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Periodical Article Databases
All Subject Areas
Art
Behavioral Sciences
Biology
Business
Computer Science
Education
History and Politics
Literature and Languages
Medicine
Music
Psychology
Sciences and Math
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| Academic Search Premier | One of the world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary databases, Academic Search Premier provides indexing to over 8,000 periodicals and includes the full text of nearly 4,700 of these (approximately 3,600 are peer-reviewed journals). Part of the Collegiate DISCUS program provided by PASCAL (see below). |
| Book Review Index Online Plus | Reviews of books, periodicals, books-on-tape, and electronic media. 5+ million citations to reviews, 634,000+ full-text reviews. Provided by DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
| Directory of Open Access Journals | Providing access to over 2,000 free, full-text, quality-controlled scholarly journals, this resource allows one to search by topic for journal titles or journal articles. Coverage is strongest in the sciences and social sciences. |
| Gale Databases (also known as "InfoTrac") | Comprising several individual resources, this suite of databases covers thousands of academic journals, magazines, and newspapers. Provides citations and, often, abstracts and complete articles as well. Provided by DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
| Google Scholar | |
| HighWire Press | Focusing on the biological and medical sciences (but also providing some coverage of the physical sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities), this product includes 3+ million references to articles as well as 1+ million full-text articles from scholarly journals. |
| JSTOR | A database of articles from the back issues (3 years old and older) of hundreds of scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Converse subscribes to these JSTOR collections: Arts & Sciences I, II, III (which includes the "Music Collection"), V, VII, and VIII. |
| Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe | Provides the complete text of articles from newspapers, magazines, and legal publications. |
| Liebert Online | Provides articles (in PDF) from 50+ peer-reviewed journals published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; focuses on the life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, and public health. |
| Opposing Viewpoints in Context | Covers contemporary social issues. More than 8,700 “pro” and “con” articles from books, magazines, academic journals, etc. Provided by DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
| SIRS Knowledge Source | Made up of several individual databases, SIRS provides full-text articles from 1,500 domestic and international magazines, newspapers, journals, and government publications. Provided by DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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Art | |
| Art Full Text | Indexes over 400 art periodicals from 1984 to the present; from 1997 to the present, it includes the complete text of articles from around 150 of these periodicals. |
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Behavioral Sciences | |
| Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection | Provides full-text articles from more than 550 journals (most of them peer-reviewed) in the social sciences. Full text information in this database dates back to 1965. Part of the Collegiate DISCUS program provided by PASCAL (see below). |
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Biology | |
| BioOne | Provides the complete text and graphics from articles from over 80+ bioscience journals published by scientific societies and other non-commercial publishers. |
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Business | |
| Business and Company Resource Center | |
| Business Source Premier | The world’s largest full text business database, Business Source Premier provides the full text from nearly 7,600 scholarly business journals (more than 1,100 of these are peer reviewed) and other sources. Also includes the full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating back as far as 1922. Part of the Collegiate DISCUS program provided by PASCAL (see below). |
| Regional Business News | Provides comprehensive full text coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Part of the Collegiate DISCUS program provided by PASCAL (see below). |
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Computer Science | |
| Computer Source | In addition to indexing over 400 periodicals (some scholarly and some popular) dealing with computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software, this database also provides the complete text of more than 300 of these periodicals (dating back to 1985). Part of the Collegiate DISCUS program provided by PASCAL (see below). |
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Education | |
| Educator’s Reference Complete | More than 1,100 full-text periodicals covering education and related disciplines. 200 reports from the U.S. Department of Education. Provided by DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
| ERIC / Educational Resources Information Center | The most comprehensive index to education-related documents. Includes citations and abstracts for journal articles going back to 1966. Also provides citations and abstracts of non-journal documents; and, for the years 1993 through 2004, the complete text of these documents. Part of the Collegiate DISCUS program provided by PASCAL (see below). |
| ProQuest Education Journals | Covers over 500 magazines and journals in education. Provides citations and abstracts for all articles, as well as the complete text of articles from around 300 of the titles. |
| Teacher Reference Center /TRC | A free resource that indexes 250+ popular teaching-related trade journals. Provides citations and abstracts, but not complete articles. |
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History and Politics | |
| U.S. History in Context | Covering all periods of American history, this resource includes over 4,000 primary historical documents as well as complete articles from 100+ journals and 30+ reference sources. Provided by DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
| World History in Context | 1,500+ primary sources Full-text articles from 110+ academic journals. More than 1,600 historical maps and atlases. Annotated Web links to primary source special collection sites. Historical timelines. Provided by DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
| Military & Government Collection | Includes full text coverage of nearly 400 periodicals dealing with politics and the military (and indexes an additional 500 titles). Part of the Collegiate DISCUS program provided by PASCAL (see below). |
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Literature and Languages | |
| Literature Resources from Gale | Comprising several literature-related databases, this resource provides literary criticism, overviews and texts of significant literary works, biographies of writers, etc. Part of the Collegiate DISCUS program provided by PASCAL (see below). |
| MLA / Modern Languages Association International Bibliography | Covers journals in literature, languages, linguistics and folklore. Includes ONLY citations and abstracts. Part of the Collegiate DISCUS program provided by PASCAL (see below). |
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Medicine | |
| CINAHL / Current Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature Plus with Full Text | The authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators, and researchers, this database provides indexing for over 1,700 current nursing and allied health journals and publications dating back to 1982. Full-text material includes 60 journals as well as legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments, and clinical trials |
| MEDLINE | Created by the National Library of Medicine, this resource indexes over 4,600 journals in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc. |
| PubMed | Comprises several individual medical indexes. Provides citations and abstracts for all articles; includes, occasionally, the complete text of these articles. |
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Music | |
| IIMP / International Index to Music Periodicals | Covers primarily music journals and magazines. Includes citations, abstracts, and some complete articles. |
| JSTOR Music Collection | Contains the complete back runs of 32 journals dedicated to scholarly research and theory in the field of music. |
| Music Index Online | Covers over 640 music periodicals with topics in classical and popular music. Includes citations with occasional notes that serve as mini-abstracts, but not the full text. |
| RILM / Rèpertoire International de Littèrature Musicale Abstracts of Music Literature | Published by Rèpertoire International de Littèrature Musicale, this resource contains references to music-related information sources such as articles, books, bibliographies, dissertations, concert reviews, and recording notes. Covers not only all aspects of music, but also other academic disciplines as they relate to music. |
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Psychology | |
| Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection | Provides full-text articles from more than 550 journals (most of them peer-reviewed) in the social sciences. Full text information in this database dates back to 1965. Part of the Collegiate DISCUS program provided by PASCAL (see below). |
| PsycInfo/PsycArticles | PsycInfo covers journals, books, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines. Includes citations and abstracts. PsycArticles provides full-text articles from 70+ of the journals indexed in PsycInfo. |
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Sciences and Math | |
| GreenFile | This free database provides indexing to 600+ scholarly and general interest periodicals as well as government documents and reports dealing with environmental issues. Comprises almost 300k records, but the vast majority of these include only citations and abstracts, not complete documents. |
| ProQuest Science Journals | Indexes about 400 journals in science, technology, and math; includes the full text of most of the articles it indexes. |
Science: The World's Leading Journal of Scientific Research, Global News, and Commentary | |
| Science in Context | 30+ specialized encyclopedias and other reference works dealing with the sciences and math. Full-text articles from 300+ periodicals, both general and scholarly. Links to high-quality Web sites and a selection of newspaper science sections. Provided by DISCUS, South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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Collegiate DISCUS is coordinated by PASCAL, in cooperation with its members, the South Carolina State Library, and other partners. Collegiate DISCUS is funded by the South Carolina General Assembly through an appropriation to the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education.
