Research Resources

General Databases

Multidisciplinary coverage of journal literature, including arts and literature, biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, medical sciences, psychology, and women's studies. Citations, abstracts, and some full-text articles.

Academic Search Premier

Europa World Year Book - extensive listing of international organizations

Expanded Academic ASAP (EXAC)

JSTOR - historic full-text coverage of journals from 1665-200x

PCI Full Text - historic coverage of humanities and social sciences journals from 1770-1995

Web of Science - sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities

Wilson Select Full Text Plus

Subject-specific Databases

ABI/INFORM Global - business

Business & Industry - business

Business Source Premier - business

CQ Researcher - current events

CQ Weekly - current events and legislative news

ERIC - education, psychology

Factiva - business, current events

Hoover's Online - business

LexisNexis Academic - business, law, medicine, current events

MLA International bibliography - literature, language, linguistics, and folklore

PsycINFO - psychology, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education

Newspaper/Magazine Articles

ABI/INFORM Global - includes access to articles from the Wall Street Journal, as well as from many business journals

Chicago Tribune - full-text from Newsbank,
1985-present

Factiva - includes access to the Wall Street Journal and many other US and world newspapers

LexisNexis Academic - includes full-text access to the New York Times, 1980-present, plus many other US and world news sources

National Newspapers - citations and abstracts for articles in major US newspapers

Newsbank - includes full-text access to many smaller U.S. newspapers not availble through other news databases.

New York Times Historical - for full-text/image of NYT from 1851-1999

 

Library Catalogs

NUcat - Northwestern University's catalog

University of Chicago Library Catalog

Chicago Public Library

WorldCat - comprehensive catalog of public, academic and other libraries from all over the world