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Art
  1. Artcyclopedia
    Description of database Free preview of famous art. Note: This site sells prints which are not paid for by IWU.
  2. ARTstor - Oxford
    Description of database A digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. Images are available for use in presentations for educational or other noncommercial uses.
  3. Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Provides comprehensive full text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities today. Including full text for more than 500 magazines and books, as well as access to 333 videos and 144 hobby reports, this database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby-enthusiast. The database features extensive information on over 140 topics.
  4. Oxford Art Online - Oxford
    Description of database Includes Grove Art online, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and Concise Oxford Dictionary off Art Terms All four can be searched simultaneously.
  5. Perseus Digital Library
    Description of database Large collection of original texts, encyclopedias, and other information and tools for the study of history.
Athletic Training
  1. Academic Search Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers many subject areas, great place to start.
  2. CINAHL Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo.
  3. Health Source : Consumer Edition - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
  4. Health Source : Nursing/Academic Edition - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers thousands of scholarly journals in many medical disciplines.
  5. MEDLINE Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
  6. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Health & Medicine - ProQuest
    Description of database Comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses on health sciences.
  7. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
    Description of database Covers Nursing; Allied health; Physical therapy; Occupational therapy; Cytology; Histology; Physiology; Anatomy; Gerontology; Geriatrics; Orthopedics; Traumatology; Radiology; Diagnostic imaging; Nuclear medicine; Nutrition; Dietetics; Dental hygiene; Rehabilitation; Nuclear medicine. Includes Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute.
  8. SAGE Knowledge - SAGE eBooks
    Description of database SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty.
  9. SPORTDiscus with Full Text - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for 550 journals indexed in SPORTDiscus. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the SPORTDiscus index - with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1985, SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of sports & sports medicine literature.

Business
  1. ABI/Inform Complete - ProQuest
    Description of database ABI/INFORM Complete is a ProQuest business database and indexes nearly 5,000 business journals, including nearly 3,900 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. This guide provides an overview on how to use this database.
  2. America's Top-Rated Smaller Cities - Greyhouse
    Description of database In-depth, up-to-date material on cities including business and statistical information.
  3. Business Insights:Essentials Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Easily find information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.
  4. Business Source Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers thousands of business and related journals, lots of full-text; has Country Monitor and Industry Yearbook Reports.
  5. Cabell's Directories - Cabell Publishing
    Description of database Cabell's Directories contains publishing information for business and health.
  6. Corporate ResourceNet - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed for use by companies, lots of full-text content.
  7. Dissertations & Theses - ProQuest
    Description of database Records for virtually every American dissertation accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Full text 1997-present.
  8. Emerald Insight - Emerald
    Description of database Management & business, including marketing, human resources, accountancy librarianship, many others
  9. Entrepreneurial Studies Source - EBSCOHost
    Description of database A tool for business students and researchers, providing the latest insight on topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small businesses. It offers full text for business journals, magazines and reference books, as well as case studies and company profiles.
  10. First Research: Industry Studies - Dun & Bradstreet
    Description of database Database for researching a comprehensive approach to industries. The information is easy to access in one location.
  11. Gale/Cengage Directory Library - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Market Share Reporter affords an immediate overview of companies, products and services and cites original sources
  12. Global Road Warrior - Country Studies
    Description of database Comprehensive travel, cultural, demographic, business, government, tourism information and much more.
  13. Health Business FullTEXT - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Full text coverage for nearly 130 well-known administrative journals in the healthcare industry
  14. Indianapolis Star - ProQuest
    Description of database Indianapolis Star articles from 1991 to present
  15. LexisNexis® Academic
    Description of database Full text coverage of more than 350 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world. Broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks as well as political transcripts covering Congressional committee hearings, press briefings from the State, Justice, and Defense departments, and presidential news conferences. Access primary source material such as case law, statutes and regulations or dive into secondary source materials such as legal news or law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic is also included.
  16. McClatchy-Tribune Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Ninety-day archive of hundreds of newspapers,updated daily.
  17. Mergent Archives - Dun & Bradstreet
    Description of database Database for researching a comprehensive approach to industries. The information is easy to access in one location.
  18. Mergent Intellect™ - Dun & Bradstreet powered by Hoover's™
    Description of database Powered by Hoover's™, a Dun & Bradstreet Solution, Mergent Intellect is a flexible web-based application that features a deep collection of worldwide business information that enables companies to generate insightful business intelligence. Mergent Intellect offers access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more.
  19. Nations of the World - Greyhouse
    Description of database Country profiles and statistics for business research.
  20. Newspaper Source Plus - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Includes selected full text for hundreds of national and regional U.S. and international newspapers.
  21. ProQuest Accounting & Tax - ProQuest
    Description of database Contains relevant journal articles, dissertations, working papers and newspapers. A subset of the ProQuest Business Collection.
  22. ProQuest Asian Business & Reference - ProQuest
    Description of database Business - journal articles.
  23. ProQuest Banking Information Source - ProQuest
    Description of database Banking and finance articles, industry news and reports. A subset of the ProQuest Business Collection.
  24. ProQuest Business Collection - ProQuest
    Description of database Look up company information, as well as articles on management, accounting, banking, entrepreneurship and management.
  25. ProQuest Entrepreneurship - ProQuest
    Description of database Magazine, newspaper and journal articles on antrepreurship. A subset of the ProQuest Business Collection.
  26. Regional Business News - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications throughout the U.S.
  27. SAGE Knowledge - SAGE eBooks
    Description of database SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty.
  28. Small Business Reference Center - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This database offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as the necessary tools and instructions to address a wide-range of small business topics. In addition, it provides business videos, a help and advice section, and information on how to create business plans.
  29. Small Business Resource Center - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.
  30. Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage (Capital IQ) - Standard & Poor's
    Description of database Features Standard & Poor's market investment news, including market snapshot, company quote, equity indexes page, the Outlook's market insight, S & P stock picks and pans, economic calendar, economic insight, industry in focus, Industry surveys, and Stovall's sector watch.
  31. Vente et Geston - EBSCOHost
    Description of database French language business journals. A tool for both academic and professional researchers, Vente et Gestion provides full-text access to a wide variety of content relevant to business and related subjects, sourced from top French language journals on business and industry.
  32. Vocational and Career Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs, this collection provides full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals for high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public.
  33. Vocational Studies Premier - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, this full-text resource offers comprehensive coverage of scholarly content most relevant to vocational programs.
  34. Wall Street Journal - ProQuest
    Description of database Fulltext coverage of the Eastern U.S. edition, updated daily.

Communication
  1. Academic Search Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers many subject areas, great place to start.
  2. Communication & Mass Media Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (Penn State) and more resources related to communication and media.
  3. LexisNexis® Academic
    Description of database Full text coverage of more than 350 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world. Broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks as well as political transcripts covering Congressional committee hearings, press briefings from the State, Justice, and Defense departments, and presidential news conferences. Access primary source material such as case law, statutes and regulations or dive into secondary source materials such as legal news or law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic is also included.
  4. Masterfile Premier - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Multidisciplinary database designed specifically for public libraries.
  5. Opposing Viewpoints In Context - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Covers current social issues. Includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
Counseling - see Psychology


Criminal Justice
  1. Academic Search Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers many subject areas, great place to start.
  2. Criminal Justice - ProQuest
    Description of database A database offering research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, crime trends, and criminal litigation.
  3. Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database An interdisciplinary source that addresses not only law but also sociology, psychology, history and economics. Entries vary widely from abortion to rape and from family violence to wiretapping, offering a mirror of issues dominating today's headlines
  4. Homeland Security Digital Library
    Description of database span>The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is the nation's premier research collection of open-source resources related to homeland security policy, strategy and organizational management.
  5. LexisNexis® Academic
    Description of database Full text coverage of more than 350 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world. Broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks as well as political transcripts covering Congressional committee hearings, press briefings from the State, Justice, and Defense departments, and presidential news conferences. Access primary source material such as case law, statutes and regulations or dive into secondary source materials such as legal news or law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic is also included.
  6. Military & Government Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. Offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content.
  7. Military and Intelligence Database - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database A custom collection of over 400 journals, covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects include socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.
  8. National Criminal Justice Reference Service
    Description of database Administered by the Office of Justice Programs. U.S. Department of Justice.
  9. PsycArticles - EBSCO
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  10. PsycINFO - EBSCO
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  11. SocINDEX with Full Text - EBSCOHost
    Description of database High-quality sociology research database with millions of records dating back to 1908.
Education
  1. Chronicle of Higher Education
    Description of database Full text articles from the popular publication for 1995 - present.
  2. ERIC - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Premier education database. Best used when desiring a complete review of literature on a topic. Easy-to-use interface.
  3. MAS Ultra - School Edition - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed specifically for high school libraries. Contains full text a popular magazines, full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents and images of photos, maps and flags.
  4. Middle Search Plus - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Full text for popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research.
  5. Primary Search - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Full text for dozens of magazines popular for elementary school research. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
  6. Professional Development Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed for professional educators. Covers hundreds of high quality education journals, including many peer-reviewed titles. The most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
  7. ProQuest Education Journals - ProQuest
    Description of database Covers primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and many related topics.
  8. Science Resource Center - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.
  9. TeachingBooks.net - INSPIRE
    Description of database TeachingBooks.net an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books.
  10. Testing & Education Reference Center - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Use this database to search thousands of college and graduate school entries. Identify scholarships that meet their financial needs. Take on-line practice tests and use test prep eBooks to obtain your education goals.
  11. Vocational and Career Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs, this collection provides full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals for high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public.
  12. Vocational Studies Premier - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, this full-text resource offers comprehensive coverage of scholarly content most relevant to vocational programs.
Electronic and Audio Books
  1. Audiobook Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Search audiobooks, listen to samples, and download your selection. [video]
  2. ATLA Historical Monograph Collection: Series 1 (13th century-1893) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection consists of two Series that contain more than 29,000 titles focused on religion and theology
  3. ATLA Historical Monograph Collection: Series 2 (1894-1923) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection consists of two Series that contain more than 29,000 titles focused on religion and theology
  4. Digital Karl Barth Library - Alexander Street Press
    Description of database The first major online collection of Karl Barth's works.
  5. Digital Library of Protestant Texts - Alexander Street Press
    Description of database A uniquely exhaustive resource for historians, theologians, political scientists, and sociologists studying the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries
  6. Ebook Central™ (Formerly Ebrary)
    Description of database A collection of over 40,000 books from over 150 publishers covering all academic disciplines. Users must download and install the Ebook Central software to view the books on their mobile devices.
    eBooks are also listed in Jackson Library's catalog, and the results of a catalog search can be limited to this "Material Type" by using the catalog's "Advanced" mode. [Video Overview]

  7. eBook Academic Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Access thousands of online books covering many subjects [Video1 ; Video2] . eBooks are also listed in Jackson Library's catalog, and the results of a catalog search can be limited to this "Material Type" by using the catalog's "Advanced" mode.
  8. Microsoft Computer eBook Collection
    Description of database Largest collection of FREE Microsoft eBooks ever, including: Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Office 2013, Office 365, Office 2010, SharePoint 2013, Dynamics CRM, PowerShell, Exchange Server, Lync 2013, System Center, Azure, Cloud, SQL Server, and much more.
  9. R2 Digital Library - Nursing and Health Sciences ebooks
    Description of database eBook platform for health sciences collections. A User Guide may be downloaded as a PDF.
  10. SAGE Knowledge - SAGE eBooks
    Description of database SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty. However, only a subset of the entire collection has been purchased (unlocked) by IWU.
Films & Video
  1. AVON: Academic Video Online - Alexander Street Press
    Description of database AVON: Academic Video Online is a multidisciplinary collection of streaming video that is growing steadily.
  2. Business Source Complete Business Videos - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Business Source Complete includes a business video collection for the Harvard Business School Faculty. To view all available Business videos, search for the term Business and in the box labeled "Limit your results" uncheck "Image Quick View" collection.
  3. Film & Television Literature Index With Full Text - EBSCOHost
    Description of database A resource for researchers of film and television, providing the most comprehensive, balanced collection of full-text and bibliographic coverage from scholarly and popular sources, and spanning the entire spectrum of film and television studies.
  4. Films on Demand
    Description of database Films On Demand is a web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view any of thousands of educational streaming videos from Films Media Group.
    Films on Demand provides course developers with a plugin for embedding video into their course.
  5. Nurse Theorists Videos - Fitne (Requires QuickTime)
    Description of databaseEach video includes the life work and life stories of nursing therorists. Watch and learn how theores are applied in practice by nurse theorists.
  6. ProQuest Nursing Training Videos - ProQuest
    Description of database These videos cover important topics such as health care safety, emergency planning, checking vital signs and many more. Videos are available in flash format, and are broken down into chaptered clips for easy study.
  7. Psychotherapy.Net
    Description of database Psychotherapy and counseling vidoes that provide high quality training. [Note: There are some isolated snippets from this material on YouTube, but they are far inferior to these annotated videos].
General Reference, Encyclopedia & Dictionaries
  1. Academic Search Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers many subject areas, great place to start.
  2. Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This biographical database offers the in-depth, original profiles from the Current Biography and World Authors series, the thorough periodical coverage of Biography Index and the specialist biographical content of Junior Authors & Illustrators. It provides biographical full-text articles, page images and abstracts from today’s leading magazines and journals.
  3. Biography Reference Center
    Description of database This database offers a collection of full-text biographies and unique narrative biographies. Including coverage for several of the most popular and heavily-researched biographies and genres, including those contained within Biography Today and Biography (both dating back to the first issue published).
  4. CREDO reference
    Description of database Credo General Reference covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference Offering more than 490 hundred highly-regarded titles from over 70 publishers.
  5. Dissertations & Theses - ProQuest
    Description of database Records for virtually every American dissertation accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Full text 1997-present.
  6. EBSCO Databases - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Search a variety of databases produced by the EBSCO company. Allows searching multiple databases simultaneously.
  7. Essay and General Literature Index (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Coverage spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences. Approximately 300 single and multi-authored volumes are indexed annually, plus more than 20 selected annuals and serial publications.
  8. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
  9. Gale Databases
    Description of database Search all the Gale/Cengage databases available through IWU. Check multiple databases to search more than one simultaneously.
  10. Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Search fulltext reference books in business, education, history, law, library science, medicine, nation and world, religion and social science.
  11. History Reference Center - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges and undergraduate research, this database features full text for thousands of primary source documents and informational texts.
  12. Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This database provides full text, abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as specialized magazines.
  13. Informe! español - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Esta base de datos bilingüe contiene una colección de más que 140 revistas y diarios hispánicas y bilingües con textos completos. Los asuntos incluyen los negocios, la salud, la tecnología, la cultura, los temas de actualidad y otras materias. Uno puede b
  14. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
    Description of database Indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
  15. Masterfile Premier - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Multidisciplinary database designed specifically for public libraries.
  16. Oxford English Dictionary
    Description of database The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
  17. Oxford Reference Online
    Description of database A core foundation of 135+ academic subject, language, and quotations dictionaries providing carefully vetted, trusted short-entry content.
  18. Points of View Reference Center
    Description of database Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.
  19. ProQuest Advanced Search
    Description of database Search across multiple databases covering the arts and humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.
  20. Referencia Latina
    Description of database This comprehensive database offers content from a variety of sources, including an inclusive collection of images, health reports, and full text for reference books and general interest magazines in a broad array of subject areas. Additionally, the resource covers a full spectrum of Spanish-language scholarships inside and outside academia.
  21. SAGE Journals Online
    Description of database SAGE Journals Online is the delivery platform that provides online access to the full text of individual SAGE journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
  22. Science Reference Center
    Description of database A research database providing easy access to a wealth of full-text, science-oriented content. Designed to meet student researcher's needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other reliable sources. In addition, the database includes a vast collection of images from sources such as UPI, Getty, NASA, National Geographic and the Nature Picture Library.
  23. Taylor & Francis Online
    Description of database Peer-reviewed journals and reference materials in all areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Technology
  24. Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory
    Description of database Information on hundreds of thousands of periodicals from publishers in over 200 countries.
  25. Wiley Journals ONline - Wiley
    Description of database Information on hundreds of thousands of periodicals from publishers in over 200 countries.
  26. WorldCat - Inspire/OCLC
    Description of database Locate books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
General Resources
  1. Academic Search Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers many subject areas, great place to start.
  2. AVON: Academic Video Online - Alexander Street Press
    Description of database AVON: Academic Video Online is a multidisciplinary collection of streaming video that is growing steadily.
  3. Biography In Context -Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Provides contextual information on the world's most influential people.Search for biographies based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.
  4. Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This biographical database offers the in-depth, original profiles from the Current Biography and World Authors series, the thorough periodical coverage of Biography Index and the specialist biographical content of Junior Authors & Illustrators. It provides biographical full-text articles, page images and abstracts from today’s leading magazines and journals.
  5. Biography Reference Center
    Description of database This database offers a collection of full-text biographies and unique narrative biographies. Including coverage for several of the most popular and heavily-researched biographies and genres, including those contained within Biography Today and Biography (both dating back to the first issue published).
  6. Christian Periodical Index (CPI) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Articles and reviews from a Christian evangelical perspective. Covers science, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, history, sociology, nursing, and education.
  7. Chronicle of Higher Education
    Description of database Full text articles from the popular publication for 1995 - present.
  8. Communication & Mass Media Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (Penn State) and more resources related to communication and media.
  9. CREDO reference
    Description of database Credo General Reference covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference Offering more than 490 hundred highly-regarded titles from over 70 publishers.
  10. Digital Commons Network
    Description of database The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide.
  11. Dissertations & Theses - ProQuest
    Description of database Records for virtually every American dissertation accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Full text 1997-present.
  12. Ebook Central™ (Formerly Ebrary)
    Description of database A collection of over 40,000 books from over 150 publishers covering all academic disciplines. Users must download and install the Ebook Central software to view the books.
  13. EBSCO Databases - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Search a variety of databases produced by the EBSCO company. Allows searching multiple databases simultaneously.
  14. eBook Academic Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Access thousands of online books covering many subjects.
  15. Emerald Insight - Emerald
    Description of database Management & business, including marketing, human resources, accountancy librarianship, many others
  16. Films On Demand
    Description of database Films On Demand is a web-based digital video delivery service that allows you to view streaming videos from Films Media Group anytime, anywhere, 24/7
  17. Fuente Academica Premier - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Portuguese langauge scholarly rescources. A resource for academic researchers, this multidisciplinary database provides extensive full-text coverage of Portuguese-language scholarly content. It is a rapidly growing collection of journals from Brazil and Portugal designed to make academic research readily available in PDF format.
  18. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
  19. Gale Databases
    Description of database Search all the Gale/Cengage databases available through IWU. Check multiple databases to search more than one simultaneously.
  20. Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Search fulltext reference books in business, education, history, law, library science, medicine, nation and world, religion and social science.
  21. Global Road Warrior - Country Studies
    Description of database Comprehensive travel, cultural, demographic, business, government, tourism information and much more.
  22. GreenFILE - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Index, abstracts and full text of articles covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
  23. Google Scholar
    Description of database The first time that you use Google Scholar, you need to set your library preferences. On the Google Scholar homepage, go to Scholar Preferences. At Library Links, use the browse feature and type in Indiana Wesleyan University. Add those link and then save the preferences.
  24. Home Improvement Reference Center - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Provides full text articles that show instructions, tips, and suggestions for a variety of home improvement projects.
  25. Indianapolis Star - ProQuest
    Description of database Local and regional news coverage - newspapers
  26. Informe! español - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Esta base de datos bilingüe contiene una colección de más que 140 revistas y diarios hispánicas y bilingües con textos completos. Los asuntos incluyen los negocios, la salud, la tecnología, la cultura, los temas de actualidad y otras materias. Uno puede b
  27. JSTOR
    Description of database Archival database with fulltext for over 1000 journal titles in JSTOR I, II, III, IV, and VIII. No current journal issues.
  28. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
    Description of database Indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
  29. Masterfile Premier - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Multidisciplinary database designed specifically for public libraries.
  30. Military & Government Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. Offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content.
  31. Military and Intelligence Database - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database A custom colletion of over 400 journals, covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects include ocioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.
  32. New York Times - LexisNexis® Academic
    Description of database Advanced search screen for finding articles in the New York Times, search by article or enter a specific date to get all articles for that day.
  33. Newspaper Source Plus - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Includes selected full text for hundreds of national and regional U.S. and international newspapers.
  34. Opposing Viewpoints In Context - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Covers current social issues. Includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
  35. Philosopher's Index - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Philosopher's Index complete coverage of all major articles from anthologies and books written in English, Spanish, German, Italian, and French -- over 480 journals from 38 countries.
  36. Points of View Reference Center
    Description of database Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.
  37. ProQuest Advanced Search
    Description of database Search across multiple databases covering the arts and humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.
  38. Readers Guide Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This full-text database provides searchable full text—as well as abstracting and indexing—for a broad selection of the most popular periodicals.
  39. SAGE Premier e-Journal Collection
    Description of database Search over 550 SAGE journal titles back to 1999.
  40. Salem Reference
    Description of database Online access to award-winning titles from Salem reference, including topics in Literature, History, Science, Health and Careers.
  41. Science Direct Health and Life Sciences
    Description of database Indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
  42. Science Reference Center
    Description of database A research database providing easy access to a wealth of full-text, science-oriented content. Designed to meet student researcher's needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other reliable sources. In addition, the database includes a vast collection of images from sources such as UPI, Getty, NASA, National Geographic and the Nature Picture Library.
  43. Springer Link - Springer
    Description of database Springer Link provides access to scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
  44. TOPICsearch - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Current events database covering social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics.
  45. Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory
    Description of database Information on hundreds of thousands of periodicals from publishers in over 200 countries.
  46. Vocational and Career Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs, this collection provides full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals for high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public.
  47. Vocational Studies Premier - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, this full-text resource offers comprehensive coverage of scholarly content most relevant to vocational programs.
  48. Wall Street Journal - ProQuest
    Description of database Fulltext coverage of the Eastern U.S. edition, updated daily.
  49. Wiley Journals ONline - Wiley
    Description of database Information on hundreds of thousands of periodicals from publishers in over 200 countries.
  50. WorldCat - Inspire/OCLC
    Description of database Locate books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Health Sciences (Public Health, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy)
  1. AHFS Consumer Medication Information - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, AHFS includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers and has been a Top Ten Award Winner in the Department of Health and Human Services National Consumer Education Materials Contest. This content is updated monthly.
  2. Alt Health Watch - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This alternative health research database provides the latest information and materials for the evolving practice of holistic medicine and therapies, with in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas.
  3. ATLA (Religion Index) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals. The ATLA Religion Database includes more than 620,000 article citations from more than 1,746 journals (575 currently indexed), more than 250,000 essay citations from over 18,000 multi-author works, more than 570,000 book review citations, and a growing number of multimedia citations. In ATLASerials, full text is provided for more than 380,000 electronic articles and book reviews.
  4. Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed for doctors, research scientists, students and clinical specialists in various areas of medical study
  5. Cabell's Directories - Cabell Publishing
    Description of database Cabell's Directories contains publishing information for business and health.
  6. CINAHL Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo.
  7. Cochrane Library
    Description of database Good database for evidence-based healthcare. Focuses on evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions.
  8. Consumer Health Complete
    Description of database A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content, Consumer Health Complete is designed to support the information needs of patients and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. This resource provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. The multilingual health databases provide this information in 16 additional languages. See the World Languages subject page for a complete list.
  9. Disabilities Resources & Chronic Illnesses Online Databases - Greyhouse
    Description of database Records for virtually every American dissertation accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Full text 1997-present.
  10. Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Health & Medicine - ProQuest
    Description of database Records for virtually every American dissertation accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Full text 1997-present.
  11. Emerald Insight
    Description of database Emerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of nearly 300 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.
  12. ERIC - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Premier education database. Best used when desiring a complete review of literature on a topic. Easy-to-use interface.
  13. Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale reference titles.
  14. Health Business : FullTEXT - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This database provides full text coverage for more than 130 well-known administrative journals. Critical for hospital administrators and managers, this database includes publications covering the business of health care administration and much more.
  15. Health Source : Consumer Edition - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
  16. Magill's Medical Guide - Salem Health
    Description of database Authoritative medical reference information on a wide variety of topics.
  17. MEDLINE Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
  18. Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Contains full text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks Includes Tests in Print (TIP) which serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language.
  19. Military & Government Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. Offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content.
  20. Military and Intelligence Database - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database A custom collection of over 400 journals, covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects include socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.
  21. Nursing and Allied Health Collection - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Covers Nursing; Allied health; Physical therapy; Occupational therapy; Cytology; Histology; Physiology; Anatomy; Gerontology; Geriatrics; Orthopedics; Traumatology; Radiology; Diagnostic imaging; Nuclear medicine; Nutrition; Dietetics; Dental hygiene; Rehabilitation; Nuclear medicine. Includes Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute.
  22. PILOTS: Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress - ProQuest
    Description of database Literature related to traumatic stress - journal articles.
  23. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source - ProQuest
    Description of database Covers Nursing; Allied health; Physical therapy; Occupational therapy; Cytology; Histology; Physiology; Anatomy; Gerontology; Geriatrics; Orthopedics; Traumatology; Radiology; Diagnostic imaging; Nuclear medicine; Nutrition; Dietetics; Dental hygiene; Rehabilitation; Nuclear medicine. Includes Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute.
  24. ProQuest Political Science - ProQuest
    Description of database International relations and political science - journal articles.
  25. ProQuest Social Science Journals - ProQuest
    Description of database Social science - journal articles.
  26. PsycArticles - EBSCOHost
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  27. PsycINFO - EBSCOHost
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  28. PubMed - U.S. National Library of Medicine
    Description of database Over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s.
  29. R2 Digital Library - Nursing and Health Sciences ebooks
    Description of database eBook platform for health sciences collections.
  30. SAGE Knowledge - SAGE eBooks
    Description of database SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty.
  31. Salem Health
    Description of database Online access to award-winning titles from Salem health reference, including Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Conditions, Psychology and Mental Health, Magill's Medical Guide, Cancer, and Genetics and Inherited Diseases.
  32. Science Direct Health and Life Sciences
    Description of database Indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
  33. Sociological Abstracts - ProQuest
    Description of database International literature of sociology - journal articles, books, dissertations, etc.
  34. SPORTDiscus with Full Text - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for 550 journals indexed in SPORTDiscus. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the SPORTDiscus index - with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1985, SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of sports & sports medicine literature.
  35. Wall Street Journal - ProQuest
    Description of database Fulltext coverage of the Eastern U.S. edition, updated daily.
  36. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - ProQuest
    Description of database International political science and international relations - journal articles, books, dissertations and working paper.
History
  1. ATLA Historical Monograph Collection: Series 1 (13th century-1893) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection consists of two Series that contain more than 29,000 titles focused on religion and theology
  2. ATLA Historical Monograph Collection: Series 2 (1894-1923) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection consists of two Series that contain more than 29,000 titles focused on religion and theology
  3. Biography In Context -Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Provides contextual information on the world's most influential people.Search for biographies based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.
  4. Global Issues In Context -Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.
  5. Historical Abstracts - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Index and abstracts to articles covering world history from 1450 to present (excluding U.S. and Canada).
  6. History Reference Center - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges and undergraduate research, this database features full text for thousands of primary source documents and informational texts.
  7. Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This database provides full text, abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as specialized magazines.
  8. Indiana History Online - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Provides a core of primary source documents for the study of Indiana history, packaged with an engaging user interface that provides students and researchers multiple ways of accessing the content. With state and regional histories, travel guides, biographies, speeches and more, the collection provides a range of primary documents.
  9. IBSS: International Bibliography of Social Sciences - ProQuest
    Description of database The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.
  10. JSTOR
    Description of database Archival database with fulltext for over 1000 journal titles in JSTOR I, II, III, IV, and VIII. No current journal issues.
  11. Military & Government Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.Offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content.
  12. Military and Intelligence Database - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database A custom colletion of over 400 journals, covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects include ocioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.
  13. Newspaper Source Plus - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Includes selected full text for hundreds of national and regional U.S. and international newspapers.
  14. Salem Reference - History
    Description of database Various historical reference materials from Salem Reference.
  15. Wall Street Journal - ProQuest
    Description of database Fulltext coverage of the Eastern U.S. edition, updated daily.
Language & Literature
  1. Bartleby.com - Great Books Online
    Description of database Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse. Provides students and researchers with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.
  2. Contemporary Authors
    Description of database Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on all of the more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
  3. Ebook Central™ (Formerly Ebrary)
    Description of database Provides authoritative, full-text e-books in a wide range of subject areas along with powerful tools to find, use, and manage the information.
  4. ERIC - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Premier education database. Best used when desiring a complete review of literature on a topic. Easy-to-use interface.
  5. Essay and General Literature Index (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Coverage spans the entire range of the humanities and social sciences. Approximately 300 single and multi-authored volumes are indexed annually, plus more than 20 selected annuals and serial publications.
  6. JSTOR
    Description of database Archival database with fulltext for over 1000 journal titles in JSTOR I, II, III, IV, and VIII. No current journal issues.
  7. Informe! español
    Description of database Esta base de datos bilingüe contiene una colección de más que 140 revistas y diarios hispánicas y bilingües con textos completos. Los asuntos incluyen los negocios, la salud, la tecnología, la cultura, los temas de actualidad y otras materias. Uno puede b
  8. Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) - ProQuest
    Description of database This database abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Documents indexed include journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers.
  9. LitFinder -Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Thousands of full-text poems, short stories and essays, plus explanations, biographies and pictures.
  10. MagillOnLiterature Plus - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Literary works, reviewed critical analyses, brief plot summaries, biographies and author essays.
  11. MLA International Bibliography - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Index to books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
  12. Oxford English Dictionary
    Description of database The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
  13. Perseus Digital Library
    Description of database Large collection of original texts, encyclopedias, and other information and tools for the study of history.
  14. Play Index (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This unique resource covers classic and historical plays, along with the works of contemporary playwrights. Play Index covers new editions and translations, and includes descriptive annotations to summarize the plot and indicate musical requirements.
  15. Readers Guide Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This full-text database provides searchable full text—as well as abstracting and indexing—for a broad selection of the most popular periodicals.
  16. Rosetta Stone® - EBSCO
    Description of database Recognized as a leader in technology-based language learning, Rosetta Stone offers libraries and their patrons their proven immersion method.
  17. Salem Reference - Literature
    Description of database Literature reference materials from Salem Reference that includes Magill's Literary Annuals and Masterplots.
  18. Short Story Index (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Provides detailed indexing for hundreds of thousands of short stories, this database is an essential resource for readers seeking short stories by author or genre, and for those researching the body of work of a particular literary figure.
  19. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Literature & Language - ProQuest
    Description of database Comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses on literature and language.
Leadership
  1. Academic Search Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers many subject areas, great place to start.
  2. ATLA (Religion Index) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. From the American Theological Library Association.
  3. Business Source Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers thousands of business and related journals, lots of full-text; has Country Monitor and Industry Yearbook Reports.
  4. Cabell's Directories - Cabell Publishing
    Description of database Cabell's Directories contains publishing information for business and health.
  5. Christian Periodical Index (CPI) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Articles and reviews from a Christian evangelical perspective. Covers science, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, history, sociology, nursing, and education.
  6. CINAHL Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo.
  7. Communication & Mass Media Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (Penn State) and more resources related to communication and media.
  8. Dissertations – Library Catalog
    Description of database Printed leadership disserations from the Indiana Wesleyan University DOL program
  9. Dissertations & Theses - ProQuest
    Description of database Records for virtually every American dissertation accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Full text 1997-present.
  10. Dissertations & Theses - ProQuest: Indiana Wesleyan University dissertations
    Description of database Electronic full-text leadership dissertations from Indiana Wesleyan University Full text 1997-present.
  11. Emerald Insight - Emerald
    Description of database Management & business, including marketing, human resources, accountancy librarianship, many others
  12. JSTOR
    Description of database Archival database with fulltext for over 1000 journal titles in JSTOR I, II, III, IV, and VIII. No current journal issues.
  13. Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Contains full text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks. Includes Tests in Print (TIP) which serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language.
  14. ProQuest Education Journals
    Description of database Covers primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and many related topics. Includes Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute
  15. PsycArticles - EBSCO
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  16. PsycINFO - EBSCO
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  17. TREN (Theological Research Exchange Network)
    Description of database Find thousands of theses/ dissertations /conference papers in the area of religion
Missions/Intercultural - see Religion

Music
  1. IPA Source
    Description of database IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.
  2. JSTOR
    Description of database Archival database with fulltext for over 1000 journal titles in JSTOR I, II, III, IV, and VIII. No current journal issues.
  3. Oxford Music Online (Grove Music)
    Description of database With over 60,000 articles written by over 6,000 music scholars, Grove Music Online (GMO) is the authoritative resource for music research with an ongoing mission to chart the diverse history and cultures of music and musicians from around the globe.
  4. Vocal Masterclassics (Only Available On Campus)
    Description of database Vocal Masterclassics provides the long-awaited tools to finally enable a full and complete search of never-before documented details of vocal masterclasses offered on the internet.
Nursing
  1. AHFS Consumer Medication Information - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information, available in both English and Spanish. Published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, AHFS includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers.
  2. Alt Health Watch - EBSCOHost
    Description of database This alternative health research database provides the latest information and materials for the evolving practice of holistic medicine and therapies, with in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas.
  3. Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed for doctors, research scientists, students and clinical specialists in various areas of medical study.
  4. Cabell's Directories - Cabell Publishing
    Description of database Cabell's Directories contains publishing information for business and health.
  5. CINAHL Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo.
  6. Includes Cochrane Library
  7. Cochrane Library - Wiley
    Description of database Good database for evidence-based healthcare. Focuses on evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions.
  8. Consumer Health Complete
    Description of database A comprehensive resource for consumer-oriented health content, Consumer Health Complete is designed to support the information needs of patients and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. This resource provides content covering all key areas of health and wellness, from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. The multilingual health databases provide this information in 16 additional languages. See the World Languages subject page for a complete list.
  9. Dissertations & Theses - ProQuest
    Description of database Records for virtually every American dissertation accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Full text 1997-present.
  10. Emerald Insight - Emerald
    Description of database Management & business, including marketing, human resources, accountancy librarianship, many others
  11. ERIC - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Premier education database. Best used when desiring a complete review of literature on a topic. Easy-to-use interface.
  12. Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale/Cengage reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
  13. Health Business FullTEXT - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Full text coverage for nearly 130 well-known administrative journals in the healthcare industry
  14. Health Source : Consumer Edition - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
  15. Health Source : Nursing/Academic Edition - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers thousands of scholarly journals in many medical disciplines.
  16. IWU DNP Projects
    Description of database Dissertations by Indiana Wesleyan University Doctor of Nursing Practice students.
  17. Journals@Ovid - The links below go to frequently used journals from OVID. From any link, click the "Journals" tab to view the complete list of OVID journals.
    Computers, Informatics, Nursing
    Journal of Christian Nursing
    Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
    Description of databaseSeven nursing journals from OvidSP that include Journal of Christian Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Computers, Informatics, Nursing and more.
  18. Magill's Medical Guide - Salem Health
    Description of database Authoritative medical reference information on a wide variety of topics.
  19. MEDLINE Complete- EBSCOHost
    Description of database MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
  20. Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Contains full text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks Includes Tests in Print (TIP) which serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language.
  21. Nurse Theorists Videos -Fitne (Requires QuickTime)
    Description of database Each video includes the life work and life stories of nursing therorists. Watch and learn how theores are applied in practice by nurse theorists.
  22. Nursing and Allied Health Collection - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database All aspects of the Nursing profession -- from direct patient care to health care administration -- are covered in this collection.
  23. Nursing Resource Center - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Provides instant access to carefully compiled and trusted medical reference materials. Includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos from partner Healthology, Inc., and articles from 2,200 general interest publications in addition to a broad collection of Gale/Cengage reference titles. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
  24. PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress - ProQuest
    Description of database Literature related to traumatic stress - journal articles
  25. ProQuest Education Journals - ProQuest
    Description of database Covers primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and many related topics.
  26. ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source
    Description of database Covers Nursing; Allied health; Physical therapy; Occupational therapy; Cytology; Histology; Physiology; Anatomy; Gerontology; Geriatrics; Orthopedics; Traumatology; Radiology; Diagnostic imaging; Nuclear medicine; Nutrition; Dietetics; Dental hygiene; Rehabilitation; Nuclear medicine. Includes Evidence-Based Resources from the Joanna Briggs Institute.
  27. ProQuest Nursing Training Videos -ProQuest
    Description of database These videos cover important topics such as health care safety, emergency planning, checking vital signs and many more. Videos are available in flash format, and are broken down into chaptered clips for easy study.
  28. PsycArticles - EBSCO
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  29. PsycINFO - EBSCO
    Description of database Resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations.It is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, and contains over 3 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s, with one of the highest DOI matching rates in the publishing industry.
  30. PubMed U.S. National Library of Medicine
    Description of database Over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s.
  31. R2 Digital Library - Nursing and Health Sciences ebooks
    Description of database eBook platform for health sciences collections.
  32. SAGE Knowledge - SAGE eBooks
    Description of database SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty.
  33. Salem Health
    Description of database Online access to award-winning titles from Salem health reference, including Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Conditions, Psychology and Mental Health, Magill's Medical Guide, Cancer, and Genetics and Inherited Diseases.
  34. Science Direct Health and Life Sciences
    Description of database Web database for scientific research that contains abstracts, tables of contents, and full text of articles in the health and life sciences.".
  35. UpToDate (For Graduate Nursing Students/Faculty Only)
    Description of database UpToDate is a clinical resource designed to assist with diagnosis and treatment. Information is presented in the form of topic reviews,each one addressing a particular clinical issue; those on treatment or management topics include recommendations
Open Access (Free-to-Read) Articles

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  1. Digital Commons Network
    Description of database "The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
  2. Directory of Open Access Journals
    Description of database "The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals." This collection covers a wide range of subjects, making it one of the most useful for those unable to authenticate to the OCLS databases.
  3. EBSCO Free Databases
    Description of database

    EBSCO (as of 2018) provides access to the following databases for free:

    • American Doctoral Dissertations
    • Greenfile
    • Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
    • Teacher Reference Center
    • European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 (Historical Archive)
  4. Education Resources Information Center
    Description of database The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) contains scholarly education literature, including over a million reports and links to journal articles. The current ERIC search engine is not optimized for Boolean search: consult these instructions or [ Video1 ; Video2 ].

  5. Google Scholar (Limited open access)
    Description of database Google has indexed millions of scholarly articles, providing links back to the original publisher. Some publishers make these article open access, while other publishers charge $20-50 to read an article.
    The first time that you use Google Scholar, you may set your library preferences so that Google Scholar and the OCLS databases are linked.
    1. On the Google Scholar homepage, go to Scholar Preferences.
    2. At Library Links, use the "browse" feature and type in "Indiana Wesleyan University".
    3. Add the link and then save the preferences.
    Thereafter when you use Google Scholar on this computer the articles available from OCLS should be noted with a link to the appropriate OCLS database.
    If you want an article which does not seem to be in an OCLS database, do a journal title search to verify that the journal with the article is not available from OCLS databases. At this point contact OCLS about the feasibility of interlibrary loan before purchasing articles.
  6. GRAFT Repository Search
    Description of database Search over 4,600 academic repositories for research documents or other scanned material.

    Warning: As with the HathiTrust, evaluate the documents for appropriateness, as they may be of historic interest only.
  7. Hathitrust Books
    Description of database "HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository and highly functional access platform. It provides long-term preservation and access services for public domain and in copyright content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house partner institution initiatives."

    Warning: Evaluate documents from this source. The focus of the HathiTrust is preservation of material for future scholarship, and while it contains scholarly books and articles, it also contains popular culture items or discredited scholarship.
  8. JURN Articles & Books
    Description of database "JURN is a unique search tool, helping you to find free academic articles and books. JURN harnesses all the power of Google, but focusses your search through a hand-crafted and curated index. Established in 2009 to comprehensively cover the arts and humanities, in 2014 JURN expanded in scope. JURN now also covers selected university full-text repositories and many additional ejournals in science, biomedical, business and law. In 2015/6 JURN expanded again, adding over 600 ejournals on aspects of the natural world."
  9. Microsoft Academic
    Description of database Massive collection of scholarly science articles [ see Figure 3 ]. Note: Search results can appear "below the fold," forcing one to scroll down the page to see the first result. It was also available as a "Research" add-in in some versions of Microsoft Office.
  10. National Criminal Justice Reference Service
    Description of database The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) "is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide."
  11. Open Textbook Library
    Description of database "The Open Textbook Library provides a growing catalog of free, peer-reviewed, and openly-licensed textbooks." Only title indexing appears to be available for these open access e-books. Most of the e-books do have their own table of contents and index, as well as reviews and a list of institutions using the books.
  12. Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science
    Description of database The Department of Energy's Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science (PAGES) "offers free public access to the best available full-text version of DOE-affiliated scholarly publications - either the peer-reviewed, accepted manuscript or the published scientific journal article - after an administrative interval of 12 months." There appear to be over 50,000 articles and reports in the database as of 2018.
  13. PubMedCentral
    Description of database "PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)." Note that some publishers may charge for articles if the research was not funded by the U.S. government.
Political Science, Public Affairs & Public Administration
  1. Academic Search Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers many subject areas, great place to start
  2. Emerald Insight - Emerald
    Description of database Management & business, including marketing, human resources, accountancy librarianship, many others
  3. IBSS: International Bibliography of Social Sciences - ProQuest
    Description of database The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.
  4. JSTOR
    Description of database Archival database with fulltext for over 1000 journal titles in JSTOR I, II, III, IV, and VIII. No current journal issues.
  5. LexisNexis® Academic
    Description of database Full text coverage of more than 350 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world. Broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks as well as political transcripts covering Congressional committee hearings, press briefings from the State, Justice, and Defense departments, and presidential news conferences. Access primary source material such as case law, statutes and regulations or dive into secondary source materials such as legal news or law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic is also included.
  6. Military & Government Collection - EBSCOHOST
    Description of database Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. Offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content.
  7. Military and Intelligence Database - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database A custom collection of over 400 journals, covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects include socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more
  8. PAIS International - ProQuest
    Description of database Public affairs, public and social policies, international relations - journal articles, books, government documents, statistics, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, microfiche, Internet material, etc.
  9. ProQuest Political Science - ProQuest
    Description of database International relations and political science - journal articles
  10. ProQuest Social Science Journals - ProQuest
    Description of database Social sciences - journal articles
  11. Social Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Social Sciences Full Text provides sources covering a wide array of subjects, including addiction studies, ethics, public welfare, urban studies and more. Covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences, this full-text resource provides access to the most important English-language social science journals.
  12. Wall Street Journal - ProQuest
    Description of database Fulltext coverage of the Eastern U.S. edition, updated daily.
  13. Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - ProQuest
    Description of database International political science and international relations - journal articles, books, dissertations and working papers
Psychology & Counseling
  1. ATLA (Religion Index) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. From the American Theological Library Association.
  2. Christian Periodical Index (CPI) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Articles and reviews from a Christian evangelical perspective. Covers science, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, history, sociology, nursing, and education.
  3. CINAHL Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo.
  4. ERIC - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Premier education database. Best used when desiring a complete review of literature on a topic. Easy-to-use interface.
  5. Health Source : Consumer Edition - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
  6. Health Source : Nursing/Academic Edition - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers thousands of scholarly journals in many medical disciplines.
  7. IBSS: International Bibliography of Social Sciences - ProQuest
    Description of database The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.
  8. MEDLINE Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
  9. Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Contains full text information about and reviews of all English-language standardized tests covering educational skills, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas as included in the printed Mental Measurements Yearbooks Includes Tests in Print (TIP) which serves as a comprehensive bibliography to all known commercially available tests that are currently in print in the English language.
  10. Professional Development Collection - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed for professional educators. Covers hundreds of high quality education journals, including many peer-reviewed titles. The most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.
  11. PubMed U.S. National Library of Medicine
    Description of database Over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s.
  12. PsycArticles - EBSCO
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  13. PsycINFO - EBSCO
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  14. PsycTESTS - EBSCO
    Description of database Serves as a repository for a growing selection of psychological tests and measures, including thousands of actual test instruments and test items that are available for immediate download and use in research and teaching. International in scope.
  15. SAGE Knowledge - SAGE eBooks
    Description of database SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty.
  16. Salem Health
    Description of database Online access to award-winning titles from Salem health reference, including Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Conditions, Psychology and Mental Health, Magill's Medical Guide, Cancer, and Genetics and Inherited Diseases.
  17. Social Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Social Sciences Full Text provides sources covering a wide array of subjects, including addiction studies, ethics, public welfare, urban studies and more. Covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences, this full-text resource provides access to the most important English-language social science journals.
Religion & Theology (includes Missions/Intercultural)
  1. Ancient Maps of Jerusalem
    Description of database Maps of Jerusalem and basic information concerning the map-makers and the history of cartography in Jerusalem
  2. ATLA (Religion Index) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. From the American Theological Library Association.
  3. ATLA Historical Monograph Collection: Series 1 (13th century-1893) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection consists of two Series that contain more than 29,000 titles focused on religion and theology
  4. ATLA Historical Monograph Collection: Series 2 (1894-1923) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection consists of two Series that contain more than 29,000 titles focused on religion and theology
  5. Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive
    Description of database Journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. From the American Theological Library Association.
  6. Bible Maps - Biblemap.org
    Description of database View beautiful full-color online maps from Biblemap.org
  7. Christian Periodical Index (CPI) - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Articles and reviews from a Christian evangelical perspective. Covers science, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, history, sociology, nursing, and education.
  8. Digital Karl Barth Library - Alexander Street Press
    Description of database The first major online collection of Karl Barth's works.
  9. Digital Library of Protestant Texts - Alexander Street Press
    Description of database A uniquely exhaustive resource for historians, theologians, political scientists, and sociologists studying the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries
  10. Global Road Warrior - Country Studies
    Description of database Comprehensive travel, cultural, demographic, business, government, tourism information and much more.
  11. Holy Land Maps
    Description of database Beautiful collection of ancient maps of the Holy Land
  12. Library of Ancient Texts Online - Google
    Description of database The Library of Ancient Texts Online aims to be the Internet's most thorough catalogue of online copies of ancient Greek texts, both in Greek and in translation.
  13. Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon - Persus Digital Library
    Description of database A standard lexicon of classical Greek and Hellenistic Greek literature which is very useful in biblical studies.
  14. Online Bible Atlas - GodWeb
    Description of database Index of places arranged in chronological order with maps relating to the Hebrew Bible coming first, and those relating to the New Testament following.
  15. Oxford Biblical Studies - Oxford
    Description of database Reference,Bible texts and images and maps of the biblical world.
  16. Perseus Digital Library
    Description of database Large collection of original texts, encyclopedias, and other information and tools for the study of history.
  17. Philosopher's Index - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Philosopher's Index complete coverage of all major articles from anthologies and books written in English, Spanish, German, Italian, and French -- over 480 journals from 38 countries.
  18. Resources in Ministry - (Index for DMin, DMiss, DEdMin projects)
    Description of database This is an index to be used by the following: DMin, DMiss, DEdMin.
  19. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
    Description of database Organizes scholars from aroung the in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.
  20. Text of the Week
    Description of database Text of the Week, free resource for scripture study with links to ATLA database.
  21. TREN (Theological Research Exchange Network)
    Description of database Find thousands of theses/ dissertations /conference papers in the area of religion
  22. Twentieth Century Religious Thought - Alexander Street Press
    Description of database A multivolume, cross-searchable online collection that brings together the seminal works and archival materials related to key worldwide religious thinkers, from the early 1900s until the turn of the 21st century.
  23. Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library (WHDL)
    Description of database A free, multidisciplinary, open access, digital resource of books, literature, multimedia material, and archives collected into a single institutional repository initiated by the global Church of the Nazarene.
Science & Mathematics
  1. Academic Search Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers many subject areas, great place to start.
  2. American Chemical Society Journals
    Description of database A comprehensive collection of the most-cited, peer-reviewed journals in the chemical and related sciences.
  3. Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Designed for doctors, research scientists, students and clinical specialists in various areas of medical study.
  4. GreenFILE - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Index, abstracts and full text of articles covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
  5. MEDLINE Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
  6. Microsoft Computer eBook Collection
    Description of database Largest collection of FREE Microsoft eBooks ever, including: Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Office 2013, Office 365, Office 2010, SharePoint 2013, Dynamics CRM, PowerShell, Exchange Server, Lync 2013, System Center, Azure, Cloud, SQL Server, and much more.
  7. Salem Reference - Science
    Description of database Various reference materials on Science from Salem Reference.
  8. Science Direct Health and Life Sciences - Elsevier
    Description of database Web database for scientific research that contains abstracts, tables of contents, and full text of articles in the health and life sciences.".
  9. Science In Context - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Gale/Cengage Science in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The new solution merges Gale/Cengage's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
  10. Springer Link - Springer
    Description of database Springer Link provides access to scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
Social Issues and Social Work
  1. Academic Search Complete - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Covers many subject areas, great place to start.
  2. Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) - ProQuest
    Description of database Health services, social work, sociology and psychology - journal articles.
  3. ERIC - EBSCOHost
    Description of database Premier education database. Best used when desiring a complete review of literature on a topic. Easy-to-use interface.
  4. Opposing Viewpoints In Context - Gale/Cengage
    Description of database Covers current social issues. Includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
  5. ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection - ProQuest
    Description of database This collection provides access to databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education. Featured databases include IBSS, PAIS and Sociological Abstracts. Together, they provide abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, including deep indexing and full text from over 1000 important social science journals.
  6. ProQuest Sociology - ProQuest
    Description of database Sociology and social work - journal articles.
  7. PsycArticles - EBSCOHost
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  8. PsycINFO - EBSCOHost
    Description of database International literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, child and family studies, marriage and family therapy, gerontology, and linguistics.
  9. SAGE Knowledge - SAGE eBooks
    Description of database SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty.
  10. Social Science Research Network (SSRN) - Elsevier
    Description of database SSRN is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks.
  11. Sociological Abstracts - ProQuest
    Description of database International literature of sociology - journal articles, books, dissertations, etc.
  12. SocINDEX with Full Text - EBSCOHost
    Description of database High-quality sociology research database with millions of records dating back to 1908.

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