General and Multidisciplinary Databases

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DIALOG databases: if the databases listed below are not sufficient, you may request that one of the librarians conduct a search using one of over 400 specialized databases of the DIALOG Information System. DIALOG databases: by subject; alphabetical.

Academic OneFile (1980 to present)
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources covering the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, and literature.

American National Biography
Full text biographies of notable Americans.

ArticleFirst
OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals.

Biography & Genealogy Master Index
Indexes current references sources as well as retrospective works to determine which publication to consult for biographical information.

BookReview Digest (1905-1982)
Reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books.

BookReview Digest Plus (1983 to present)
Full-text reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books since 1983.

BookReview Digest Retrospective
Citations and review excerpts for over 350,000 books published from 1905-1982.

BooksInPrint
In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books.

Britannica Online
Scholarly encyclopedia online.

Cambridge Journals Online
Over 200 peer-reviewed titles in subject areas such as political science, law, economics, history, psychology, mathematics, language & linguistics, and humanities.

Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus
Full-text articles from key publications on social, scientific, health, political, and global issues and organized by topic for easy access.

Dissertations
Dissertations and theses from institutions in the North America and Europe.

Duke Scholarly Collection
Online full-text access to 29 Duke humanities and social science journals (previously available in Project Muse).

ECO - Electronic Collections Online
An OCLC collection of scholarly journals.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Comprehensive, scholarly encyclopedia.

EssayGenLit - Essay and General Literature Index
Find contents in collected works focusing on humanities and social sciences.

First Search
A collection of over 60 databases from OCLC.

General OneFile
One-stop source for news and journal articles on a wide range of topics.

General Ref Center Gold (1980 to present)
General information from popular journals.

HeritageQuest Online
Combines digital, searchable images of U.S. Federal Census records with 22,000 titles from the Genealogy & Local History Collection.

InfoTrac Newspapers
Full text of 150 newspapers.

Issues and Controversies Facts On File
Contains up-to-date, in-depth information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day since 1995.

JSTOR
Long runs of full text articles from major scholarly journals.

LexisNexis Academic (Varies)
Current legal, political, economic and business articles, data and statistics.

LibraryLit
Materials on libraries and information science.

NetLibrary
Thousands of full text books online.

NewsAbs
Significant items from over 50 U.S. national and regional newspapers.

New York Times
Full-page images and article images from 1851 to three years before the current date.

OCLC First Search
A collection of over 60 databases from OCLC.

Oxford English Dictionary
Historical dictionary of the English language.

Oxford Reference Online
Reference titles from Oxford University Press.

PerAbs - Periodical Abstracts
Journal abstracts from general and academic journals.

Project Muse
Full text of leading scholarly journals.

ReadersGuideAbs
Abstracts of articles from popular magazines from 1983 to the present.

Readers' Guide Retrospective
Indexing of articles from popular magazines from 1890-1982.

Sage Journals Online
A collection of 400 full-text journals in business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine.

Times of London
Full-text and full-image articles from the Times of London for the years 1785-1985.

WilsonSelectPlus
Full text articles in the sciences, humanities, education and business.

WorldAlmanac
The World Almanacs fundamental reference resources.

WorldCat
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide.