A-Z List of Databases
* Full-text available
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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- ABI INFORM (ProQuest)*
- Business journals.
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)*
- Multi-disciplinary, includes general information.
- AgeLine (EBSCO)*
- Produced by AARP. Information focuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging.
- Article First (OCLC)*
- Index of articles from the contents pages of select journals.
- B
- Breast Cancer Searchable Information Center (Ebrary)*
- Open access database of breast cancer publications.
- Business Source Elite (EBSCO)*
- Business related.
- Business Source Premier (EBSCO)*
- Business related.
- C
- CARLI Digital Collections
- Digital content of CARLI member libraries. Includes NLU's Elizabeth Harrison Chicago Kindergarten Collection and the Saskia Digital Image Archive (paintings, sculptures, and more).
- Children's Core Collection*
- Children's literature collection development.
- Chronicle of Higher Education*
- Higher education news source.
- ClasePeriodica (OCLC)
- Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities.
- Counseling and Therapy in Video*
- Collection of streaming videos for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling.
- D
- Directory of Open Access Scholarly Journals in Education*
- Maintained by the Education Research Global Observatory. Peer-reviewed, full text, and free journals in the field of Education.
- Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest)*
- Dissertations and theses.
- E
- ECO (OCLC)*
- Collection of scholarly journals on a variety of subjects.
- Education in Video*
- "Education in Video is an international collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. This subscription-based collection includes hundreds of in-classroom videos on key teaching topics and themes from the most respected education publishers worldwide (ASP)."
- Education Research Complete (EBSCO)*
- Education research.
- ERIC (.gov)*
- Journal articles and reports in education. Major source for academic, scholarly research.
- ERIC (EBSCO)
- Journal articles and reports in education. Major source for academic, scholarly research.
- ERIC (OCLC)*
- Journal articles and reports in education. Major source for academic, scholarly research.
- F
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO)*
- Online encyclopedia.
- Films on Demand (Streaming Video) *
- Multidisciplinary collection of thousands of streaming videos. View the Streaming Video LibGuide for more information.
- G
- GPO (OCLC)
- U.S. government publications.
- Google Scholar*
- Google search tool that indexes a wide range of scholarly literature.
- H
- Health Source, Consumer Edition (EBSCO)*
- Health information.
- Hoover's Online*
- Information about industries, companies, and the people who lead them.
- Horn Book Guide Online*
- Book reviews on every hardcover trade book published in the United States for young people.
- I
- International Children’s Digital Library*
- Online collection of books that represent outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.
- J
- JSTOR*
- Digital archive of full text scholarly journals that cover a wide array of disciplines.
- L
- Lexis Nexis Academic*
- Full text news, business, and legal publications.
- M
- MAS Ultra – School Edition (EBSCO)
- Full text of more than 500 popular, young adult magazines.
- Medline (OCLC)*
- All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCO)*
- Guide to contemporary testing instruments with reviews along with a bibliography of all known tests in the English language.
- Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)*
- Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
- MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCO)
- Detailed information about journals focusing on language, literature, folklore, and pedagogy.
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) *
- Detailed bibliography of journal articles, books, and dissertations on language, literature, folklore, and pedagogy.
- N
- National Library of Medicine Gateway*
- Search simultaneously multiple resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM).
- Newspaper Source (EBSCO)*
- Collection of national & international newspapers.
- Novelist Plus*
- Readers advisory resources that search fiction and nonfiction titles for all age groups and interests.
- O
- Online Journals - NLU Access*
- Online versions of a select number of scholarly journals.
- Open Access Journals - Directory of Open Access Journals*
- Directory of free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in all subjects and languages.
- Oxford English Dictionary*
- Online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
- P
- Primary Search (EBSCO)*
- More than 70 popular magazines for elementary school research.
- Proceedings (OCLC)
- Index of worldwide conference proceedings.
- Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)*
- High quality education journals specifically geared toward education professionals.
- PsycARTICLES (EBSCO)*
- The American Psychological Association’s (APA) collection of full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
- PsycINFO (EBSCO)
- American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations.
- R
- Regional Business News (EBSCO)*
- Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications.
- Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)*
- Directory of institutional repositories that archive electronic documents.
- S
- Sage Deep Backfile*
- Online collection of scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines. NOTE: Full text access only up to 1999. Video tutorial on finding full text.
- Sanborn Insurance Maps of Illinois, 1867-1970
- Maps of various Illinois cities from 1867-1970.
- Searchasaurus*
- Searchasaurus helps kids easily search by keyword or topic and view top searches and fun facts on a variety of subjects.
- T
- TeachingBooks.Net*
- Multi-media interviews with authors and illustrators, with audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides, and multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature.
- Tumblebooks*
- Online collection of animated, talking children's picture books.
- W
- World Almanac (OCLC)
- Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs.
- WorldCat (OCLC)
- Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
- WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
- Index of dissertations and theses that are available to request in WorldCat.