Liberal Studies Databases

Most Useful Databases

America: History and Life

Journal articles, dissertations, and essays in collections on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. ... (more info)

International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text

IIBP Full Text includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and n... (more info)

PsycINFO

Indexes 2,182 journals, book chapters and records. ... (more info)

Sociological Abstracts

Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.... (more info)

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Academic Search Complete

Multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,900 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,800 peer-reviewed journals... (more info)

America's Historical Newspapers, Series I (1690-1876)

Numerous newspapers throughout the United States - Midwest & East Coast (no West Coast). Browse the list of titles by clicking on the database, then the Newspaper Titles tab.... (more info)

Bibliography of Native North Americans

Contains more than 60,000 citations to books, essays, journal articles and dissertations on Native North American history, life and culture. Includes ... (more info)

Black Thought and Culture

Primary sources documenting African Americans of all walks of life up to 1975. Books, speeches, essays, articles, and interviews.... (more info)

Chicano Database

Chicano Database includes over 67,000 records from more than 2,400 journals and other resources including newspapers, books and book chapters. The database provides coverage dating back to the 1960s a... (more info)

Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI)

95% are full text documents from more than 130+ scholarly and popular journals, 700 reports, pamphlets, newsletters, fact sheets, & literature from no... (more info)

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800)

Books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in the US from 1639-1800. Also contains state papers and government materials, including published reports, presidential letters and messages, & more.... (more info)

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)

Books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in the US from 101-1819. Also contains state papers and government materials, including published reports, presidential letters and messages, & more.... (more info)

Education Full Text

Provides full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. ... (more info)

ERIC (Proquest)

References to articles in 750+ professional journals, thousands of unpublished research reports, conference papers, and curriculum guides in all areas... (more info)

Gale Literary Databases

Gale Literary Databases include Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography. Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical ... (more info)

GenderWatch

GenderWatch (enlarging the scope of Women 'R') is a full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, spe... (more info)

HAPI Online

"The Hispanic American Periodicals Index is your source for authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico...... (more info)

Historical Abstracts

Journal articles, dissertations, and essays in collections on the history of the world, 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada).... (more info)

Humanities Full Text

Includes many of the most important academic journals in the humanities with the full text of articles from over 300 periodicals dating back to 1995, and high-quality indexing for almost 700 journals... (more info)

JSTOR

Contains the full text of over 169 journals available from JSTOR.... (more info)

Literature Online (LION)

Contains the full-text of over 350,000 English, American, and Canadian literary works, including poetry, drama, and prose. Full-text access to over 16... (more info)

MLA International Bibliography

Indexes 3,000+ international journals and series, monographs, working (unpublished) papers, conference proceedings, bibliographies and more. ... (more info)

North American Indian Thought and Culture

The North American Indian Thought and Culture Database contains more than 100,000 pages of personal stories, many of which are previously unpublished, rare, or hard to find.... (more info)

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

With more than 2 million entries, PQD&T is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master's these... (more info)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1989)

Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.... (more info)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2009) with Index (1851-1993)

Full-text and full-image reproductions of The New York Times rom 1851 to 2008. Coverage is cover to cover, including advertisements. Documents are a... (more info)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Washington Post (1877 - 1996)

The Washington Post offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. ... (more info)

ProQuest Newsstand

ProQuest Newsstand? offers unparalleled access to the full text of over 1300 newspapers, news websites and blogs from leading publishers throughout the world. The database includes backfile for most ... (more info)

Social Work Abstracts

Offers coverage of more than 450 social work and human services journals dating back to 1965. Produced by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), it provides indexing and abstracts... (more info)

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

This database provides abstracts and indexing of the international literature of political science and international relations...... (more info)