UCI Libraries - Online Research: Databases to get you started

Online Research » Databases to get you started
Here is a list of recommended starting points. Choose one or more based on your subject area.

Academic Search Complete (Scholarly and news articles on a variety of topics)
Expanded Academic ASAP (Not available after June 30, 2008)
Web of Science (Arts and humanities, social sciences, and science)
JSTOR (Archive of scholarly journals in humanities, social science, and science)
LexisNexis^™ (News, business, legal and government information)
CQ Researcher (Current and controversial issues)
Opposing Viewpoints (Current controversial social and political issues)
Digital Dissertations (Dissertations in arts, humanities, social sciences and science)
Google Scholar (Provides an easy way to search for scholarly literature in many disciplines)

Facts, Statistics, Newspapers and Government Information
Encyclopaedia Britannica Oxford Reference Online Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary United States Papers (Local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers via Access World News) Global Newsbank (International news coverage)	Biography Resource Center Thomas (U.S. Federal legislative information) LexisNexis Congressional FEDSTATS (Statistics from over 100 Federal agencies) Statistical Abstract of the United States (Best source for quick statistics on most topics)

Arts and Humanities	Social Sciences	Sciences
Academic Search Complete America: History and Life (U.S and Canadian history) Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) Art Full Text (Visual Arts) Historical Abstracts (World history outside North America) Humanities Index (Arts, humanities, popular culture) Literature Resources Center MLA bibliography (Literature, linguistics and folklore)	Business Source Premier (Business, economics and management) ERIC (Education) Academic Search Complete PAIS International (National and international public policy) PsycINFO (Psychology) Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of science) Sociological Abstracts (Sociology) Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (National and international politics)	Academic Search Complete BIOSIS Previews (Biology and life sciences) Compendex (Engineering) INSPEC (Computer science, physics and technology) MedlinePlus (Consumer health information) PubMed (Medicine and health) Science Citation Index (Web of Science) Science Full Text Select

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