LibGuides: About the Learning Commons Library: Library Databases

Chicago Manual of Style This link opens in a new window The venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. It is the indispensable reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window A web-based digital video delivery platform that allows you to view streaming videos anytime, anywhere, 24/7!
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications. Use the included Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. It also provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations® service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789.
Points of View This link opens in a new window Points of View Reference Center covers over 400 topics, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument). Each topic features a Guide to Critical Analysis which helps the reader evaluate the controversy and enhances students’ ability to read critically, develop their own perspective on the issues, and write or debate an effective argument on the topic.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window Provides access to journal, magazine, newspaper articles, and eBooks. Its primary subject focus is news, science, and business. The “My Research” feature lets you save documents you find useful and view details from your searches during your ProQuest session. You can then print a bibliography and email or export several documents at once.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window One of the largest and most authoritative collections of online journals, books, and research resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences.

Child Development & Adolescent Studies This link opens in a new window Today's source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window Education Research Complete is a robust database for education students, professionals and policymakers. Providing hundreds of full-text education journals, it covers all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education, plus multilingual education, health education and testing.
ERIC- The Educational Resource Information Center This link opens in a new window Includes over one million records and more than 300,000 full-text documents.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Contains more than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources. Register a MyJSTOR account to save, email and export citations.
Education Database This link opens in a new window Education Database supports the study and application of education across all levels of education, including early childhood education, primary and secondary education, and higher education. The database supports global study and research, including thousands of full-text journals, dissertations and other relevant sources.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window This database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports.

Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new window This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines — from acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering.
Birds of North America This link opens in a new window Birds of North America (BNA) is the most comprehensive reference for the life histories of over 760 bird species that breed in the United States and Canada. Species accounts are written by ornithologists and other experts and are an essential reference for anyone with an advanced interest in birds.
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window Environment Complete is a leading full-text database for environmental studies. It provides hundreds of top environment journals and monographs covering agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, public policy, sustainability and other related subjects. It also includes millions of records and an environmental thesaurus.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window GreenFILE is a research database covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts. It provides thousands of open access full-text records from scholarly, government and general interest sources.
Biological Science Database This link opens in a new window This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Supporting over two dozen areas of expertise, this database provides access to literature from over 6000 serials, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents.
Computer Science Database This link opens in a new window This collection provides unmatched discipline-specific coverage spanning thousands of publications, many in full text.
Science Database (by ProQuest) This link opens in a new window This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s.
Science Full Text Select (by EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Including all of the full-text content from Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, General Science Full Text and other renowned science content, this database offers complete coverage of scientific research across an array of disciplines.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window One of the largest and most authoritative collections of online journals, books, and research resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences.

Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source This link opens in a new window With Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source, dental practitioners and researchers have a definitive place to start and finish their online dental research. This database offers complete coverage for top dental and oral sciences journals commonly purchased by dental schools and related institutions.
Health & Medical Collection This link opens in a new window This database offers reliable, comprehensive journal coverage of clinical and biomedical topics, consumer health, health administration and more.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
Lexicomp This link opens in a new window Provides clear, concise, point-of-care drug information, including dosing, administration, warnings and precautions, as well as clinical content.
Lexicomp Online for Dentistry This link opens in a new window Lexicomp Online for Dentistry provides industry-leading reference information and screening tools to help answer your prescribing, diagnosis and treatment questions.
Nursing & Allied Health Database This link opens in a new window This database offers reliable, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health including journals, video, dissertations, reference books and more.
Nursing Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window Master nursing best practices with the premier source for evidence-based information designed specifically for nurses. Unmatched in scope, nurses use Nursing Reference Center Plus to get answers to questions quickly, access care plans, watch video demonstrations, strengthen nursing skills, earn continuing education credits and much more. **Contains Cultural Competence Resources**
Psychiatry Online This link opens in a new window Features the DSM-5, various reference books, and access to and The American Journal of Psychiatry.
Scientific & Medical ART Imagebase This link opens in a new window Provides a comprehensive collection of downloadable medical illustrations and animations.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window One of the largest and most authoritative collections of online journals, books, and research resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences.

Criminal Justice Abstracts (by EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Criminal Justice Abstracts is the leading bibliographic database for criminal justice and criminology research. It provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for hundreds of journals covering all related subjects, including forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law and investigation.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications. Use the included Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. It also provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations® service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789.
Criminal Justice Database (by ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Criminal Justice Database is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, dissertations, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window One of the largest and most authoritative collections of online journals, books, and research resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences.

Child Development & Adolescent Studies This link opens in a new window Today's source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Contains more than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources. Register a MyJSTOR account to save, email and export citations.
Psychology Database This link opens in a new window This database provides abstracts and indexing for key Psychology titles, many which are available in full text. Many titles are indexed in PsycINFO. Coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.
Religion Database This link opens in a new window Religion Database provides a wide range of primarily full-text periodicals and other sources for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering formal theological studies and commentary on topics of general interest from the perspectives of many worldwide religions. As well as scholarly journals there are many titles from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations. The resource reflects a wide spectrum of religious belief systems and supports the global study of religion.
Social Science Database This link opens in a new window Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
Psychiatry Online This link opens in a new window Features the DSM-5, various reference books, and access to and The American Journal of Psychiatry.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window The world's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.
Salem Press Literature This link opens in a new window Collection of literary criticism eBooks.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window One of the largest and most authoritative collections of online journals, books, and research resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences.

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window The most comprehensive ABI/INFORM™ database, this comprises ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Business Market Research Collection This link opens in a new window Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research with information from these sources: Hoover's Company Profiles - covering 40,000 global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more; OxResearch - succinct articles covering regional economic and political developments of significance; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports - covering global industries in depth; and Snapshots - market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications. Use the included Company Dossier module to retrieve detailed company information and financial performance measures or identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. It also provides access to the renowned Shepard's Citations® service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789.
Small Business Reference Center This link opens in a new window Offers a variety of information on small business and entrepreneurial subject areas, common business types, a help and advice section, and provides information on how to create business plans that lead to successful funding.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window Contains more than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources. Register a MyJSTOR account to save, email and export citations.
Salem Press Literature This link opens in a new window Collection of literary criticism eBooks.

Artstor This link opens in a new window Artstor provides faculty and students with a complete image resource in a wide array of subjects with the breadth and depth to add context and examine influences beyond the confines of your discipline.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Contains more than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources. Register a MyJSTOR account to save, email and export citations.