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This is a list of our most popular databases. Most of these databases include full-text articles. A full-text article is one that can be viewed right on the computer screen. In addition to full-text, you will also see abstracts and citations, which are not full-text. If you want one of these articles you will have to look for it somewhere else. It may be possible to find it in another database, or in Brown Library in hard-copy, or you may order it through interlibrary loan. Visit the periodicals page for more information.

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EBSCO - This is the place to start for general research. This group of databases includes: Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, CINAHL, PsycARTCLES, ERIC, and more. Articles may be full-text, abstracts, or citations.

More Databases

  • CINAHL - This index database covers journals articles back to 1982 from the fields of nursing and allied health. Cinahl itself does not include many full-text articles, but you can click on the Lincit icon to see if articles are available in full-text from other databases such as Blackwell, Cambridge, and OVID.
  • CQ Researcher - CQ Researcher is often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers are seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly in print and online 44 times a year by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc.
  • ERIC - Includes digests, citations and abstracts from education journals.
  • Factiva - Focus on business and news. Includes newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Roanoke Times. Other sources include newswires, magazines, trade journals, web sites, company reports, and media transcripts.
  • Issues & Controversies - This full-text database, published by Facts on File, concentrates on controversial issues. Other Facts on File databases include: World News Digest (1940- ), Reuters News, and Today's Science.
  • JSTOR - This full-text database includes core research journals in a wide variety of academic disciplines. While most library databases begin periodical coverage in the early 1980's, JSTOR provides complete back-runs of journals sometimes going back to the early 1900's.
  • Literature Resource Center - Focus on literary biography and criticism. Includes comprehensive information from the well known print sources; Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography. Also includes selected text from other Gale publications, such as Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Literature Criticism, Short Story Criticism and much more. Added features include an encyclopedia of literature, a literary timeline, and a research guide.
  • Opposing Viewpoints - This full-text database focuses on social issues and includes newspapers, magazines, statistics, reference books, web sites, and primary documents. This is the number one source for writing the persuasive essay, as it provides side by side articles arguing both the pros and cons of an issue.
  • Project Muse - Current full-text journal articles in a wide variety of academic subjects. Includes current issues for many JSTOR titles.
  • PsycARTICLES - Includes full-text for 63 psychology journals published by the American Psychological Association and other organizations. Coverage is for complete runs of journals going back to the earliest publication date. The earliest journal included goes back to 1894.
  • PsycINFO- An abstract database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. Contains citations, abstracts, and cited references. Not full-text. Use the periodicals link from the home page to see if we have the journal you need on the shelf. If we do not, we can order it for you through interlibrary loan.
  • VIVA Databases - There are over 200 databases provided by the Virtual Library of Virginia. Some of those databases are listed on this page. For a complete list of databases click here.
  • World News Digest - This full-text database, published by Facts on File, concentrates on events in the news back to 1940. Other Facts on File databases include: Issues & Controversies, Reuters News, and Today's Science.