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General Research
Full-text
- Academic Search Premier
Largest database of articles from peer-reviewed journals and magazines in academic disciplines. - Britannica Academic Edition
Fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information. - Digital Commons Network
Digital Commons Network is a worldwide repository of scholarly works, including articles, book chapters, theses, dissertations and more. You can explore by topic using their innovative graphic search tool or search for your topic by keyword. - Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
The DOAJ is an online directory of open access and peer-reviewed journals. It includes over 11,000 journals in the areas of science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities. Use the search page or browse by subject. - Expanded Academic ASAP
Scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers from subject areas including arts, humanities, social sciences, science and technology. - JSTOR
JSTOR is a database of scholarly articles from a wide variety of journals. Researchers who sign up for a MyJSTOR account can read up to 78 free articles per year. - MasterFILE Premier
Articles from popular magazines, reference books, and primary source documents. - MegaFILE
Scholarly, popular and business articles. This is a combination of Academic Search, Masterfile and Business Source databases. - OAISter (OCLC FirstSearch)
Catalog of open-access materials from schools and institutions around the world. - Points of View Reference Center
Topical resource for finding articles, book, and other content examining various sides of issues. - Proquest Newsstand
Newspaper article database with full-text articles from thousands of newspapers and other news sources. Includes major titles such as the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and local newspapers such as the Minneapolis Star Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press. - Ireland Digital Repository
The RIAN repository includes scholarly article and dissertations published in Ireland. Used the advanced search to limit your search to only dissertations or theses. - Taylor and Francis (T&F) Online Journal Search
T&F offer a search of their entire journal collection, with the option to limit your search results only to items that are available to read for free. Enter your term(s) in the search boxes and mark the "Only content I have full access to" option to retrieve free articles from high-quality journals. - TED Talks
Search the online archive of TED Talk videos, which presents talks by world leaders and thinkers on just about any topic.
Indexes and citations
The OCLC index of articles from the table of contents pages of journals. Provides information for requesting articles from libraries that own the journal.
An extensive collection of citations from over 6,200 electronic journals.
Index of papers presented at conferences, symposiums and other meetings around the world.
Index of dissertations and theses with option for requesting items from libraries or linking to full-text online.
Index of proceedings from conferences around the world.
Resource for searching library catalogs around the world. Request items through interlibrary loan.
Ebooks and Reference materials
- Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
The DPLA is a project that aims to collect and make available resources from public and university libraries, archives and museums across America. It includes items from the Smithsonian, National Archives, Library of Congress, and many other institutions. Its goal is to create a portal that will be a valuable source of information for everyone. - HathiTrust
The Hathitrust Digital Library provides access to the collections of major research institutions and libraries worldwide. - EBSCO e-book Collection
Ebooks on general studies topics. - eLibrary
General research database with a variety of materials including newspapers, pictures, magazines, maps, books, audio/video, and more. - Gale Virtual Reference Library
Online collection of encyclopedias and dictionaries. - OCLC Electronic Books
Index of electronic books. Records include links to the full-text version if available or to the record of the library owning the item. - Reference Shelf Online
Online access to the Reference Shelf series, which publishes six books each year with articles and essays on current topics. Check out the print version in the library or use this link to see the collection online.
Arts
- CAMIO
Collection of works of art from around the world. Includes high quality images and details about each item.
Business
- Business Source Premier
The largest full text business database, with full text articles from scholarly business journals and other sources dating as far back as 1922. - Regional Business News
Full-text articles from regional business publications, including journals, newspapers and newswires.
Education
Education – Professional Development and Research
- ERIC (EBSCO) or ERIC (OCLC FirstSearch)
The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. It includes citations and full-text documents for articles from professional journals in the field of education. ERIC may be searched using either the EBSCO or OCLC interface. - Educator Reference
Collection of resources from academic journals, reports, and reference sources in the field of education. - Explora Educators Edition
A tool for educators that includes articles from education journals searchable by reading level and curriculum standards. Also includes lesson plans and links to helpful teacher sites. - Professional Collection
Databases of full-text articles from journals for professional educators in a variety of fields. - Professional Development Collection
Databases of full-text articles from journals for professional educators, librarians, and education researchers. - Teacher Reference Center
Database available free online for K-12 teachers. Includes citations for articles from education periodicals.
Education-Student Resources
- Explora Primary Schools
Good general research database for young students of articles from journals, magazines, newspapers across all academic disciplines. - Explora Public Libraries
Easy to use interface for the EBSCO databases. Includes browing by topic and search by Lexile reading level. - Explora Secondary Schools
Good general research database for middle/high school students of articles from journals, magazines, newspapers across all academic disciplines.
Infotrac Student Edition
Research site for high school students, with resources including magazines, newspapers, magazines, books and reference works.- Kids InfoBits
Topical research tool for elementary level students. - MAS Ultra – School Edition
Articles for high-school level research from popular magazines on many academic subject areas. - Middle Search Plus
Articles for middle-school level research from popular magazines on many academic subject areas. - Points of View Reference Center
Topical resource for finding articles, book, and other content examining various sides of issues. - Primary Search
Full-text articles from popular elementary-school level magazines. - Research in Context
Reference materials for middle-school age children, including video, newspapers, magazines, primary resources and more. - Student Resources in Context
Resource for students grades 6-12 with full-text articles from magazines, newspapers, biographies, essays, audio, video, etc.
Government
- GPO Monthly Catalog
Searches all types of government documents. Records include a link to the document online.
Health/Physical Education
- Alt HealthWatch
Articles about complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. with full-text articles from international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. - Consumer Health Complete
Collection of consumer-oriented health content designed to support the information needs of patients, and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics. - Health Source: Consumer Edition
Consumer health information from popular health magazines. - Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Health information from nursing and health literature on topics including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, medical law, and more.
History
- OCLC ArchiveGrid
Resource for searching for primary materials from archives that store historical documents, personal papers, family history documents, and more. - European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
Database of materials printed in Europe relating to the Americas from 1493-1750. Search titles found on books.google.com for full-text access. - HathiTrust
The Hathitrust Digital Library provides access to the collections of major research institutions and libraries worldwide. - World Digital Library
The World Digital Library, published by the Library of Congress, includes primary materials from around the world, including ancient religious and Biblical manuscripts.
Information
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Index of articles in library and information science scholarly journals. - Professional Development Collection
Databases of full-text articles from journals for professional educators, librarians, and education researchers.
Learning Resources
- Khan Academy
Website for independent learning in math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics and more. - TutorND
Online tutoring and academic resources for ND students. Tutors available online from Sunday to Thursday, 3pm to 10pm Central Time. A Skills Center with academic and career resource is available 24/7.
Literature
- NoveList
Resource for finding books to read or use in research. Includes the ability to search keywords or browse by genre. - OCLC ArchiveGrid
Resource for searching for primary materials from archives that store historical documents, personal papers, family history documents, and more. - Points of View Reference Center
Topical resource for finding articles, book, and other content examining various sides of issues. - Project Gutenberg
A collection of thousands of over 50,000 classic fiction and non-fiction texts. All books are public domain and can be downloaded for free to read on any device.
Religion/Theology
- Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)
The ARDA collects and provides data on religion, which is provided by religion scholars and research centers around the world. The data is meant to be a resource for scholars, educators, journalists, and religious congregations. It is presented in a wide variety of tables, spreadsheets, summaries, etc. - ATLA Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
Provides indexing of periodicals, essay collections, church documents, papal documents and electronic resources expressly addressing the practice and intellectual tradition of Roman Catholicism. ATLA CPLI contains indexing from 1981 to the present and is updated quarterly. - ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
ATLA Religion Database is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Includes citations for journal articles, essays from multi-author works, book reviews, and a growing number of multimedia materials.
ATLASerials is an online collection of full-text articles and books reviews from major religion and theology journals. - British Library Sacred Texts Archive
A digital collection of the sacred texts held by the British Library. Over 78 beautifully digitized texts are available to view, along with descriptive and background information for each item. - Center for Jewish History
"The Center Digital Collections catalog provides access to the digital assets of the Center for Jewish History and its five partner organizations, the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research."Home page - Christian Periodical Index
Index to journal articles and book reviews from evangelical Christian resources. Title list - New Testament Abstracts
Index of articles from scholarly journals about New Testament studies. - Old Testament Abstracts
Index of articles from scholarly journals about Old Testament studies. - Princeton Theological Commons
A digital collection of over 80,000 items on religion and theology collected and hosted by Princeton Theological Seminary. - Theological Studies Archive & Biblical Studies Archive
These complementary archives provide a wide range of materials for biblical and theological studies. There are many free journal articles, book reviews and Bible study aids. - World Digital Library
The World Digital Library, published by the Library of Congress, includes primary materials from around the world, including ancient religious and Biblical manuscripts.
Science/Technology
- General Science Collection
Articles on science topics, with an emphasis on the most current information in science journals. - GreenFILE
Articles on environmental topics. - MEDLINE
Citations for articles from medical journals. - Science Direct Open Access Journals
Science Direct, a major search engine for science journals and articles, has the option to view only open access journals or journals that contain open access articles. After your search, choose to limit your results to "Open Access Articles". - Science Reference Center or Science Reference Center (Advanced Search)
Full-text articles from encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Also includes an extensive image collection from institutes such as National Geographic, NASA, and Getty.
Social Sciences and Humanities
- Clase/Periodica
Index to articles from Latin American journals specializing in the social science and the humanities. - JSTOR
JSTOR is a database of scholarly articles from a wide variety of journals. Researchers who sign up for a MyJSTOR account can read up to 78 free articles per year. - Open Library of Humanities (OLH)
The OLH publishes scholarly, peer-reviewed, and open access journals in areas of the humanities. - Points of View Reference Center
Topical resource for finding articles, book, and other content examining various sides of issues.