Overview
The Find Articles & FullText link on the library home page casts a wide net across multiple sources. Because it's so large, and not focused on a particular discipline (subject), it can sometimes be difficult to find exactly what you need.
The databases below either survey the core literature in a number of disciplines, or focus comprehensively on specific disciplines.
Research is iterative
Start with some of the key words and phrases of your research question.
Read through some of the articles you find, looking for additional ideas and key words that can be used to search again.
Note: Some database records will also provide subject heading or descriptor terms to help narrow or broaden your search. Keep an eye out for these! They can also be extremely useful.
Selected Subject Databases
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Academic Search CompleteMultidisciplinary and multi-genre--scholarly journals, scholarly journals, magazines, reports, newspapers. Lots of full text.
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ATLA Religion DatabaseA comprehensive database that contains citations from international titles and multi-author works in and related to the field of religion.
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America: History and LifeIdentifies articles, essays, books chapters and monographs on the history of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Very strong coverage in US government, policy, and foreign relations topics.
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Historical AbstractsIdentifies articles, essays, books chapters and monographs on history worldwide (except the US and Canada. See above),
Strong coverage of political history, from pre-history to the present.
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Worldwide Political Science AbstractsCovers political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public administration, and public policy.
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BAS - Bibliography of Asian StudiesIdentifies articles, essays, chapters and monographs on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
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Middle Eastern & Central Asian StudiesSelected full text. Chiefly scholarly. Interdisciplinary approach to Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. Indexes publications 1900 to present.