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Most Useful Databases

Religion and Philosophy Collection - Journals and magazines in religion and philosophy [more details].
Academic Search Complete - A multi-disciplinary academic database [more details].
Gale Virtual Reference Library - A multi-disciplinary collection of encyclopedias [more details].
JSTOR - Search older issues of journals (purchased with support of the Rockwell Fund) [more details].
OmniFile - A multi-disciplinary database of journals and magazines [more details].
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Essays, primary sources, and statistics on controversial topics [more details].
Philosopher's Index - An index of journal articles and books in philosophy [more details].
Project Muse - Electronic journals in the humanities and the social sciences [more details].
Web of Science - A multi-disciplinary index of high-impact research journals [more details].

America: History and Life - An index of publications in U.S. and Canadian history [more details].
American Periodicals Series - Search magazines and journals published from 1740 to 1900 [more details].
ArticleFirst - A large, multi-disciplinary index of academic journals [more details].
ebrary - Electronic books from academic and professional publishers [more details].
Encyclopedia Britannica Online - The authoritative encyclopedia, plus a dictionary, an atlas, and timelines [more details].
Google Scholar - Use Google's powerful search to find journals, books, and web sites [more details].
Historical Abstracts - Index of publications on the history of the world from 1450 to present [more details].
netLibrary - Electronic books from academic, professional, and popular presses [more details].
New York Times - Full text articles with subject indexing [more details].
New York Times Historical - A cover-to-cover archive of the paper from 1851 to 2003 [more details].
SocINDEX - Search publications in social work, sociology, and criminology [more details].
WorldCat - Search 58 million books and other materials in libraries around the world [more details].

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