Introduction
The databases listed in this section are primarily used for locating scholarship on your topic. Resources for finding new, court cases, statistics and demographics, policy reports, and others are located on other pages in this guide.
To get started, click on the Databases tab next to Primo Search in the center of the Libraries' homepage:
From there, you can access our database collection in one of three ways:
- By keyword or name in the search bar;
- Browse by subject
- through the A-Z title list
Once you work through these modules, you'll have a better sense of the complete scope of high quality resources you have access to, and knowing how to access and navigate these databases will take much of the stress out of conducting research.
Key Databases
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)Indexing and full text of articles for array of scholarly and popular topics. Provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, science, cultural studies, education, and much more.
- APA PsycArticles (EBSCOhost)Full-text articles from APA peer reviewed journals.
- APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) (1887+)American Psychological Association's (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost) (1937+)Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. Indexes nursing, allied health, biomedical, and consumer health journals.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost)Indexes articles from communications publications.
- ERIC (EBSCOhost) (1966+)ERIC is the most complete index to articles and reports on educational topics.
- JSTORFull text of research journals and eBooks from numerous publishers. For most of the journal content, we can access all but the 3 to 5 most recent years of the journal.
- Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) (1952+)
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Sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Includes information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
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Provides citation indexing of top high-impact journals with powerful tools such as cited reference searching and Author Finder, 256 categories thoroughly cover the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
