Research Guide: General Databases
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Multi-Disciplinary Databases
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Academic OneFile
- Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. (more info)
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Academic Search Premier
- Multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. Offers information in nearly every area of academic study, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, language & linguistics, arts & literature, ethnic studies, and many more. (more info)
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Alternative Press Index
- Citations from alternative, radical, and left publications. (more info)
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Alternative Press Index Archive
- An archive of citations from alternative, radical, and left publications. (more info)
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AP Images
- The archive adds more than 3000 new and historical photos each day, including images of current events, people in the news, historical figures and events, political leaders, sports greats, and more. (more info)
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Article First
- Indexes journal articles in sciences and the humanities. (more info)
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CQ Global Researcher
- In-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. (more info)
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CQ Researcher
- Full text of CQ Researcher reports on major U.S. social, economic and political issues. (more info)
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Dissertation Abstracts
- An index to doctoral dissertations and master's theses from North American and selected European institutions. (more info)
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ECO
- Electronic Collections Online from FirstSearch includes full text access to scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines. (more info)
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General OneFile
- Over 6500 full text titles; contains popular, business and professional journals, NPR audio files complete with transcripts, and Fodor's travel guides. (more info)
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Google Book Search
- Google Book Search searches the text of books scanned and stored by Google. (more info)
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Google Scholar
- Google's academic search engine now has links to the full text that Watzek Library provides. (more info)
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GPO Monthly Catalog
- A guide to publications from the Government Printing Office since July 1976. (more info)
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Ingenta
- Citations to over 31,000 journals in all subject areas, searchable by keyword, title words, or journal name. (more info)
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JSTOR
- Full text of scholarly journals, from earliest issues up to 3-5 years ago. (more info)
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Left Index
- Leads to articles in left-leaning periodicals about politics, economics, and society. (more info)
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LexisNexis Academic
- Full text of national, regional, and international newspapers, business, and legal sources and more. (more info)
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MasterFILE Premier
- Full text of general interest periodicals and other materials. (more info)
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New York Times - Historical
- Provides access to full text articles, photos, and advertisements in the New York Times from 1851 through 2003. (more info)
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Newspaper Abstracts
- Indexes articles from 1989 to the present from Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Houston Post, Los Angeles Times, and others (more info)
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Newspaper Source
- Selected full text for 300 U.S. and international newspapers. (more info)
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Oregon Index
- Indexes several Oregon newspapers. (more info)
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19th Century Masterfile
- Locates 19th century articles from selected American and British magazines. Includes Poole's Index. (more info)
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Project Muse
- A unique collaboration between libraries and the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies, providing 100% full-text, online access to over 400 titles from prestigious humanities and social sciences journals and nearly 100 not-for-profit publishers. View an alphabetical list of journals. (more info)
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Readers' Guide Retrospective
- Index of more than 3 million articles from 375 popular and general-interest periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada. (1890-1982) (more info)
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Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
- Index of articles in 350 popular, general-interest magazines published in the U.S. and Canada. (1983-present) (more info)
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RefWorks
- Web-based bibliographic management software. (GROUP CODE) (more info)
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Web of Science
- Use Web of Science and other Citation Indexes to discover articles that have cited a specific article or author. (more info)
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WorldCat via FirstSearch
- WorldCat FirstSearch does not include journal articles but has some search functionality that Lewis & Clark WorldCat lacks. (more info)
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