Welcome!
Multidisciplinary Resources
These databases have articles (some scholarly and some popular) from a wide variety of disciplines.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly, multidisciplinary database containing more than 6,100 full-text journals, and indexing/abstracts for more than 10,100 journals.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContains almost 1,000 full-text journals spanning multiple disciplines. Some journals go to back to the mid-1800's. There is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issues and the issues available in JSTOR.
- ArticleFirst This link opens in a new windowIndexes 12,500 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. 1990 to the present.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.
Recommended Resources for Finding Articles
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly, multidisciplinary database containing more than 6,100 full-text journals, and indexing/abstracts for more than 10,100 journals.
- Education Research Complete This link opens in a new windowContains indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals. Coverage includes all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContains almost 1,000 full-text journals spanning multiple disciplines. Some journals go to back to the mid-1800's. There is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issues and the issues available in JSTOR.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowMLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2.2 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STOR’s language and literature collection as well as links to full text.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowContains scholarly works in sociology and related disciplines. Provides citations and summaries for articles, dissertations, books and association papers in sociology and related disciplines.
Journals Specialized in Spanish Language & Linguistics
Finding Books
- Google Book Search Many full text books, many that just have excerpts and snippets.
Reference Resources/Getting Started
Specialized encyclopedias and other reference sources are a great place to begin your research. They provide an overview of your topic, suggest further reading, and can be a great resource when brainstorming search terms to use in databases when searching for books and articles.
Want more tips for getting started? Check out this guide on how to begin your research .
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary and subject specific research in areas such as art, business, education, history, etc.
