While some databases search a wide range of topics, others are narrower in scope.
Subject specific databases focus on a single academic discipline or a group of related disciplines. Search results are more targeted.
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- Academic Search premierThis index covers most academic disciplines, however it will not meet all your needs. Be sure to search discipline-specific indexes.
- Google ScholarA Google search engine focused on scholarly articles, books, and book chapters Lacks the precision of subject specific databases. Helpful for citation tracing.
- JSTORA platform for journals, books, and primary sources in a wide variety of subject areas in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
- Project MuseA platform for scholarly journals and ebooks in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Fields covered include cultural studies, economics, education, gender studies, history, political science, literature and literary criticism, visual and performing arts, and many others.
- ProQuest Social Science Premium CollectionThe parent collection that contains all social sciences content available through ProQuest. It covers anthropology, criminology, economics, education, international relations, library science, linguistics, political science, public policy, social work, sociology, and more.
- Business Source PremierIt covers most business and management topics including accounting, banking, economics, finance, international trade, marketing, and public administration.
- EconLitEconLit indexes and abstracts more than 750 international economic journals. 1969 to present.
- FactivaFactiva is an archive of major global newspapers, magazines, reports, and other publications, focusing on business.
- IBISWorldIs an industry research database. It contains reports on industries in the following markets: China, Global, and U.S.
- MintelIncludes Mintel Reports, which are product and industry market research reports covering U.S. and international marketplaces.
- Communication & Mass Media CompleteIt offers full-text coverage for more than 280 titles plus citation coverage for many more.
- ProQuest Social Science Premium CollectionIs the parent collection that contains all social sciences content available through ProQuest.
- ERIC - Education Resources Information CenterIt is a national online digital library sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. The largest education database in the world,
- ProQuest Education DatabaseA collection of scholarship and research in a wide range of educational topics.
- Criminal Justice AbstractsProvides comprehensive coverage of criminal justice, criminology, and related disciplines from 1968 to the present, and is updated quarterly.
- HeinOnlineA legal research collection that includes scholarly legal and criminal justice journals, government publications, classical legal volumes, and related materials.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts DatabaseContains abstracts of more than 200,000 justice publications, including Federal, State and Local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, documents and unpublished research on a wide range of criminal justice topics.
- Westlaw Campus ResearchIt is especially useful for legal research, as well as for current news coverage and business.
- BioMed Central (BMC)An open access platform publishing peer-reviewed journals in the areas of biomedicine, physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
- CINAHL with Full TextProvides comprehensive coverage of the nursing and allied health journal literature.
- Cochrane LibraryPremier source for systematic reviews. Contains systemic reviews, protocols, editorials, and supplements.
- Food Science and Technology AbstractsThe premier resource for all aspects of food science including biotechnology, food safety, functional and novel foods, food additives, nutrition, and packaging.
- Nature Portfoliohome to Nature magazine and many other science and medicine journals, including various Nature subject-specific journals, Nature Reviews journals, specialist journals, and open access journals.
- PubMedA database of more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
- PsycInfoCovers literature in psychology and related disciplines including: medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, medicine, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior.
- PubMedA database of more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
- AgricolaAn index produced by the National Agricultural Library that covers all aspects of agriculture.
- CAB AbstractsAn index of research in the applied life sciences.
- Environmental Science CollectionA collection of scholarship in environmental sciences, including relevant research from the fields of atmospheric science, bacteriology, biology, biotechnology, ecology, and engineering.
- Food Science and Technology AbstractsThe premier resource for all aspects of food science including biotechnology, food safety, functional and novel foods, food additives, nutrition, and packaging.
- GreenFILEProvides information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Topics covered include climate change, green buildings, pollution, sustainability, renewable energy sources and recycling.
- New Jersey Environmental Digital Library (NJEDL)A collection of literature and multimedia related to the New Jersey environment. It includes current news and reports as well as historic information.
- ProQuest Biological Science CollectionContains scholarship on a wide range of topics in biological sciences, including biomedicine, biotechnology, ecology, zoology, and aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
- Nature Portfoliohome to Nature magazine and many other science and medicine journals, including various Nature subject-specific journals, Nature Reviews journals, specialist journals, and open access journals.
- ScienceDirectScienceDirect, the full-text sciences periodicals database from Elsevier, contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information.
- ProQuest Social Science Premium CollectionContains all social sciences content available through ProQuest including social work.
- Social Services AbstractsCoverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
- Alcohol Studies DatabaseCovering biomedical and psychosocial aspects of alcohol use, as well as a growing number of records on other drug use/abuse.
- PAIS IndexCoverage of public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations.
- ProQuest Sociology DatabaseA collection of scholarship in sociology and social work, including related fields such as social policy, social care, social services, social anthropology, and more.
- Sociological AbstractsAbstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
- Worldwide Political Science AbstractsProvides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, sociology, economics, and public administration/policy.
- ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Digital LibraryCovers various fields related to computing, including software, hardware, computational theory, artificial intelligence, information science, human-computer interaction, instructional technology, and the research and development communities involved in computing.
- CompendexThe most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research available today.
- Food Science and Technology AbstractsThe premier resource for all aspects of food science including biotechnology, food safety, functional and novel foods, food additives, nutrition, and packaging.
- IEEE ExploreCovers more than 30% of the world's literature in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science, information science, materials science, physical sciences and biomedical engineering.
- Gender: Identity and Social ChangeA collection of digitized primary sources depicting gender history, women’s suffrage, the feminist movement, and the men’s movement.
- GenderWatchAccess to citations and full text resources on the topics of women and gender, including gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) issues.
- The Gerritsen Collection of Aletta H. JacobsCollection documents feminist thought and initiative around the world through more than 4,000 monographs and 300 periodicals.
- Women's Studies InternationalCovers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research.