Curtin Memorial Library
 
 

Certain subject areas do not have databases devoted to their discipline.  Use the multi-disciplinary resources listed here to do research in these subject areas.


Journal/Magazine Articles   Newspapers   Reference   Primary Sources   E-books



Journal/Magazine Articles

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Full text journal coverage for most academic areas of study.

ArticleFirst (OCLC FirstSearch)
Journal indexing for a wide variety of subjects (no full-text).

Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Quality research articles in areas related to communication studies and mass media.

FirstSearch
(OCLC)

Includes articles, government documents, conference papers, and proceedings.  Select subject area or specific database from the pull-down menu.

HighWire Press (Stanford University Libraries)
Full-text content of peer-reviewed journals on all subjects.

Informe! Revistas en Espanol (NOVEL)
Contains full-text Spanish-language and bilingual magazine articles, reports, and maps.

Proquest Central
Articles on all subjects.

Proquest Social Science Journals
Provides access to a variety of social science journals.

Wilson OmniFile Fulltext Mega (Wilson)
Search across all topics or select specific subject areas.
Experiencing problems with Wilson?

WilsonSelectPlus
Full-text articles in business, science, technology, education, health, art, broadcasting, and engineering.

WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)
Catalog of books and other materials held by libraries worldwide.


Newspapers

Custom Newspapers (Gale – NOVEL)
150+ full-text newspapers from across the U.S.

Lexis-Nexis: Academic
Use "News" tab to find full-text of newspapers, newswires and radio/TV transcripts from across the country and around around the world.

National Newspapers (ProQuest)
Includes coverage of 27 newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, plus other important U.S., international and minority interest papers.

New York State Newspapers (Gale – NOVEL)
16 full-text newspapers from cities in New York State.

New York Times (ProQuest)
Complete full text from 1980 to the present.

New York Times Historical, 1851-2004  (ProQuest)
Offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Provides access to every page (including advertising, editorials, obituaries, photos, as well as articles) from every available issue.

Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Selected full text for nearly 30 major U.S. and international newspapers, as well as 200+ regional papers.  Also includes full-text radio and television news transcripts.

ProQuest Newspapers  (ProQuest)
Full-text access to 25+ major U.S. newspapers, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, plus The Guardian from London.

Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
The leading financial newspaper in the U.S., with excellent general news reporting. Full-text coverage from 1984 to present.


Reference

Bartleby.com 
Full-text works in reference, fiction, non-fiction, and verse.

Britannica Online
Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica: Academic Edition.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
25,000+ encyclopedia entries covering all subject areas.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (NOVEL)
Contains 16 full-text reference books focusing on history, business, health, biography, world cultures, and science.

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers

Lexis-Nexis: Academic
Use "Sources" tab to find a variety of reference tools including country profiles, polls & surveys, quotations, state profiles, and the World Almanac. Use "People" tab to find biographical information.

Oxford English Dictionary
The leading authority on the meanings, history, and evolution of the English language.

Oxford Reference Online
English dictionaries and thesauruses, bilingual dictionaries, and other reference material on a wide variety of subjects.

 


Primary Sources

American Memory/Library of Congress
A digital record of American history and creativity in written and spoken words, sound records, moving images, print, maps, and sheet music. 


E-books

NetLibrary
Complete content of thousands of e-books in all subject areas.

The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
Full-text access to significant books written in English.

Project Gutenberg
Nearly 20,000 e-books in full-text.