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Academic Search Complete

A multi-disciplinary database of journals, magazines, book chapters, and government reports. (Some full-text).

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Basic information from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).

JSTOR

Journal archives back to 1831. Recent issues (past 3-5 years) not included. (Full-text).
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OmniFile

A multi-disciplinary index of journal and magazine articles from 1982 to present. (Some full-text).

SocINDEX

An index of journals and books in sociology, social work, and criminology. (Some full-text).

Web of Science

An index of high impact research journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. (Citations only).

 

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America: History and Life

An index of journals, book chapters, and dissertations in United States and Canadian history. (Some full-text).

American Memory

Books, primary documents, images, sound, and video from the Library of Congress. (Full-text)

Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History

Research papers on cultures of North America, Mesoamerica, and other places. (Full-text).

Annual Reviews

Review articles on top research topics in biological, physical, and social sciences. (Full-text).

Bibliography of Native North Americans

An index of journals, magazines, and books on Native American culture and history. (Citations only).

Countries and Their Cultures

Essays on cultural practices in nations around the world. (Full-text).

ebrary

Electronic books with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online

The complete encyclopedia, plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. (Full-text).

Encyclopedia of Anthropology

An encyclopedia of cultural and physical anthropology. (Full-text).

Encyclopedia of Diasporas

Facts about immigrant and refugee cultures worldwide. (Full-text).

Encyclopedia of World Cultures

Essays on 1,500 cultures around the world. (Full-text).

Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement

Updated facts on cultures in the main volume. (Full-text).

Ethnologue: Languages of the World

Facts and bibliographies for 6,912 living languages. (Full-text).

Films on Demand: Digital Educational Video

Watch films and video in the humanities, sciences, business, health and social sciences. (Streaming media).

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America

Essays on 150 ethnic groups. (Full-text).

Google Scholar

An Internet search engine for scholarly journals and books with links to UHD-purchased content. (Some full-text).

Historical Abstracts

An index of journals, books, and other publications in world history from 1450 to present. (Some full-text).

netLibrary

Electronic books from academic, professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).

New York Times

An archive of the newspaper from 1980 to present. (Full-text).

New York Times Historical

A cover-to-cover archive of the newspaper from 1851 to 2003. (Full-text).

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Editorials, news, statistics, multimedia, and web sites on controversial topics. (Full-text).

Oxford Art Online

Information about artists, art forms, and terminology from the Grove Dictionary of Art and other sources. (Full-text).

Oxford Music Online

Information about composers, musicians, instruments, music forms, and terminology. (Full-text).

Project Muse

Electronic journals in the humanities and the social sciences. (Full-text).

PsycINFO

Start here for psychology research. A comprehensive index of journals, books, and dissertations. (Some full-text).

Redalyc - La Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal

Scholarly and scientific articles from, and about, Spanish-language regions. (Some full-text).

World History Collection

Journals on the history of Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. (Full-text).

WorldCat

A catalog of 58 million books, dissertations, sound recordings, and videos available in libraries. (Citations only).

 

 

 

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