Brandel Library General and Reference Databases

General/Current Events Databases

Academic Search Premier: General (all subjects); some full-text articles.

Books In Print: In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books, audios and videos, with optional reviews

Chicago Defender (1905-1975): Search Chicago's African American newspaper online in full-text.

Chicago Tribune (1985 to present): Full-text newspaper articles; historical archive as well.

FirstSearch: A variety of indexes, both full-text and citation/abstract.

JSTOR: Full-text; complete back runs of scholarly journals in 15 different disciplines.

Lexis-Nexis Academic: News, legal, business, medicine, full-text information. Includes New York Times and other major newspapers full-text

Net Library: Full-text ebooks in a variety of subjects, including education.

New York Times (Historical): Full-text of the New York Times, including cartoons, photos, and ads, from the first edition published until 2003.

Project Muse: Index to articles in humanities, arts, and social sciences; some full-text.

SAGE Premier: Full-text of 485 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.

WorldCat: OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other materials in libraries worldwide.

Credo: Searchable full-text of several reference books and encyclopedias. Good for intro-level summaries.

CQ Researcher: Full-text coverage of current issues.

Oxford English Dictionary: Historical dictionary that demonstrates how the definitions of words have changed over time.

Sage E-reference books: Full-text of several guides, dictionaries and encyclopedias