Most Used Databases

Most used library databases (with abbreviated descriptions)

CINAHL Plus with Full Textinfo

Journals, books, and other resources on subjects including nursing, emergency services, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, optometry, public health, speech-language pathology &

Google Scholarinfo

Journal articles, books, and other resources across many subjects. Provides a "cited by" feature to indicate other papers containing a source paper as a reference.

Westlaw Nextinfo

Provides access to a variety of legal information, including federal and state case law, the United States Code Annotated, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Federal Register, state statutes and

JSTORinfo

Complete, searchable, full text articles from over 2,100 core scholarly journals. 1878 to the most recent 1-5 years (varies by title).

PsycINFOinfo

Journals, books, and other resources covering psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines including: anthropology, business, education, law, linguistics, medicine, nursing, pharmaco

PubMedinfo

Journal articles covering biomedical research and the clinical sciences including nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, allied health, and pre-clinical sciences.

Anatomy.TVinfo

Anatomy TV contains rotatable 3D models of the human body and anatomical layers which may be stripped away. Also included are common pathologies, radiological content, and interactive quizzes.

MLA International Bibliographyinfo

Journals, books, and other resources in the fields of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Also includes materials on film studies. 1926 to present.

ProQuest Centralinfo

ProQuest Central brings together databases across major subject areas including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as

ERICinfo

Journal articles, books, and other resources relating to education--from early childhood to higher education.

A-to-Z databasesinfo

Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more.

Academic Search Completeinfo

A multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,300 full-text, peer-reviewed journals.

Sociological Abstractsinfo

Journal articles, books, and other resources on all aspects of sociology and related disciplines.

Oxford English Dictionaryinfo

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language.

NMU Library Cataloginfo

Provides the books, periodicals, and audiovisual materials available in Olson Library.

Peter White Public Library Cataloginfo

Books and other materials from Marquette's public library.

Journal of Medical Insight (JoMI) Surgical Videosinfo

JoMI is a streaming library of complete teaching videos of surgical procedures. Narrated by surgeon(s) performing procedure; filmed at teaching hospitals worldwide.

Highwire Press (Free Journals)info

Many publishers who work with HighWire allow access to their content without a subscription. Take a look at a list of publications which offer free, full-text content.

ALLDATAinfo

A complete web-based automotive diagnosis and repair reference for professional automotive technicians.

New York Timesinfo

Access to nytimes.com.  Provides current paper and an archive (e.g. TimeMachine) of articles back to 1851.

Academic Video Online (AVON)info

Access over 70,000 videos with unlimited/simultaneous access across a wide range of subjects, platform includes 360/VR functionality.

Birds of the Worldinfo

Birds of the World is a powerful new resource that brings together scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology (Birds of North America, Neotropical Birds, Hand

SciFinder-ninfo

SciFinder-n is a new platform of SciFinder which provides more content than any SciFinder® product, including easy access to full-text, indexed patents, and millions of step-by-step syntheses index

International Children's Digital Libraryinfo

The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) is a research project funded primarily by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and Micros

Wiley Online Libraryinfo

Wiley publishes peer-reviewed journals and books that cover the full spectrum of life, health and physical sciences, social science and the humanities.

WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)info

A catalog of books, sound recordings, artwork, and other resources from over 40,000 libraries. 

Cabell's Directory - Business Set & Predatory Reports. info

Assists in selection of academic journals that are most likely to publish your manuscript.

MeLCatinfo

The Michigan eLibrary Catalog (MeLCat) is a catalog of the books, audios, and videos from approximately 450 Michigan libraries that you can borrow and request for pick-up at Olson Library.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)info

Offers differing views on the latest social topics, from capital punishment to immigration, to marijuana.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)info

Journals, books, research reports, and proceedings on librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.

eBook Academic Collectioninfo

Offering more than 170,000 e-books, this collection of multidisciplinary eBooks includes titles from leading university presses and academic publishers.

PubAginfo

A portal to USDA-authored and other highly relevant agricultural research.

Library & Information Science Sourceinfo

Includes full text for more than 460 publications and indexing for hundreds of journals, as well as books, research reports and proceedings.

NMU Commonsinfo

NMU Commons is the University's institutional repository, which preserves and provides access to the research and scholarly output of the University.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)info

Published by the American Psychiatric Association, this classification and diagnostic tool is the authority in the United States for psychiatric diasnosis.

Auto Repair Sourceinfo

Auto Repair Source provides service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles.

ABI/INFORM Globalinfo

Journal articles, newspapers, and reports covering all aspects of business. Direct company link to Hoover's company information & analysis. 1971 to present.

EBSCO Open Dissertationsinfo

Database offering access to more than 800,000 free electronic theses and dissertations.

MyHeritage Library Editioninfo

Family history resource including more than 6 billion historical ​records from the United States, Europe, Latin America, and other regions.

Children's Picture Book Database @ Miami University info

This database offers abstracts for thousands of children's picture books (preschool to grade three), suitable for teachers, librarians, and others who design interdisciplinary curricula for element

Learning Express Libraryinfo

An online guide to test preparation. Includes practice tests for: academic, advanced placement, basic skills success, U.S.

Academic Complete by Ebook Centralinfo

Over 135,000 ebooks for students at all levels - from undergrad to post-doctoral research - and including topics across all disciplines. Over 1,000 new titles added each year.

eBooks on Ebscohost (formerly Netlibrary)info

A collection of over 23,000 electronic books on a wide range of subjects.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collectioninfo

Access to more than 530 full-text journals. It has particularly strong coverage in child & adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling.

Art & Architecture Sourceinfo

Covers fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design.

Literary Reference Sourceinfo

A full-text database that combines information from thousands of reference works, books, and literary journals.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyinfo

Covers all aspects of Philosophy and Religion.

BioMed Centralinfo

BioMed Central has an evolving portfolio of some 300 peer-reviewed journals in science, technology, engineering and medicine.

Hoover's Company Records (part of the Business Market Research Collection)info

Current data covering public and non-public companies and key executives.

Project MUSE Journalsinfo

An interdisciplinary collection of over 300 high quality, peer reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences.

PLOS (for Public Library of Science)info

PLOS is a nonprofit Open Access publisher, publishing 7 peer-reviewed journals in science and medicine.

SpringerLinkinfo

Springer is a publisher of peer-reviewed journals in medicine, life sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry and the social sciences and humanities.

LGBTQ+ Sourceinfo

LGBT Life contains full text for more than 120 of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as more than 150 full-text monographs/boo

ScienceDirect Journalsinfo

ScienceDirect publishes peer-reviewed scientific, technical and health journals that span 24 major scientific disciplines.

Gale eBooksinfo

A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Previously know as Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Education Sourceinfo

Coverage spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Globalinfo

The largest database of graduate dissertations and theses. Almost 5 million citations and over 2.6 million full-text works.

Vocational Studies Premierinfo

A full-text resource covering subjects such as: CAD, cosmetology, electrical technology, forensics, graphic arts, health information technology, law enforcement & criminal justice, paralegal st

HeinOnline info

HeinOnline is a legal research database containing comprehensive coverage of U.S. statutory materials, U.S. Congressional Documents and more than 2,600 scholarly journals.

ACLS Humanities E-Bookinfo

A collection of high-quality full-text books in the humanities and social sciences. Over 4,300 titles and growing annually. 1900 to present.

Alt HealthWatchinfo

Focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Editioninfo

Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also includes abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals.

Humanities Sourceinfo

Includes full text for more than 1,400 journals, with citations to over 3.5 million articles, including book reviews.

Oxford Reference Online: Premiuminfo

Contains over 175 reference works - dictionaries, encyclopedias, companions--from Oxford University Press.  Access limited to 5 concurrent users.

Central & Eastern European Academic Sourceinfo

Provides full text coverage for scholarly journals published in central and eastern European countries. Brought to you by the Library of Michigan via the Michigan eLibrary (https://mel.org).

Books 24x7info

A collection of electronic books dealing with computers and information technology. Close to 7,000 titles. Access limited to 2 concurrent users per title.

GovInfoinfo

Free public access to the full text of official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

GreenFILEinfo

A collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.

AGRICOLAinfo

Serves as the catalog and index to the collections of the National Agricultural Library, as well as a primary public source for world-wide access to agricultural information.

History Reference Sourceinfo

Features full text for more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Publicationsinfo

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducts research in a variety of physical and engineering sciences that promotes the nation’s technology infrastructure.

American Indian Law Review (HeinOnline)info

Includes treaties, federal statutes and regulations, federal case law, tribal codes, constitutions, and jurisprudence dedicated to American Indian Law.

DemographicsNow (Gale Business)info

DemographicsNow leverages Census data, consumer expenditures, retail spending, and Mosaic Lifestyle market segmentation groupings to helps users "crunch" data in easy-to-use report formats.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publicationsinfo

Provides types of U.S. government documents.

PsycARTICLESinfo

Sixty full text journals from the American Psychological Association and other publishers. 1985 to present.

Jewish Studies Sourceinfo

Contains over 400 full-text titles from leading academic journals, monographs, related articles from major periodicals and newspapers, and over 1600 biographies of leading historical and contempora

Newspaper Source Plusinfo

Includes more than 860 full-text national and international newspapers. Also includes more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.

Cambridge Journalsinfo

Cambridge University Press publishes peer-reviewed academic journals covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences and science, technology and medicine.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directoryinfo

Ulrich's is the authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types academic and scholarly journals, Open Access

BioOne Completeinfo

Full-text journals published by small societies and non-commercial publishers. Emphasis on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

Biography Reference Sourceinfo

Offers a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full text biographies. Brought to you by the Library of Michigan via the Michigan eLibrary (https://mel.org).

Reference Latinainfo

A comprehensive Spanish-language database including 49,000 encyclopedia entries; 50,000 images; 2,500 health reports; a Spanish-English dictionary and full text for over 100 reference books and doz

Inter-playinfo

An index to plays found in collections, anthologies and periodicals. Helpful when you can't find a play in OneSearch.

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)info

ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences.

Demographic Yearbookinfo

The United Nations Demographic Yearbook collects, compiles and disseminates official statistics on a wide range of topics.

Accounting, Tax & Banking Collectioninfo

Full-text coverage to scholarly journals and other key resources across all relevant disciplines including accounting, auditing, taxation, financial management, risk, and insurance information incl

Oxford Journals A-Z Collectioninfo

Oxford University Press publishs journals in the humanities, social sciences, law, science, and medicine, two-thirds of which are published in partnership with learned and professional societies.

Annual Reviewsinfo

Annual Reviews is a nonprofit publisher that synthesizes the vast amount of primary research literature.

PTSD Pubsinfo

PTSDpubs, formerly known as PILOTS, is a freely available, bibliographic database providing citations and abstracts to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of traum

Legal Sourceinfo

Includes over 1,200 full-text journals and over 2.5 million records, including book reviews and case citations.

Sage Premierinfo

Sage publishes journals in the social sciences, humanities, health, life and biomedical sciences and engineering.

PapersFirstinfo

Covers over 6 million papers published in numerous symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting proceedings.

Poetry & Short Story Reference Sourceinfo

A collection of full-text poetry and short stories, ranging in period from antiquity to the present, as well as biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and te

MathSciNetinfo

Journals, books, and other resources containing new contributions to mathematical research.

Science.govinfo

Science.gov searches over 38 databases and 1,950 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstractsinfo

Contains journal articles, books, and other resources on the subjects of corrections, courts, drugs, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, domestic preparedness, and victims.

Legal Information Sourceinfo

Contains thousands of legal forms and more than 310 full-text legal reference books. Brought to you by the Library of Michigan via the Michigan eLibrary (https://mel.org).

MasterFILE Completeinfo

MasterFILE Complete provides full-text periodicals covering an extensive range of subject areas including business, health, education, fitness, sports and leisure, personal finance, general science

Directory of Open Access Journalsinfo

A community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

USA.govinfo

USA.gov is your online guide to government information and services. USA.gov searches only federal, state, and local government websites available to the public.

NoveList Plusinfo

A comprehensive readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction that will help you to decide: What should I read next?

Anthropological Index Onlineinfo

Articles from journals held by The Anthropology Library at the British Museum.

PhilPapersinfo

PhilPapers is a comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers.

Applied Science & Technology Sourceinfo

This resource offers full text for almost 1,200 journals.

eBook Business Collectioninfo

Ebooks encompassing a variety of business topics, such as marketing, finance, supply chain management and entrepreneurship.

eBook K-8 Collectioninfo

This collection offers full text titles for K-8 students across all academic subjects from History, to Language and Literature, to Science & Technology.

Entrepreneurial Studies Sourceinfo

Provides the latest insight into topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small business.

American Chemical Society Journalsinfo

The ACS Web Edition provides patrons with unrestricted access to the entire portfolio of current ACS journals and, new in 2017, Chemical & Engineering News, including more than 60 peer-reviewed

Mammalian Species (accounts 632-current)info

Mammalian Species is published by the American Society of Mammalogists with 25-35 individual species accounts issued each year.

MedlinePlus: Drugs, Herbs, & Supplements (National Library of Medicine)info

Both prescription and over-the-counter medications. Highly credible resource which includes side effects, precautions, dosage levels, etc.

Points of View Reference Sourceinfo

A full-test resource presenting a wide range of views on social and political issues. Provides access to magazine and academic journals as well as primary source documents related to the issues.

ProceedingsFirstinfo

Covers approximately 200,000 published symposiums, conferences, expositions, workshops and meetings.

NoveList K-8 Plusinfo

A comprehensive readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction designed to help you integrate reading across the curriculum and support young readers.

Small Business Sourceinfo

Contains nearly 400 full-text periodicals and over 450 full-text reference books.

Psychiatry Onlineinfo

An additional resource from the American Psychiatric Association containing the DSM-V and a number of psychiatric reference materials, books, journals, and self-assessment tools.

Regional Business Newsinfo

Provides full text coverage of more than 80 regional business publications. Brought to you by the Library of Michigan via the Michigan eLibrary (https://mel.org).

Mammalian Species (accounts 1- 631)info

Mammalian Species is published by the American Society of Mammalogists with 25-35 individual species accounts issued each year.

Project Muse eBooks 2013info

Launched on Project MUSE in January 2012, provides access to thousands of high-quality ebooks in the humanities and social sciences from major university presses and scholarly publishers.

Project MUSE Open Access Booksinfo

Provides open access to thousands of humanities and social science ebooks from several university presses and initiatives.

JoVE Educationinfo
JoVE Education is collection of thousands of streaming videos illustrating key concepts, lab techniques/experiments, and demonstration
Wall Street Journalinfo

Provides unlimited access to WSJ.com on desktop, tablet and mobile devices, including the WSJ mobile app.

Education Weekinfo

With our campus-wide license, you have full access to Education Week, which features daily news, commentary and analysis on policy, legislative and overall shifts and trends in the U.S.

Draw It to Know Itinfo

Draw it to Know it teaches gross anatomy and neuroanatomy through a series of online, interactive illustrated, and narrated tutorials.

Open Book Publishers (OBP)info

Open Book Publishers (OBP) is a leading independent open access academic press that publishes peer-reviewed, award-winning monographs, edited collections, textbooks, critical trans

Digital Theatre +info

Over 150 world-class performances of theatre from some of the top producers across the globe since 2009.

Kanopyinfo

Academic streaming video collection containing over 5,000 educational titles as well as U.S. and international feature films. Some titles include transcripts and closed captioning.

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