Searching for academic literature

Search for academic literature using library databases.

General databases

  • The University library has numerous subscriptions to general and subject-specific databases. Note library databases generally provide references and citations only, not full-text articles.

About library databases

Library guide to effective literature searching

  • DiscoverEd - Search across multiple databases using the library's DiscoverEd service.  Choose Advanced Search and refine your search using Expand results beyond Library Collections.

DiscoverEd

  • Web of Science - Citations and abstracts to millions of journal articles, conference proceedings from all subject areas. Impact factors and email alerts available.

Web of Science Core Collection

Getting Started with Web of Science Core Collection

Subject specific databases

  • PsycINFO - Produced by the American Psychological Association with citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations. Currently uses Ovid interface.

PsycINFO

  • MEDLINE - United States National Library of Medicine database covering worldwide medical literature. MEDLINE is a good medical database covering psychiatry or clinical psychology subjects.

MEDLINE

  • PubMed -  a free service from the National Library of Medicine (U.S) with citations for biomedical articles going back to the 1950s. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life sciences journals. Includes links to many sites providing full-text.

PubMed

 


  • Philosopher's Index - Contains bibliographic information and article abstracts in philosophy and related disciplines from over 1600 journals published worldwide.

Philosopher's Index

  • ATLA Religion Database - Covers all aspects of religion, includes full-text for some journals.

ATLA Religion Database

  • PhilPapers is maintained by researchers, a comprehensive index of philosophy books and articles. Offers other features such as indexes of pre-prints and discussion forums. It maintains an open access archive.

PhilPapers


  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) - Abstracts from 2000 journals worldwide with coverage of books, papers and technical reports about language and linguistics.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

  • MLA International Bibliography - Citations to critical documents on literature, linguistics and folklore from over 4,400 journals. Also covers monographs, reference works and conference papers.

MLA International Bibliography

MLA International Bibliography online user guide

  • Ethnologue - Profiles approximately 7,000 living languages with number of speakers, location, dialects, usage statistics, linguistic affiliations and autonyms. It also provides data on languages which have gone out of use in the last 66 years.  Access available on campus. For off-campus access please use the University VPN.

Ethnologue


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