Databases by Subject

General / Multidisciplinary
A-Z Maps Online	Database of proprietary, royalty-free world, continent, country, and state maps. Included in the 4,000+ maps are: political maps, physical maps, outline maps, population maps, precipitation maps, climate maps, and other thematic maps. New maps are added to the collection every month.
Academic Search Complete	A comprehensive, multidisciplinary database. Access to full-text of current articles from scholarly journals as well as magazines and newspapers.
Article First	Index only -- 1990 to present.
Directory of Open Access Journals	Free web resource, full-text, scientific and scholarly journals.
Dissertations and Theses Full-Text	This database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day and offering full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997.
EBSCO E-Books (formerly NetLibrary)	Full-text e-books, covering all academic subject areas. These are also accessible via Easley Library's catalog.
JSTOR	A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5 years back from the current date) of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.
LexisNexis Academic	Full-text world-wide newspaper articles and news media as far back as 20 years. Also, company information and legal case search.
Newspaper Source Plus	provides cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers and selective full text for more than 410 U.S newspapers. The database also contains full-text television & radio news transcripts.
PapersFirst	Index only -- papers presented at conferences worldwide.
Polling the Nations	Full-text from surveys conducted by polling organizations in U.S. and other countries.
Proceedings First	Index of worldwide conference proceedings.
World Almanac	The famous almanac full text, online.
World Catalog	Catalog of millions of books from libraries worldwide.

Business
Business & Company Resource Center	Includes full-text articles, company profiles, financial reports.
Business Source Complete	A full-text, scholarly, business database.
Factiva	Full-text global news and business.
Hospitality & Tourism Complete	Covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.
JSTOR	A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5 years back from the current date) of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.
LexisNexis Academic	Full-text world-wide newspaper articles and news media as far back as 20 years. Also, company information and legal case search.
Mergent Horizon	A database for finding, filtering, and organizing information about companies and industries.
Mergent Online	Information on publicly traded companies -- domestic and international. Company histories, annual reports, stock prices, etc.

Christian Studies
Academic Search Complete	Access to full-text journal articles (many scholarly). Current content as well as some content going back as far as 1887.
ATLA Religion + Serials (American Theological Library Association)	Combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals.
Humanities International Complete	Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,100 journals and 2.47 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 890 journals.
JSTOR	A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5 years back from the current date) of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.
Religion & Philosophy Collection	Provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Criminal Justice, Public Safety & Law

Academic Search Complete	Provides access to full-text journal articles (many scholarly) in many subject areas. Current content as well as some content going back as far as 1887.
ProQuest Criminal Justice	Focuses on U.S. and international criminal justice journals. Indexes and provides full-text for many titles -- 286 scholarly journals, 128 trade journals, plus several magazines and reports from 1981 to the present.
Emergency Management	A website that provides free access to Emergency Management Magazine and other resources.
Homeland Security Today	A website that provides free access to articles and many other resources.
Journal of Homeland Security	The Journal of Homeland Security is provided by ANSER, a not-for-profit, public sector research institute. It is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the discussion and analysis of issues related to the subject of Homeland Security. The Journal publishes feature articles, book reviews, commentaries and articles focusing on science and technology relevant to the field of homeland security. Feature articles are usually reviewed by at least two referees for significance and scholarliness.
JSTOR	A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5 years back from the current date) of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.
Legal Collection	This database contains full text for more than 250 of the world's most respected, scholarly law journals. The Legal Collection is an authoritative source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world.
LexisNexis Academic	Full-text world-wide newspaper articles and news media as far back as 20 years. Also, company information and legal case search.
Military & Government Collection	Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other pertinent content.
Education
ERIC	Educational Resource Information Center), the world's largest source of education information, contains more than 950,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. Some full-text content. Use the thesaurus to know what search terms to use.
Education Research Complete	Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,840 journals, as well as full text for more than 950 journals, and includes full text for more than 81 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers.

JSTOR	A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5 years back from the current date) of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.
LISTA	contains extensive abstracting and indexing content from over 600 of the library science industry's most well-known journals and periodicals.
Teacher Reference Center	Provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines
Exercise & Sport Science
Academic Search Complete	Provides access to full-text journal articles (many scholarly) in many subject areas. Current content as well as some content going back as far as 1887.
Alternative HealthWatch	Provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990
Consumer Health Complete	EBSCO's interface designed for the everyday consumer of health care information. CHC provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
Health Source - Academic Edition	This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
Health Source - Consumer Edition	This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines
JSTOR	A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5 years back from the current date) of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection	provides coverage of more than 550 full-text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full-text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO, a database of the American Psychological Association
SPORTDiscus	comprehensive source for sports & sports medicine journals, providing full text for more than 440 journals indexed in SPORTDiscus, dating back to 1985.

Fine Arts

Academic Search Complete	Provides access to full-text journal articles (many scholarly) in many subject areas. Current content as well as some content going back as far as 1887.
Arts & Humanities Search	Index only -- citations referencing more than 1,300 of leading journals in the field.
ARTstor	Digital library of over 300,000 art images and associated information. Prehistoric to contemporary, international in scope, includes architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts and design. To use, enable cookies, Java scripts, disable pop-up blockers. Technical help.
Digital Library of Appalachia	Access to archival and historical images and materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region. Includes reproductions of photographs, reformatted typed pages, published books, unpublished manuscripts, personal diaries and correspondence, journal and newspaper articles, musical recordings, oral history recordings and transcripts, and other related reproductions.
Humanities International Complete	Full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases.
JSTOR	A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5 years back from the current date) of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.
NAXOS Music Library	Listen to music online; search by composer, title, or genre. (5 simultaneous users allowed) Not available from off campus.
Oxford Art Online	A gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. With the 2008 complete redesign of Grove Art Online, as well as the addition of substantial new Oxford reference content, Oxford Art Online offers an extensive and easily searchable online art resource.
Oxford Music Online	A gateway that offers users the ability to access and cross-search the vast resources of Oxford's music reference in one location. The cornerstone of Oxford Music Online, Grove Music Online, has been completely redesigned with a number of functional enhancements and new content. Includes the contents of Grove Music, Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music.
History

Academic Search Complete

Provides access to full-text journal articles (many scholarly) in many subject areas. Current content as well as some content going back as far as 1887.

American Civil War: Letters and Diaries

More than 1,000 sources of diaries, letters, and memoirs to provide access to thousands of views on almost every aspect of the war, including what was happening at home.

American History In Video

A collection of video for the study of American history. Includes commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.

Digital Library of Appalachia

Access to archival and historical images and materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region. Includes reproductions of photographs, reformatted typed pages, published books, unpublished manuscripts, personal diaries and correspondence, journal and newspaper articles, musical recordings, oral history recordings and transcripts, and other related reproductions.

Early American Imprints

Full-text digitization of the microform set Early American Imprints, Series I (1639-1800), which was itself based on the American Bibliography of Charles Evans (14 vols., 1903-34, 1955-59). These were digitized from the original publications.

Early Encounters in North America

Diaries, letters, and memoirs about the people, cultures, and environment of North America.

European Views of the Americas 1493 - 1750

A comprehensive index to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.

HarpWeek

Enables you to directly experience the full-text richness and historical significance of Harper’s Weekly, America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper.

Humanities International Complete

Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,100 journals and 2.47 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 890 journals.

JSTOR

A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5 years back from the current date) of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries

sources from diaries, letters, and memories from Colonial to 1950

Women's Studies
International

covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage spans from 1972 and earlier to present. This database supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education.

Women Working, 1870-1930

Full-text books and pamphlets -- explores women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression.

Language, Literature & Communication

Academic Search Complete

Provides access to full-text journal articles (many scholarly) in many subject areas. Current content as well as some content going back as far as 1887.

Communications and Mass Media Complete

Cover-to-cover (“core”) indexing and abstracts for more than 440 journals, and selected (“priority”) coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 640 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for 326 journals.

Humanities International Complete

JSTOR

LexisNexis Academic

Full-text world-wide newspaper articles and news media as far back as 20 years. Also, company information and legal case search.

Literature Resource Center

Full-text literature resources for all research in literature, including author biographies.

Newspaper Source Plus

provides cover-to-cover full text for 149 national & international newspapers and selective full text for more than 410 U.S newspapers. The database also contains full-text television & radio news transcripts.

MLA (Modern Language Association) Bibliography

Index only -- to information on languages, grammar and literature.

Polling the Nations

Full-text from surveys conducted by polling organizations in U.S. and other countries.

Nursing

Academic Search Complete

Provides access to full-text journal articles (many scholarly) in many subject areas. Current content as well as some content going back as far as 1887.

Annual Reviews

This subscription gives access to 34 Science/Biomedical Journals. For a list of titles click HERE. Full-text articles are available for the current year and back 4 years from the current year.

Alternative HealthWatch

Provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine.
This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990

CINAHL Plus with Full-Text

Consumer Health Complete

EBSCO's interface designed for the everyday consumer of health care information. Provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.

Health Source -
Academic Edition

Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.

Health Source - Consumer Edition

This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines

JSTOR

A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5 years back from the current date of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Provides coverage of more than 550 full-text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full-text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO, a database of the American Psychological Association

PsycINFO

from the American Psychological Association, contains over two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as 1840.

PubMed Central

the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

Psychology & Sociology

Academic Search Complete	Access to full-text journal articles (many scholarly). Current content as well as some content going back as far as 1887.
Annual Review of Psychology	Review of research literature in the field of psychology (current year and back 4 years).
Annual Review of Sociology	Review of research literature in the field of sociology(current year and back 4 years).
Contemporary Women's Issues	A full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, hard to find literature, and the alternative press -- with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries.
JSTOR	A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5years back from the current date) of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.
Polling the Nations	full-text from 14,000 surveys by 700 polling organizations in U.S. and 80 countries.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection	provides coverage of more than 550 full-text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. The database covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full-text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.
PsycINFO	from the American Psychological Association, contains over two million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as 1840.
Women's Studies International	covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage includes more than 586,600 records and spans from 1972 and earlier to present. This database supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education. Over 2,000 periodical sources are represented.
Women Working, 1870-1930	full-text books and pamphlets, explores women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression.
Science & Technology
Academic Search Complete	Provides access to full-text journal articles (many scholarly) in many subject areas. Current content as well as some content going back as far as 1887.
Annual Reviews	This subscription gives access to 34 Science/Biomedical Journals. For a list of titles click HERE. Full-text articles are available for the current year and back 4 years from the current year.

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete	Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,800 academic journals, professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection. Full text is also available for more than 730 periodicals.

Environment Complete	Offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete contains more than 1,957,000 records from more than 1,700 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s (including 1,125 active core titles). The database also contains full text for more than 680 journals and 120 monographs.
GeoBase	via FirstSearch, worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology.
JSTOR	A full-text, scholarly journal collection consisting of back issues (beginning about 2-5 years back from the current date) of journals in many different subject areas; some of the journals go back to the 1800's.
LISTA	contains extensive abstracting and indexing content from over 600 of the library science industry's most well-known journals and periodicals.
PubMed Central	The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

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