Research Tools

Key Resources

Resources with broad coverage of many subjects

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Good place to start. Full text, scholarly articles on all subjects.

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Alternate Name(s) Gale Virtual Reference Library, GVRL

A collection of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Formerly known as Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

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Information on social issues, including overviews, statistics, primary sources, websites, and full-text articles from a variety of perspectives.

Google Scholar

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Search Google for scholarly books and articles. Search results include links to items available via Feinberg Library.

Journal Search (Journals A-Z)

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Alternate Name(s) Journals A-Z

Find academic journals and other periodicals by searching or browsing by subject.

JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive

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Complete archives of more than 1,300 core journals in humanities, social sciences and sciences.

ProQuest Central Essentials

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Comprehensive multidisciplinary research database, compiling full-text scholarly journals, trade and professional titles, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports

ScienceDirect

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Full-text access to 250 key scientific, business, medical, and social sciences journals from Elsevier Publishing, and abstracts and metadata for 1500 more journals.

WorldCat FirstSearch

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Contains over 52 million records in a single worldwide library catalog.

New / Trial Databases

We are not evaluating any trial resources at this time.