Databases by Subject

Go to Alphabetical List of Databases for the complete list of the library’s database holdings.

 

General Research Databases Covering Multiple Topics

Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
ArticleFirst 1990 to present.  An index to articles from 26,000 sources.  (A FirstSearch database)
The CQ Researcher Online Reports on controversial topics. Each report covers the history, current situation and contains bibliography of additional sources. (A CQ Electronic Library database.)
ECO (Electronic Collections Online) Coverage from 1995 to present
An index to articles from over 5,000 scholarly journals. (A FirstSearch database)
ebooks (formerly netLibrary  Full text book database. Over 21,000 scholarly and general works.
Ebrary Academic Complete contains over 85,000 ebooks covering all academic subjects.
OmniFile Full Text Select contains articles from 2,700 magazines and journals in many areas and disciplines. (An Ebsco/Wilson database.)
Opposing Viewpoints in Context 
Includes the viewpoints from the Opposing Viewpoints books in series as well as topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. (An InfoTrac database.)
WorldCat
A world-wide card catalog containing records of books, newspapers, journals and magazines, internet resources, maps, computer files, musical scores, films, slides, videotapes, DVDs, and CDs. (A FirstSearch database) You may  use the basic search interface freely available on the Web.

Arts and Humanities

Art and Architecture Source  extensive coverage of research and development within the applied sciences and computing disciplines by combining high-quality databases from both EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson.
Art Museum Image Gallery includes over 160,000 images from art museums world wide. Art from 3000 BC to contemporary is included. Searchable by artist, keyword, title, year, subject, ownership, type of object and artist’s nationality. (An Ebsco/Wilson database.)
ARTStor
This database is comprised of “a digital library of nearly one million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.” The images may be used for educational purposes.
Humanities Source  designed to meet the needs of students, researchers and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities. Coverage includes worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
Humanities Ebooks contains over 2,000 scholarly books dealing with ancient through 20th century time periods.  Coverage of the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.
JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Coverage from journal date of inception (some beginning 1800s)  Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.
OmniFile Full Text Select contains magazines and journals from art and humanities.
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online contains 100 dictionaries and reference books and an encyclopedia. Areas covered include the humanities, social sciences, literature, politics, business, law, science and medicine.

Biographies

African American Studies Center (Oxford) contains articles and reference books covering all aspects of African American history.
American National Biography
American National Biography contains biographical information on more than 18,000 “people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture.”
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
An index to many printed sources that include biographical information on multiple persons. Many books from our library reference collection are indexed here. People are from all time periods and geographical locations. (A GaleNet database.)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography contains 56,000 biographies of “people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2004”.

Biology

Biological Sciences. Varied coverage.
Some journals begin in the nineteenth century. No current articles (within the last three to five years) are included. Scholarly, full text coverage of a range of disciplines in the biological sciences including: biodiversity, conservation, paleontology, plant science, cell biology and zoology. (JSTOR databases.)
OmniFile Full Text Select contains magazines and journals from biological and agricultural publications.

Book Reviews

Book Review Digest Plus
An index to book reviews. This database was developed from Book Review Digest and also includes book review citations from other sources. (An Ebsco/Wilson database.)
Book Review Index Online Coverage from 1965 to present
Includes book reviews with over five million review citations from thousands of publications. (A GaleNet database.)

Business

Entrepreneurial Studies Source Entrepreneurial Studies Source provides the latest insight into topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small business. This database offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Series and Vator.TV.
JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.
OmniFile Full Text Select contains magazines and journals from business publications.

Controversial Issues

The CQ Researcher Online
Reports on controversial topics. Each report covers the history, current situation and contains bibliography of additional sources. (A CQ Electronic Library database.)
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Includes the viewpoints from the Opposing Viewpoints books in series as well as topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. (An InfoTrac database.)

Current Events and News (including archived and local news sources)

America’s Newspapers (formerly Newsbank) is a good source for local, state and national information.  Contains several regional newspapers including The Muskegon Chronicle, the White Lake Beacon, the Grand Rapids Press, and Detroit News as well as many major newspapers including The New York Times and The Washington Post.
New York Times Newspaper From 1995 to present
Full text newspaper
Newsbank Newspapers (see America’s Newspapers)
ProQuest Newspapers Includes major newspapers including The Atlanta Constitution, The Atlanta JournalBoston GlobeChicago Tribune, The Chrstian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times from 1851 to present, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

Education

Education Source designed to meet the needs of education students, professionals and policy makers. Coverage in Education Source spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and also includes educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.RIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Coverage from 1966 to present
An index to educational materials from the monthly Resources in Education (RIE) and to journal articles issued in the monthly Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). (A FirstSearch database)
JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.
OmniFile Full Text Select contains magazines and journals from publications pertaining to many areas including education. (Choose “Education” as the subject area for a more focused search.)

History

African American Studies Center (Oxford) contains articles and reference books covering all aspects of African American history.
American National Biography
American National Biography contains biographical information on more than 18,000 “people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture.”
CQ Historic Documents Series Online Edition
Includes primary sources covering current events around the world from 1972 to present. (A CQ Electronic Library database.)
Dictionary of National Biography contains 56,000 biographies of “people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2004”.
HarpWeek database of Harper’s Weekly magazine from 1857 – 1889.  A good source for information pertaining to the U. S. Civil War and other historic events.
Humanities Ebooks contains over 2,000 full text, scholarly history books dealing with ancient through 20th century time periods. Coverage of the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.

Language, Literature, Poetry, Drama

Book Review Digest Plus
An index to book reviews. This database was developed from Book Review Digest and also includes book review citations from other sources. (An Ebsco/Wilson database.)
Book Review Index Online Coverage from 1965 to present
Includes book reviews with over five million review citations from thousands of publications. (A GaleNet database.)
Children’s Core Collection 
The online version of the book, Children’s Catalog. This is an index to current children’s literature. The archive contains items formerly included in the main catalog, but are no longer current. (An Ebsco/Wilson database.)
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
This database provides a collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies, and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements, and techniques—including contemporary content. (An EbscoHost Web database.)
JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.
NoveList   A readers’ advisory guide to fiction.  Search by author, title, series, genre, awards, age and reading levels.  (An EbscoHost Web database.)
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150. The online version is an update to the 20 volume, 2nd edition.

Legal

JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.
Legal Source is an excellent resource for attorneys, educators, business people, law librarians, and others involved with the law. Providing full-text coverage of the world’s most respected scholarly law journals, Legal Source is the authoritative source for information on current issues, studies and trends in the legal world.
OmniFile Full Text Select contains magazines and journals from many legal publications.
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online contains 100 dictionaries and reference books and an encyclopedia. Areas covered include the humanities, social sciences, literature, politics, business, law, science and medicine.

Mathematics

JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.

Medical, Nursing, Allied Health

ALT HealthWatch  provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine.
Applied Science & Technology Source  extensive coverage of research and development within the applied sciences and computing disciplines by combining high-quality databases from both EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson.
CINAHL with Full Text includes indexing for over 2,700 journals from nursing and allied health. Includes full text articles from over 300 journals. (An EbscoHost database)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition  provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features the AHFS Consumer Medication Information, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
Medline Coverage from 1965 to present
An index to medical, dental and nursing literature. (A FirstSearch database)
OmniFile Full Text Select contains magazines and journals from many science and medical publications.
Oxford Medical Online
Oxford Medical contains reference books covering medical topics.
PsychiatryOnline contains psychiatric journals, the DSM-5® and earlier editions of the DSM, handbooks, and comprehensive textbooks in the field of psychiatry.

Politics and Government

CQ Historic Documents Series Online Edition
Includes primary sources covering current events around the world from 1972 to present. (A CQ Electronic Library database.)
GPO (Government Printing Office) Coverage from 1976 to present
An index to all types of U.S. government documents. Includes Congressional records, judiciary materials and documents issued by executive departments such as Defense, State, and Labor. (A FirstSearch database)
JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online contains 100 dictionaries and reference books and an encyclopedia. Areas covered include the humanities, social sciences, literature, politics, business, law, science and medicine.
Political Science Complete  provides full text for more than 520 journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles, (including top-ranked scholarly journals), many of which are unique to the product. The database also features over 340 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 36,000 full-text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.

Psychology

ProQuest Psychology Journals includes journals and other publications covering psychology and related fields such as health, management, education and law.
PsycARTICLES Coverage from 1985 to present
A full-text database of over 50 journals covering general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection  is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world’s largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.
Science Direct College Edition Contains the full text of major social science encyclopedias with emphasis on the behavioral sciences.  Titles include the encyclopedias of:   Applied Psychology, the Human Brain, Information Systems, International Media and Communications, Language & Linguistics, Psychotherapy, Social Measurement and the International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences,  Also contains scholarly journals from the social sciences.
PsychiatryOnline contains psychiatric journals, the DSM-5 and earlier editions of the DSM, handbooks, and comprehensive textbooks in the field of psychiatry.
JSTOR – Includes articles from scholarly journals.  JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently very recent years are not included.  Do an “Advanced Search” and select the “Psychology” set of journals.

Religion

JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.

Science

Applied Science & Technology Source ) extensive coverage of research and development within the applied sciences and computing disciplines by combining high-quality databases from both EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson.
JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.
OmniFile Full Text Select contains magazines and journals from general science publications. (Choose “General Science” as the subject area for a more focused search.)

Social Sciences

African American Studies Center (Oxford) contains articles and reference books covering all aspects of African American history.
Humanities Source  designed to meet the needs of students, researchers and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities. Coverage includes worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive)
Includes databases which contain articles from scholarly journals. Included are Arts & Sciences I, II, III and IV and the Biological Sciences collection. JSTOR serves as an archive for journals, consequently current years are not included. They cover a range of disciplines including: social sciences, ecology & evolutionary biology, education, business, language & literature, mathematics and philosophy.
OmniFile Full Text Select contains magazines and journals from a variety of publications.
Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online contains 100 dictionaries and reference books and an encyclopedia. Areas covered include the humanities, social sciences, literature, politics, business, law, science and medicine.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection  is a comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. This is the world’s largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.
Science Direct College Edition Contains the full text of major social science encyclopedias with emphasis on the behavioral sciences.  Titles include the encyclopedias of:   Applied Psychology, the Human Brain, Information Systems, International Media and Communications, Language & Linguistics, Psychotherapy, Social Measurement and the International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences,  Also contains scholarly journals from the social sciences.

Technology

Applied Science & Technology Source extensive coverage of research and development within the applied sciences and computing disciplines by combining high-quality databases from both EBSCO Publishing and H.W. Wilson.
OmniFile Full Text Select contains magazines and journals from a variety of publications.
Safari Tech Books Online contains over 1,000 full text books covering computer-related topics including certification, graphics, hardware, Internet, IT management, markup languages, networking, operating systems, programming, security, software engineering and other topics. Browse by subject category or search by author, title, publisher or ISBN.

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