DATABASES A-Z LIST

  • Search All Library Resources
    Search across all of the content that the library owns, from books in the library to article databases, online encyclopedias, and streaming video.
  • Academic Search Complete
    This huge database is a good place to start for scholarly articles and news on almost any topic. It contains a subset of the articles available in Search All Library Resources.

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  • African-American History Organized around the history of African-Americans in the U.S., this collection contains primary source documents and scholarly essays on African-American history.
  • AGRICOLA
    From the National Agricultural Library. Contains citations about all aspects of agriculture and related fields. Includes: journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports.
  • AHFS Consumer Medication Information Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, AHFS includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers.
  • Alt HealthWatch Provides information on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to healthcare and wellness. Sources include journals (some peer-reviewed) and reports.
  • Arxiv Open access database of articles and pre-prints in physics, math, and computer science.

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  • Biography Reference Source
    More than 390,000 biographies. Includes complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine as well as thousands of narrative biographies.
  • Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S. Contains open primary source documents including historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, and correspondence from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.
  • Black Thought & Culture Contains complete published non-fiction works, interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, and letters of leading African Americans through history.
  • Business Source Elite Best place to start for business info. Find journal articles on business topics, business-oriented trade magazines, and Datamonitor company profiles. Plentiful full-text.

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  • CINAHL Complete Best place to start for scholarly journal articles and trade magazines related to all aspects of health and medicine, selected specifically for field of nursing. Mostly full-text.
  • Civic Sociology Civic Sociology is an open access journal from the University of California Press that aims to reconstruct the disciplinary knowledge of sociology.
  • Credo Reference Search online versions of nearly 1,000 specialized encyclopedias. A great place to start your research.
  • Criminological Highlights Criminological Highlights offers a look at currently published criminological inquiry with a focus on policy-relevant research.

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  • Digital Theater Plus High quality video recordings of plays performed by the world’s top theater companies.

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  • EDGAR
    An electronic database of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to access corporate filings.
  • ERIC
    Largest collection of articles and other resources in the field of education. Some full-text.

  • Ethnic Diversity Source
    This full-text database is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America.

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  • GreenFile Interdisciplinary database of scholarly articles relating to the environment and environmental change.

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  • HarpWeek Search issues from 1857 to 1912 of Harper’s Weekly, one of the most important American magazines in the 19th century.
  • Health Source – Consumer Edition This database provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines, topics include the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
  • HeinOnline HeinOnline is an online research platform that provides more than 194 million pages of multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, case law, international resources, and much more. The platform is composed of fully-searchable image-based PDFs, and each image is an exact replication of its print counterpart.

  • History Reference Source
    Covering topics in U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century, this database contains full-text journals, magazines, reference books and thousands of primary source documents.

 

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  • JSTOR JSTOR is a platform for discovering and connecting research, images, and primary sources. 

 

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  • Legal Information Source
    Thousands of legal forms by topic including Bankruptcy, Divorce, Name Changes, Wills & Estate Planning and more. Most of the full text legal reference books provided through NOLO.

  • Legal Source
    A scholarly resource of current issues, studies, and trends of the legal world. For attorneys, educators, businesspeople, law librarians, students, and paralegals.
  • LGBTQ+ Source
    LGBTQ+ Source is the definitive database for LGBTQ+ studies. It provides scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines, newspapers, and videos. It also includes a specialized LGBTQ+ thesaurus containing thousands of terms.
  • Library & Information Science Source
    Journals and periodicals that help librarians and researchers keep pace with the latest trends in the field.
  • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) Indexes over 600 journals in the area of library and information science. Some full-text.
  • Literary Reference Source
    Full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals, and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories, and poems.

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  • MAS Ultra – School Edition Designed specifically for high school libraries, and contains magazine articles, encyclopedias, biographies, and images.
  • Masterfile Premier Database of newspaper, magazine, and academic journal articles designed specifically for public libraries, including a digital image collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags.
  • Medline Database of biomedical and life sciences journal articles.
  • MLA International Bibliography Best and largest collection of scholarly journal articles, books, and dissertations on language and literature. Some full-text.
  • Musical Theater Songs Musical Theater Songs easy-to-use interface lets you enter up to 20-plus parameters (character age, ease for accompanist, popularity, tempo, vocal range with interactive keyboard, year, etc.) plus over 100 descriptive tags, to generate a list of songs tailored to your needs from an ever-growing database. MusicalTheaterSongs.com draws from 150 years of musical theater repertoire, ranging from well-known standards to rare finds to the latest work from today’s new creators, to help you find the right songs quickly and easily.

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  • The Observatory of Economic Complexity An online resource for international trade data and economic complexity indicators available through interactive visualizations of countries and products.

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  • Perspectives on Terrorism Perspectives on Terrorism seeks to provide a unique platform for established and emerging scholars to present their perspectives on the developing field of terrorism studies and scholarship.

  • Points of View Reference Source
    Presents multiple sides of over 500 issues. Helps students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
  • Primary Search Designed specifically for elementary school libraries, and allows you to filter by reading level.
  • Project Muse Humanities-focused database of scholarly journals. Full-text access.
  • PsycTests Covers non-proprietary tests and measures in psychology.

  • Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
    Covers a broad range of subjects in the fields of psychology, behavioral sciences, and related disciplines. For psychologists, counselors, researchers, and students.
  • PubMed Largest index of citations for scholarly journal articles in health and medicine. Some full-text.

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  • Qualitative Report
    The Qualitative Report is a peer-reviewed, online monthly journal devoted to writing and discussion of and about qualitative, critical, action, and collaborative inquiry and research.

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  • Regional Business News Find articles from publications that cover business news locally and regionally. E.g., Crain’s, Indianapolis Business Journal, etc. Plentiful full-text.

  • Religion and Philosophy Collection
    Hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy, and philosophy of language.

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  • Sanborn Maps of Illinois Sanborn maps were originally created to help fire insurance companies determine the risks associated with insuring properties. Collection includes maps from 1867-1970.
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  • Saskia Fine Art Images The collection contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from the world’s top museums.
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  • Science Reference Source
    Provides full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books and high-quality videos. The database also contains science experiments, curriculum-aligned lesson plans, and a vast image collection.
  • Small Business Source
    Covers all aspects of starting and operating a business. Includes information on accounting, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more. State-specific information included.

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  • TOCS-IN Citations for scholarly journal articles in Classics (on ancient Greece and Rome). No full-text.

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  • Women and Social Movements Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, this collection contains primary source documents and scholarly essays on women’s history.