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Top 5 Article Databases

Academic Search Complete
Science Direct
Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)
Nexis Uni (was LexisNexis)
Nexis Uni replaced "LexisNexis Academic" as of December 2017.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Top 5 Reference Databases

Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Subjects covered include art, biography, history, literature, music, religion, and science and technology.
American Heritage Dictionary
Dictionary of American History
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

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Databases by Subjects

Anthropology and Cultures

Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students
Black Thought and Culture
Black Thought and Culture contains 1,303 sources with 1,210 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans.
Countries and Their Cultures
Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Encyclopedia of Modern China
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

Art and Architecture

CARLI Digital Collections

Biography

Encyclopedia of World Biography

Business

Business Source Elite
Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
Nexis Uni (was LexisNexis)
Nexis Uni replaced "LexisNexis Academic" as of December 2017.

Controversial Issues

CQ Researcher
Primer for "hot topics" in culture and politics. Each issue provides a comprehensive overview and background essay, data tables and graphs, chronology, pro-con starter, and list of major research and advocacy groups. Includes extensive lists of sources and hot-linked footnotes throughout.
Issues and Controversies
Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Education

Chronicle of Higher Education
ERIC
ERIC is the source for information on all aspects of education for all age groups, including counseling, tests, and measurement. ERIC indexes journal articles, books, theses, curriculi, conference papers, standards and guidelines.
Professional Development Collection

Engineering and Technology

Health and Medicine

Drug Information

History

Library of Congress Experience

Images

ArtStor

Law

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

Literature

Literary Reference Center Plus

Music

Oxford Music Online

Newspapers

Chronicle of Higher Education
Illinois Newspaper Project
Nexis Uni (was LexisNexis)
Nexis Uni replaced "LexisNexis Academic" as of December 2017.
New York Times
Newspaper Source

Science

Journal Finder

Use Journal Finder to search the title of a magazine or journal to see if full text of that resource is available in any of the library databases.

Don't use Journal Finder to search for articles.

Journal Finder

All Databases by Title

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