Students, faculty and staff have free access to these research databases. They can be used to find journal, magazine, newspaper and encyclopedia articles as well as many other valuable resources. If you have questions, please feel free to Ask a Librarian!

Off-Campus Access: If you are prompted for a login, please contact the library (319-398-5697) to receive a username and password.

Databases by Subject or A-Z Listing
By Subject: General - Agriculture - Arts & Humanities - Business - Current Events/Controversies - Education - Health Science - Reference - Science - Social Science - Professional Lit.
General: Not sure where to start? These databases cover many different subjects.

Academic Search Elite - Multidisciplinary database with many full-text articles
ArticleFirst - Index of articles from the contents pages of journals
Credo Reference - Collection of reference materials
Ebooks - Catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide
ECO - Index of scholarly journals
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries
Lexis-Nexis - News articles and other materials from all over the world.
MasterFile Premier - Full-text general reference publications, biographies, etc.
OAIster - Union catalog of digital resources
WorldCat - Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide

Agriculture: Articles related to farming and animals
EBSCO Animals - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals
Arts & Humanities: English, Art, History, Literature
ClasePeriodica - Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities
Literature Resource Center - Information about specific authors and works
Business: News and other information on business, management and economics
Business Source Elite - Full-text for nearly 1,100 business publications
Regional Business News - Full-text coverage for regional business publications
Current Events/Controversies: News stories and information on controversial issues
CQ Researcher - In-depth, unbiased coverage of current events and controversies
Current Issues Reference Shelf Plus - Covers a wide variety of current issues
Lexis-Nexis - News articles and other materials from all over the world
Newspaper Source - Cover-to-cover full text for 35 national & international newspapers
Proquest Historical New York Times - New York Times articles from 1851-2005
TOPICsearch - Current events database covering social, political and economic issues
Education: Teaching and education
ERIC on EBSCO / ERIC on FirstSearch - Journal articles and reports in education
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - Abstracts on librarianship
Library Literature Index - More than 234 key library & information science periodicals
MAS Ultra: School Edition - Popular, high school magazines, reference books, etc.
Middle Search Plus - Popular, middle school magazines, biographies, etc.
Primary Search - Full-text for popular, magazines for elementary school research
Professional Development Collection - 520 high quality education journals
Teacher Reference Center - Indexing and abstracts for 270 journals for educators
Health Science: Medicine, dentistry, nursing and healthcare

CINAHL - Indexing for 2,928 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health
Current Issues in Health - Covers a wide variety of current health issues
Health Source: Consumer Edition - Consumer health information
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Health information for professionals
MEDLINE - All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing
Pre-CINAHL - New journal articles that have not yet been added to CINAHL
PsycArticles - Full-text articles on general and specialized psychology

Reference: Encyclopedias, almanacs and other general reference materials

Credo Reference - Collection of reference materials
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries
MasterFile Premier - Full-text general reference publications, biographies, etc.
WorldAlmanac - Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs

Science: Physics, chemistry, biology, etc.
ClasePeriodica - Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities
GreenFILE - Well-researched information covering the human impact on the environment
Science Full Text Select - 100% full-text database of a selection of science periodicals
Social Science: Political science, psychology, women's studies, government
GPO - U.S. government publications
GreenFILE - Well-researched information covering the human impact on the environment
Lexis-Nexis - News articles and other materials from all over the world
PsycArticles - Full-text articles on general and specialized psychology
Professional Lit: Trade publications, conference proceedings, dissertations
PapersFirst - Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide
Proceedings - Index of worldwide conference proceedings
Vocational and Career Collection - Full-text coverage for trade and industry periodicals
A-Z listing: A B C D E F G H L M N O P R S T V W
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Academic Search Elite - Multidisciplinary database with many full-text articles
ArticleFirst - Index of articles from the contents pages of journals
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Business Source Elite - Full-text for nearly 1,100 business publications

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CINAHL - Indexing for 2,928 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health
ClasePeriodica - Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities
CQ Researcher - In-depth, unbiased coverage of current events and controversies
Credo Reference - Collection of reference materials
Current Issues in Health - Covers a wide variety of current health issues
Current Issues Reference Shelf Plus - Covers a wide variety of current issues

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Ebooks - Catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide
EBSCO Animals - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals
ECO - Index of scholarly journals
ERIC on EBSCO / ERIC on FirstSearch - Journal articles and reports in education
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia - Over 25,000 encyclopedia entries
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GPO - U.S. government publications
GreenFILE - Well-researched information covering the human impact on the environment
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Health Source: Consumer Edition - Consumer health information
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Health information for professionals

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Lexis-Nexis - News articles and other materials from all over the world
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - Abstracts on librarianship
Library Literature Index - More than 234 key library & information science periodicals
Literature Resource Center - Information about specific authors and works

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MAS Ultra: School Edition - Popular, high school magazines, reference books, etc.
MasterFile Premier - Full-text general reference publications, biographies, etc.
MEDLINE - All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing
Middle Search Plus - Popular, middle school magazines, biographies, etc.
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Newspaper Source - Cover-to-cover full text for 35 national & international newspapers
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OAIster - Union catalog of digital resources
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PapersFirst - Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide
Pre-CINAHL - New journal articles that have not yet been added to CINAHL
Primary Search - Full-text for popular, magazines for elementary school research
Proceedings - Index of worldwide conference proceedings
Professional Development Collection - 520 high quality education journals
Proquest Historical New York Times - New York Times articles from 1851-2005
PsycArticles - Full-text articles in general and specialized psychology
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Regional Business News - Full-text coverage for regional business publications
S:
Science Full Text Select - 100% full-text database of a selection of science periodicals
T:
Teacher Reference Center - Indexing and abstracts for 270 journals for educators
TOPICsearch - Current events database covering social, political and economic issues
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Vocational and Career Collection - Full-text coverage for trade and industry periodicals
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WorldAlmanac - Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs
WorldCat - Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide
WorldCatDissertations - A database of all the dissertations and theses in WorldCat