Databases for General - Multidisciplinary
- Academic OneFile (Gale) 1980 to present
Access to scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in all major disciplines. Includes thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. - Books & Authors
- Britannica Academic
Access to the Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools to assist students conducting collegiate research. - CIA World Factbook
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. - CQ Researcher
Provides in-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports. Shorter "Hot Topics" articles provide a solid introduction to subjects most in demand by students. - Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
Access to millions of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. - Directory of Open Books (DOAB)
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
A community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. - Diversity Studies Collection (Gale)
Provides scholarly journals and magazines that explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. - eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
A selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a range of academic subject matter. - Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
A collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. - General OneFile (Gale)
One-stop source for magazine and journal articles covering general interest topics along with reference, newspaper, and audio content. - Google Scholar
- HeritageQuest Online (Gale)
Collection of genealogical and historical sources, with coverage dating back to the 1700s. Searches U.S. census records, full-text family and local history books, Freedman's Bank records and more. - Infotrac Newsstand (Gale)
Access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts. - JSTOR
Provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. - kids InfoBits (Gale)
Covers a broad range of elementary school topics in one accessible resource. It features a modern, graphical interface that offers students an introduction to database searching that is in step with their skill level. - OmniFile Full Text Mega (EBSCOhost)
With the full text of articles from over 2,500 publications, and indexing and abstracts from nearly 3,600 publications, this database provides invaluable support for research in all core undergraduate subjects and for cross-disciplinary work. - Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
Covers current and multiple view points and today's controversial social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. . Includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, and infographics that help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. - Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
The OED provides the history of individual words, and of the language—traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books. - Oxford Reference
Spans 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias. Results range from short-entry, general reference to more in-depth articles on specialized subjects. - Popular Culture Collection (Gale)
Access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. - Popular Magazines (Gale)
Provides access to more than 1,000 full-text magazines covering subjects such as art, current events, sports, science, health, and more. - Project Gutenberg
Offers over 57,000 free eBooks, with focus on older works for which copyright has expired. - Readers’ Guide Full Text Mega (EBSCOhost)
Subject coverage includes antiques, arts, business, computers, education, entertainment, film & television, gardening, health & medicine, history, home improvement, literature, news & current events, photography, popular & classical music, politics, popular culture, religion, science, sports & fitness, transportation, travel and much more. - Springer Open Journals
- Springer Link-Open Books
- Student Resources in Context (Gale)
Covers a broad range of topics, people, places, and events in an engaging online experience to help students with papers, projects, and presentations that reinforce development of academic and 21st-century learning skills like critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity and innovation. - World Book (Gale)
Online encyclopedia that features thousands of reference articles, primary sources, and online books. It also includes up-to-the-minute access to worldwide news publications, government links from numerous countries, and multimedia materials.
