My Recommendation
Academic Search Elite [EBSCOhost]
- a general database with many full text scholarly articles
- extends back to 1980 with many full-text titles back to 1990
- academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural
- full text for over 1,200 journals
- abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals
ProQuest Research Library [Proquest]
- a general database with many full text scholarly articles
- 1971 - present, Updated monthly
- Indexes over 416 publications. Many are also in full-text.
WilsonSelect Plus [OCLC FirstSearch]
- a general database with many full text scholarly articles
- 1994- present, updated weekly.
- abstracts and full text articles from over 1300 periodicals
Databases
Alternative Press Index [OCLC FirstSearch]
- an index to non-traditional press and publications
- 1991- present, updated quarterly
- research of social issues which require non-traditional viewpoints
- early 290 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political and social change
Alternative Press Index Archive [OCLC FirstSearch]
- a historical index to non-traditional press and publications (1969-1990)
- nearly 290 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political and social change
ArticleFirst [OCLC FirstSearch]
- 1990- present, updated daily
- more than 13,000 journals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture
Clase/Periodica [OCLC FirstSearch]
- search Latin American periodicals (primarily Spanish language periodicals)
- 1975- present, updated quarterly
- MAJORITY of the journals indexed are in the spanish language
Consumers Index [OCLC FirstSearch]
- locate reviews of consumer products
- 1986- present, updated quarterly
- information on evaluations, tests, alerts, warnings, and recalls of specific products, services, and facilities as well as abstracts of articles on all aspects of consumerism and consumer protection. Web links provide free, direct access to Internet resources that contain journal articles online (e.g., FDA Consumer), news releases, booklets, recalls, and other sources
Emerald
- a collection of full text journals primarily in business, engineering, and library science
- approximately 155 scholarly periodicals available in full text
- Not a traditional database. Searching is limited to the citation and full text of the articles
¡Informe! [GaleGroup]
- over 80 Spanish language magazines
- some 1993- present
- Created for Spanish-speaking users, this full-text electronic reference tool provides indexing, images and full text of popular Hispanic magazines -- not just translations
Ingenta
- a database which includes table of contents of periodicals
- 1988- present
- article summaries of over 25,000 publications and the full-text of over 4,500 publications from 150 publishers
JSTOR
- archive of scholarly full text articles. Articles from the current 3-5 years are not included.
Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
- a general database strong in current events
- MAJOR NEWSPAPERS: over sixty leading newspapers from across the US and around the world, most updated on a daily basis.
Making of America
- a collection of full text journals and books from the 19th century
- documents from the 1800's
- full-text of approximately 30 journals from the Making of America Collections
ScienceDirect [Elsevier]
- a database of full-text research articles primarily in the sciences, psychology, and education
- 1995 - present in full text for most subscribed journals
- covers approximately 2,000 scholarly periodicals. 1200 are available in full-text through a consortial agreement.
- Not a traditional database. Searching is limited to the citation and full text of the articles
SIRS (Social Issues Resources Series) Researcher [OCLC FirstSearch]
- 1988- present, updated monthly
- articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues
Women's Studies International [EBSCOhost]
- over 489,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases.