| Name
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Discipline(s)
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Description
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Access Cost
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Provider(s)
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| Academic Search
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Multidisciplinary
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Several versions are available: Complete, Elite, Premier, and Alumni Edition[1]
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Subscription
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EBSCO Publishing [2]
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| Aerospace & High Technology Database
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Aerospace, Aeronautics, Astronautics
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Subscription
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ProQuest[3]
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| AJOL: African Journals OnLine
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Multidisciplinary
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African journals
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Free abstracts; Subscription full-text
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African Journals OnLine[4]
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| AgeLine
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Sociology, Gerontology
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Includes information on aging-related topics, including economics, public health and policy.
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Subscription
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EBSCO Publishing[1]
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| AGRICOLA: Agricultural Online Access
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Agriculture
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Free & Subscription
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Produced by the United States National Agricultural Library. Free access provided by NAL[5]. Subscription access provided by Proquest[6], OVID[7].
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| Airiti Inc
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Multidisciplinary
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China, Taiwan.
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Subscription
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Airiti Inc[8]
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| Analytical Abstracts
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Chemistry
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|
Subscription
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Royal Society of Chemistry[9]
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| Analytical sciences digital library
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Analytical sciences
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Free
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National Science Digital Library and the Analytical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society[10]
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| Anthropological Index Online
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Anthropology
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Index only (no abstracts or full-text).
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Free
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Royal Anthropological Institute [11]
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| Anthropological Literature
|
Anthropology
|
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Free to Harvard faculty, staff and students. Subscription for non-Harvard access.
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Maintained by Harvard University. Non-Harvard access provided by OCLC[12]
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| Arachne
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Archaeology, Art history
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German Language
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Free
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German Archaeological Institute & the University of Cologne, administered by Reinhard Foertsch[13]
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| Arts & Humanities Citation Index
|
Arts, Humanities
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Part of Web of Science
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Subscription
|
Thomson Reuters[14]
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| arXiv
|
Physics, Mathematics, Computer science, Nonlinear sciences, Quantitative biology and Statistics
|
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Free
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Cornell University[15]
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| Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library
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Computer Science, Engineering
|
|
Subscription
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Association for Computing Machinery[16]
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| Astrophysics Data System
|
Astrophysics, Geophysics, Physics
|
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Free
|
Harvard University[17]
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| ATLA Religion Database
|
Religious studies
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Provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues
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Subscription
|
[18]
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| AULIMP: Air University Library's Index to Military Periodicals
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Military Science
|
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Free
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Air University[19]
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| BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
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Multidisciplinary
|
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Free
|
Bielefeld University [20]
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| Beilstein database
|
Organic chemistry
|
|
Subscription
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Elsevier [21]
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| Biological Abstracts
|
Biology
|
A complete collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 journals internationally.
|
Subscription
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Available from Thomson Reuters[22]
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| Book Review Index Online
|
Book reviews
|
|
Subscription
|
Thomson Gale[23]
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| Books In Print
|
Books
|
|
Subscription
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R.R. Bowker[24]
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| Chemical Abstracts Service
|
Chemistry
|
|
Subscription
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American Chemical Society[25]
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| ChemXSeer
|
Chemistry
|
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Free
|
Pennsylvania State University[26]
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| Chinese Social Science Citation Index
|
Social sciences
|
|
Subscription
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Nanjing University[27]
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| Cochrane Library
|
Medicine, Healthcare
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Includes reviews of research to promote evidence-based healthcare.
|
Subscription
|
Wiley Interscience[28]
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| CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health
|
Nursing, Allied Health
|
|
Subscription
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EBSCO[29]
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| CHBD: Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database
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Medicine
|
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Free
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University of Calgary[30]
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| Citebase Search
|
Mathematics, Computer science, Physics
|
Semi-autonomous citation index of free online research
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Free
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University of Southampton[31]
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| CiteSeer
|
Computer Science
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No longer being updated. See CiteSeerX.
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Free
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Pennsylvania State University[32]
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| CiteSeerX
|
Computer Science
|
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Free
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Pennsylvania State University[33]
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| CogPrints: Cognitive Sciences Eprint Archives
|
Science (General)
|
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Free
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University of Southampton[34]
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| The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
|
Computer science
|
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Free
|
Alf-Christian Achilles[35]
|
| Compendex
|
Engineering
|
Electronic version of Engineering Index.
|
Subscription
|
Elsevier[36]
|
| Current Index to Statistics
|
Statistics
|
Limited free search[37]
|
Subscription
|
American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[38]
|
| Current Contents
|
Multidisciplinary
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Part of Web of Knowledge. Contains 7 discipline-specific subsets.
|
Subscription
|
Thompson Reuters[39]
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| Directory of Open Access Journals
|
Journals
|
|
Free
|
Lund University[40]
|
| EconLit
|
Economics
|
The American Economic Association's electronic database, the world's foremost source of references to economic literature.
|
Subscription
|
Produced by the American Economic Association [41]. Available from CSA, DIALOG, OCLC, OVID, and AEA.[42]
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| EMBASE
|
Biomedicine, Pharmacology
|
Biomedical database with a strong focus on drug and pharmaceutical research.
|
Subscription
|
Elsevier[43]
|
| ERIC: Educational Resource Information Center
|
Education
|
Education literature and resources. Provides access to over 1.3 million records dating back to 1966.
|
Free
|
Produced by the United States Department of Education[44]. Also available by subscription from OCLC, CSA.
|
| Food Science and Technology Abstracts
|
Food science, Food technology, Nutrition
|
The world's leading database of information on food science, food technology and nutrition
|
Subscription
|
Produced by the International Food Information Service. Access provided by OVID, Web of Knowledge, Dialog, DataStar and STN International[45]
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| GENESIS
|
Women's history
|
Descriptions of women's history collections from sources in the UK, as well as women's history websites.
|
Free
|
London Metropolitan University[46]
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| Google Scholar
|
Multidisciplinary
|
|
Free
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Google[47]
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| GoPubMed
|
Medicine
|
|
Free
|
Transinsight GmbH [48]
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| HubMed
|
Medicine
|
An alternative interface to the PubMed medical literature database
|
Free
|
Alf Eaton[49]
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| IEEE Xplore
|
Computer Science, Engineering, Electronics
|
|
Subscription
|
IEEE [50]
|
| Information Bridge: Department of Energy Scientific and Technical Information
|
Energy
|
1991 - present.
|
Free
|
United States Department of Energy[51]
|
| Informit
|
Multidisciplinary
|
Australasian aggregator of bibliographic databases and journals
|
|
RMIT Publishing[52]
|
| IngentaConnect
|
Multidisciplinary
|
|
Free searching; Subscription full-text
|
Ingenta[53]
|
| Inspec
|
Physics, Engineering, Computer Science
|
The leading bibliographic database providing abstracts and indexing to the world's scientific and technical papers in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computing, information technology, manufacturing, production, and mechanical engineering.
|
Subscription
|
IET[54]
|
| JSTOR: Journal Storage
|
Multidisciplinary (Historical)
|
|
Subscription
|
JSTOR[55]
|
| MathSciNet
|
Mathematics
|
Available in print as Mathematical Reviews
|
Subscription
|
American Mathematical Society[56]
|
| MedlinePlus
|
Medicine
|
|
Free
|
Produced by the United States National Library of Medicine, the United States National Institutes of Health, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services[57]
|
| Merck Index
|
Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology
|
Also available in print.
|
Subscription
|
Produced by Merck & Co.. Available from CambridgeSoft Corporation, Dialog, Knovel, MedicinesComplete, STN International[58]
|
| Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts
|
Meteorology, Astrophysics, Geology
|
|
Subscription
|
Produced by the American Meteorological Society. Available from Dialog[59] and CSA[60].
|
| NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research
|
Economics
|
|
Free
|
National Bureau of Economic Research[61]
|
| National Diet Library Collection
|
Multidisciplinary
|
Japanese. Catalog for the National Library of Japan.
|
|
National Diet Library[62]
|
| OAIster
|
Multidisciplinary
|
|
Free
|
University of Michigan [63]
|
| Open J-Gate
|
Journals
|
Index of open access journals
|
Free
|
Informatics India Ltd.[64]
|
| OpenSIGLE
|
Grey literature
|
Indexes European grey literature.
|
Free
|
Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique[65]
|
| PhilPapers
|
Philosophy
|
|
Free
|
PhilPapers[66]
|
| PsycINFO
|
Psychology
|
The largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.6 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the early 1800s.
|
Subscription
|
Produced by the APA[67]. Available from several database vendors.[68]
|
| PubMed
|
Medicine
|
|
Free
|
National Institutes of Health and the U.S. National Library of Medicine[69]
|
| PubChem
|
Chemistry
|
|
Free
|
National Center for Biotechnology Information and the U.S. National Library of Medicine [70]
|
| Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
|
Journals and Magazines
|
Coverage: 1983 - present.
|
Subscription
|
H. W. Wilson Company[71]
|
| Reader's Guide Retrospective: 1890 - 1982
|
Journals and Magazines
|
|
Subscription
|
H. W. Wilson Company[72]
|
| RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
|
Economics
|
|
Free
|
Volunteer Collaboration [73]
|
| Rock's Backpages
|
Music
|
Primary documents from the history of Rock and roll
|
Subscription. Limited free access with registration.
|
Backpages Limited[74]
|
| Science Citation Index
|
Science (General)
|
Part of Web of Science
|
Subscription
|
Thompson Reuters[75]
|
| ScienceDirect
|
Multidisciplinary
|
|
Subscription
|
Elsevier[76]
|
| Scirus
|
Science (General)
|
|
Free
|
Elsevier[77]
|
| Scopus
|
Multidisciplinary
|
|
Subscription
|
Elsevier[78]
|
| Social Science Citation Index
|
Social science
|
Part of Web of Science
|
Subscription
|
Thompson Reuters[79]
|
| SSRN: Social Science Research Network
|
Social science
|
Contains an abstracts database and a electronic paper collection, arranged by discipline.
|
Free
|
Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc.[80]
|
| SSRRN: Social Science Research Resources Network
|
Social science
|
Indexes datasets and statistical codes
|
Free
|
Social Science Research Resources Network =[81]
|
| SPIRES-HEP
|
Physics, (High Energy)
|
|
Free
|
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center & partners [82]
|
| SpringerLink
|
Multidisciplinary
|
|
Free abstract & preview; Subscription full-text
|
Springer [83]
|
| Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
|
Periodicals]
|
|
Subscription
|
Proquest[84]
|
| VADLO
|
Biomedicine, Life science
|
Categories indexed: Protocols, Online tools, Powerpoints, Databases, Software
|
Free
|
VADLO[85]
|
| Web of Knowledge
|
Multidisciplinary
|
Includes other products, such as Web of Science, Biological Abstracts & The Zoological Record
|
Subscription
|
Thomson Reuters[86]
|
| Web of Science
|
Science (General)
|
Includes other products, such as Social Science Citation Index & Science Citation Index.
|
Subscription
|
Thomson Reuters[87]
|
| WestLaw
|
Law (General)
|
|
Subscription
|
Thomson Reuters
|
| WorldCat
|
Multidisciplinary
|
Unified catalog of member libraries' catalogs
|
Free and Subscription versions
|
OCLC[88]
|
| Zasshi Kiji Sakuin: Japanese Periodicals Index
|
Journals
|
Japanese.
|
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National Diet Library's Online Catalog[89], MagazinePlus[90], CiNii[91]
|
| Zentralblatt MATH
|
Mathematics
|
First three records free without subscription.
|
Subscription
|
Springer Science+Business Media[92]
|
| The Zoological Record
|
Zoology
|
Unofficial register of scientific names & papers in Zoology. Coverage 1864 - present.
|
Subscription
|
Thompson Reuters[93]
|
