Databases for General and Multidisciplinary Topics

• Academic Search Premier - Includes both popular magazines and core research journals in all subjects.   Full-text available for many articles.   
• CQ Researcher - Balanced articles with background information and bibliographies on "hot topics."   An excellent starting point for speeches or papers.  
• InfoTrac OneFile - Full text of over 3,000 journals in all subjects.   Coverage from 1980.
• AP Photo Archive - Over 600,000 images from the Associated Press archives.   See "Click Here to Enter and Search the Archive."  
• FACTS.com - Selected full-text editorials, statistics, encyclopedia articles, and biographies, along with world news back to the 1940s and historical documents.
• LexisNexis Academic - Articles from newspapers, magazines and reference sources covering medicine, law, business, and news.
• CQ Weekly - Details all events in the U.S. political arena.   Paper copy at Ref. JK1.C15, Shelf 15.

Databases for Social Science Topics (including psychology, education, political science)  

• Social Sciences Abstracts - Indexes over 400 journals in all social science fields.
• Sociological Abstracts / Sociofile - Comprehensive source for journals, books, and papers in sociology and related fields.  
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) - Indexes books, articles, government documents, and web sites on various public issues, worldwide.  
• PsycINFO - The primary database of books, journal articles, and dissertations in all areas of psychology worldwide.  
• America: History & Life - Indexes articles, books, and book reviews on U.S. and Canadian history topics (for other countries, choose Historical Abstracts database).  
• Social Work Abstracts - Covers social work and related journals on topics such as the homeless, AIDS, substance abuse, public assistance, and more.  
• Education Full Text - Selective index to the core journals on all aspects of education.
• ERIC - Comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the professional and scholarly literature of the field.  
• Physical Education Index - Indexes physical education and related journals, as well as web resources.

Social Science Databases specifically for Communication Studies Topics

• Communication & Mass Media Complete - Provides full-text articles from hundreds of communication journals.
• ComAbstracts - Provides abstracts (and often full-text links) to articles from the most important communication journals.   Note: scroll down to "Check your library for other fulltext access" below each article abstract. 

Databases for Scientific, Health, and Environmental Topics

• Health Reference Center-Academic - Full text of core health and medical journals, along with consumer health magazines, pamphlets, and reference books.
• Health & Wellness Resource Center - Includes a medical dictionary and encyclopedia, newspaper articles, and links to web sites.
• LexisNexis Environmental - Use "News, Journals & Commentary" to search for full-text articles on energy and environment topics.
• CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) - covers nursing and related health literature, including journals, books, and AV materials.  
• General Science Index - Indexes basic science periodicals.

Databases for Business & Economics Topics

• Business Source Premier - Full text of over 3,000 business and management journal articles, with company profiles.
• Factiva - Full text of almost 8,000 newspapers and magazines, along with TV and radio transcripts, 20,000 company reports and 9,000 business web sites.
• RDS Business & Industry - Full text of business magazines, newspapers and journals.   To include statistical tables, click in the box for "TableBase" as well as "Business & Industry" before searching.
• Sports Business Research Network - Full-text articles on market research, fitness, team and individual sports, and sports broadcasting.  

Information on Controversial Issues and News topics:

• Congressional Digest, PERIODICALS ROOM, JKl.C65, Shelf 10 - Each monthly issue offers many opinions on one important legislative issue. 
  • Electronic access in Academic Search Premier database: type "Congressional Digest AND [topic keyword]."
• Editorials on File, Ref. D410.E3, Counter 10. - Reproduces editorials and editorial cartoons (with factual introductions) from major U.S. newspapers, covering all sides of public issues. 
  Full-text editorials can also be found in the LexisNexis Academic database (under the "General Topics" category):   in the Guided News Search, select General News (Step One) and Major Papers (Step Two).   Then type "editorial or opinion" and type your topic's keyword(s) on the next line(s).
• Time and Newsweek, PERIODICALS ROOM, AP2.T37 and AP1.N6772 - These are issues-oriented newsmagazines and good sources for current events information. 
  • Full text available in the Academic Search Premier database (under "General Topics").
• The Gallup Poll (http://www.gallup.com/poll) - Provides the latest results of public opinion polls on a wide variety of issues.   The print-only Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing (Ref. HM261.G36, Shelf 14; older issues in Stacks) includes valuable background information and analysis as well as graphs and charts on current issues.
• Encyclopedia of Communication and Information - Ref. P87.5.E53 2002, Shelf 16 - A multidisciplinary encyclopedia for all aspects of communication and information.   Use subject index in Volume 3 to find very specific terms.
• Encyclopedia of Rhetoric - Ref. PN172.E52 2001, Shelf 17 - Essays on 200 subjects, from African-American Rhetoric to Virtual Audience.