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Best Bets to Start--All Subjects

Great general databases--info for all academic areas

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCOHost)
• ProQuest Central Research Library (ProQuest)

Need newspaper content, business reports, or legal opinions?

• LexisNexis Academic 

Looking for high-quality, scholarly journals?

• JSTOR 

How about a good encyclopedia or dictionary/thesaurus to help you start your writing?

• Encyclopedia Britannica 
• Oxford English Dictionary

 

SUBJECT LIST OF AVAILABLE DATABASES

All Subjects/Majors  

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCOHost)
• Academic OneFile (Gale)
• ACLS Humanities E-books 
• Books24x7.com -- register for a free username & password if using for the first time. Be sure to use your @bonaventure or @sbu email, then look for an e-mail from the system with your password after registering.
  
• Books24x7.com --OFF-CAMPUS access
• Country Watch 
• CQ Researcher 
• Encyclopedia Britannica 
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOHost)
• General OneFile (Gale)
• JSTOR 
• LexisNexis Academic 
• MasterFile Premier (EBSCOHost)
• National Newspaper Index (Gale)
• Newspaper Source (EBSCOHost)
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Project Muse 
• ProQuest Central Research Library (ProQuest)
• Readers' Guide Retrospective (EBSCOHost)
• The Serials Directory (EBSCOHost)
• SocIndex with Full Text (EBSCOHost)

Art

• ARTstor 

 

Business

• ABI/Inform Dateline, Global, and Trade & Industry (ProQuest)
• Business Source Complete (EBSCOHost)
• Business Insights: Essentials (Gale)--look for this database at the end of the list. Note that this database replaced earlier Gale business databases.
• CCH (Accounting/Taxes) [class access only]
• LexisNexis Academic 
• Morningstar Library Edition 
• Mergent Online [on campus access only]
• ProQuest Central Research Library (ProQuest)--includes Hoovers Company Records
• Regional Business News (EBSCOHost)

 

Computer Science

• ACM Digital Library [The library does not subscribe, but free content can be viewed at this site]
• Books24/7.com 

 

Education

• Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)
• Ebsco Animals (EBSCOHost)--K-12 resource
• ERIC (EBSCOHost) 
• Education Research Complete (EBSCOHost)
• MAS Ultra--School Edition (EBSCOHost)--K-12 resource
• Primary Search (EBSCOHost)--K-12 resource
• Professional Development Collection (EBSCOHost)
• TOPICsearch (EBSCOHost)--K-12 resource

 

English

• ACLS Humanities E-books 
• Literature Criticism Online  (Gale)--includes Classical & Medieval Literature Criticism & Contemporary Literary Criticism -- new volumes are added frequently throughout the year
• MLA International Directory & Directory of Periodicals (EBSCOHost)
• Oxford English Dictionary

 

Government/Military Science

• Military & Government Collection (EBSCOHost)

 

Health

• Health Reference Center Academic (Gale)
• Health Source (Nursing/Academic/Consumer editions) (EBSCOHost)
• MEDLINE (EBSCOHost)

 

History

• America: History & Life (EBSCOHost)

 

Journalism/Mass Communication

• Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOHost)
• Custom Newspapers (Gale)
• LexisNexis Academic 
• National Newspaper Index (Gale)
• New York State Newspapers (Gale)
• Newspaper Source (EBSCOHost)

 

Math

• MathSciNet 

 

Political Science

• CountryWatch 

 

Pre-Law

• LexisNexis Academic 

 

Psychology

• PsycInfo (EBSCOHost)
• PsycARTICLES (EBSCOHost)

 

Science

• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences [on campus only]
• GreenFILE (EBSCOHost)
• PubMed (open-access resource; no login required)
• PubMed Central (open-access resource; no login required)
• Science Full Text Select (EBSCOHost)

 

Sociology 

• SocIndex with Full Text (EBSCOHost)

 Theology

• ATLA Religion Database with Serials (EBSCOHost)
• Catholic Periodical & Literature Index (EBSCOHost)