Databases A to Z

The comprehensive ABI/INFORM™ database,includes ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data.

Full-text and abstracts on computer science, plus video and audio files (Sample titles: Communications of the ACM, XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students, Computers in Entertainment) including from over 60 journals and all publications of the Association for Computing Machinery.

Index of articles, books reviews, and other works on Biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues from over 1,500 journals and other works from 1949. Some sources date from 1818.

Full-text and abstracts on biology, ecology and environmental sciences from over 50 journals

BMJ Best Practice: combines the latest medical research, evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion – presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

Index of in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios, and videos with optional reviews.

Business collection including company fundamentals, investment reports, industry rankings, profiles, market share data & company histories. Formerly Business and Company Resource Center. 

Full-text articles on nursing and allied health topics from over 530 journals and 200 books from 1937.

Bibliography of controlled trials from international journals on systematic reviews.

Single-themed reports covering current economic, education, environmental, health, international affairs, political, and social issues.

Abstracts and indexes of international journals, books, and governmental and non-governmental reports on criminal justice topics.

DOAJ includes thousands of open access, full-text scientific and scholarly journals.  Full-text journal articles can be searched across all journals.  Journals are also browsable by title and subject.

Large collection of dissertations and theses - abstracts & citations only - from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day.

Collection of electronic books (e-books).  Most -- but not all -- of the library's e-books can be accessed here directly (or via an Advanced Search in the Library Catalog). 

Economics – Finance   Full-text articles and abstracts from economic  journals from 1969, ebooks, dissertations, and full-text book reviews

Full-text articles and abstracts on all education topics and levels from over 2,700 journals, 100 books, and conference papers.

Full-text articles on educational literature and resources with links to more than 100,000 full-text documents from ERIC.

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Multi-disciplinary resource with full-text articles and abstracts from nearly 3,400 journals including 2,089 peer-reviewed titles from 1980.

Multi-disciplinary resource with full-text articles, abstracts and links from over 4,500 titles including journals, newspapers, and reference works from 25 years ago.

Full-text of over 5500 records and indexes and abs tracts of over 468,000 records on environment issues including climate change, green building, agriculture, and pollution.

Full-text articles and abstracts on health and medical topics for health care professionals and consumers from 3100 journals, reference works, and pamphlets.

Full-text articles and abstracts on world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from over 1800 journals and 130 books.

Full-text articles and images from popular Hispanic magazines, over 200,000 entries.

Index of librarianship topics from over 600 periodicals, books, research reports, and proceedings from the mid-1960's.

Full-text articles and abstracts on all aspects of medicine and health-related fields from over 4800 journals. Created by the National Library of Medicine; use of Medical Subject Headings is available.

Detailed information on over 7,100 journals including editorial contact information, circulation, frequency, subscription prices, and submission guidelines.

News coverage from a variety of major U.S. newspapers, including the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

Full-text articles and abstracts on neurophysiology, life sciences, and health from over 300 journals, books, and reference works from the first volume of each title.

A directory of open-access digital repositories, including SHU's Digital Commons.  Go to 'Search Repository Contents,' or use OpenDOAR to find repositories or groups of repositories that fit particular needs using the 'Find' search.

A-Z List description: Index of Occupation Therapy articles from 20 journals from 1970.

 Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide, over 5 million documents from 1993.

 Abstracts of over 485,000 articles from 1400+ journals covering scholarly research in all major areas of philosophy. Some articles are available in full text.

Index of worldwide conference proceedings, over 169,000 documents from 1993.

Full-text articles on psychology from 60 journals, including 48 published by the APA, from 1894.

Full-text articles on regional business news from 50 local publications.

Full- text articles on the natural and life sciences from 640 periodicals, science encyclopedias, and reference works.

Abstracts on all aspects of social work from over 450 social work and human services journals from 1977.

Full-text articles on U.S. history from 120 journals and over 2,000 reference works. Also contains over 59,600 primary documents; and biographies, photos, maps, and videos.

In depth coverage of law materials, including law reviews, cases, statutes, codes, & regulations.

Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, World Almanac & Book of Facts, World Almanac of the U.S.A., World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and World Almanac for Kids.