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2. Or, search article databases, ebooks, and reference resources individually
Choose a topic from the list below to see what's available to you:
Art and Design
Business
Computer Science
Ebook Collections
Environmental Sciences
Linguistics and Language
Multidisciplinary
Art and design
Art, Design & Architecture Complete --full text database featuring current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts
ARTbibliographies Modern --ProQuest database covering all art disciplines
ARTstor --full text digital library of nearly one million downloadable images
Design and Applied Arts Index --ProQuest database covering all design disciplines, including craft
International Bibliography of Art --ProQuest bibliographic database on scholarly literature about Western Art
Oxford Art Online --Use Oxford Art Online to search and access the content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference titles in one location. This database contains more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, 500,000 bibliographic citations, 40,000 image links, and 5,000 images.
Vogue Archive --searchable full text of Vogue (US edition) from the first issue in 1892 to present
Business
Business Source Alumni --full text database featuring content from over 3000 academic journals, trade publications, & magazines
OECD iLibrary --full text database featuring OECD Factbooks, country economic outlooks, trade reports, & more
Computer Science
ACM Digital Library --full text database containing all publications from the Association for Computing Machinery
ACM Guide to Computing Literature --database of literature relating to computer science disciplines
IGI Global Reference Research Collection --full text database of reference materials in all areas of computer science and information technology
Ebook Collections
Early English Books Online (EEBO) --full text collection of over 125,000 print documents published from 1400-1700
IGI Global Reference Research Collection --full text database of reference materials in all areas of computer science and information technology
Sage Knowledge Online Book Collection --full text collection of over 2400 multidisciplinary ebooks and online handbooks with a strong social science focus
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Encyclopedia --full text reference resource covering environmental science, ecology, and Earth sciences
GeoRef --ProQuest database of geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses
Linguistics and Language
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts --ProQuest database of the international literature in linguistics and language sciences
Multidisciplinary
Academic Search Alumni --full text of over 2000 academic journals from all disciplines
Annual Reviews --a full text collection of journals summarising progress in a particular area of the biomedical, physical, or social sciences
Duke University Press --a full text collection of journals with an emphasis on the arts and social sciences
JSTOR --full text archival content of thousands of scholarly journals
Project Muse --full text articles from over 300 scholarly journals in history, social sciences, and sciences
Sage Journals Online --full text journals in health sciences, life & biomedical sciences, materials science & engineering, and social sciences & humanities
Times Digital Archive 1785-2014 --full text archive of every page published by the Times (London) from 1785-2014
Wiley Online Library --full text scholarly journals covering a wide range of subject areas
Music
Oxford Music Online --use Oxford Music Online to access and cross-search Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music. Sources can be searched independently or together.
Research Methods
Sage Research Methods Online --full text research tool to assist researchers and graduate students with research
Science and Vet Science
Academic Search Alumni --full text of over 2000 academic journals from all disciplines, including veterinary science
American Physiological Society --full text journal articles published by the American Physiological Society.
BioOne --full text of over 150 publications in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences
Cochrane Library --full text database for evidence-based medical decision-making
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography --full text reference work of scientists from antiquity to modern times
CSIRO --full text journals covering the sciences, with an emphasis on Australian content
Wiley Online Library --full text scholarly journals in biology, chemistry, engineering, medicine, and animal sciences
Social Science
Dictionary of American History --full text reference resource covering a wide range of topics in American history
Early English Books Online (EEBO) --full text collection of over 125,000 print documents published from 1400-1700
Eighteenth Century Collections Online Text Creation Partnership (ECCO-TCP) --full text database of over 180,000 titles published during the 18th century
First World War --full text collection of diaries, letters, personal narratives, trench journals, and photographs which brings to life the reality of the First World War through men and women who experienced it first-hand. Supplementing the primary sources are secondary resources including interactive maps, 360° panoramas and walk-throughs of the Sanctuary Wood Trench System, the Memory Wall, scholarly essays, a slideshow gallery, chronologies, and glossaries.
Popular culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975 --full text database containing original archival materials about student protests, civil rights, consumerism, rock and roll, counterculture, and the Vietnam War
Social Services Abstracts --ProQuest database of research focused on social work, human services, and related areas
Sociological Abstracts --ProQuest database of literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioural sciences
Wiley Online Library --full text scholarly journals covering education, law, psychology, and history
Sports
Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine --full text encyclopedia covering all aspects of sports medicine
Theses
Dissertations and Theses --ProQuest database of over two million dissertation and thesis abstracts and reviews from North America, UK, and Ireland, dating as far back as 1716
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