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A-Z Databases

Find the best library databases for your research.

Best for TWP and Composition

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window The library's primary scholarly database. Contains over 18,400 journals, over 16,300 of which are peer-reviewed, and over 8,900 are full text.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Ebook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window Over 200,000 ebooks from academic, scholarly publishers in most subject areas. Ebooks can be viewed in your browser by unlimited library patrons.
Accessing Ebooks: a Guide
Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window Online reference books, including encyclopedias and other publications spanning most subject areas.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window Google's academic search engine that connects you to our library subscriptions.
Setup Scholar for off-campus
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window Invaluable resource for current issues and controversies such as: capital punishment, gun control, climate change, genetic engineering, terrorism. Contains thousands of pro/con essays, court cases, magazine and peer-reviewed articles.

Citing Your Work

Citation Managers

NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
For full-featured citation management, we subscribe to NoodleTools.
NoodleTools app for iOS, Android. NoodleTools help

ZoteroBib
Simple, no-frills citation website.
Zotero (full)
More advanced citation tool preferred by many grad students. (Tutorial)
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Web-based plus downloadable app/extension. Free but offers paid upgrades.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

America’s Historical Imprints

New

More than 160,000 early American books, pamphlets, broadsides
and rare printed materials represent American history, literature, culture and daily life throughout the 16th-19th centuries.

Native American Tribal Histories

New

Complete records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendents dating from 1813-1880.

ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Citation Index

New

Collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from around the world, offering over 5 million citations and 3 million full-text works from thousands of universities.

Readex

New

Includes these databases: Early American Newspapers, America's Historical Imprints, Native American Tribal Histories, African American Periodicals, Civil Rights in America, and other special primary source databases.