, as well as archives and personal pages"
Indexes articles abstracts and art reproductions in 600 periodicals, including 300 titles with full text of articles. Covers fine, decorative, and commercial art, folk art, photography, film, architecture.
Indexing and abstracts of articles covering the full spectrum of subjects and all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition.' (from database homepage)
Covers a broad spectrum of periodicals in the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television and more.' (from database homepage)