General Resources

General Research Databases

Contact library staff for issue with accessing any of the databases

Google Scholar - Freely accessible web search engine providing full text or abstracts of scholarly literature.

First Search - access to the following databases: Article First, ECO, ERIC, CPO MEDLINE, PapersFirst, Proceedings, UnionLists, Wilson Select Full Text,, World Almanac, and WorldCat (the database of worldwide library holdings).

JSTOR - online library of academic journals, eBooks, and primary sources.

Gale Databases - cross search all Gale databases

• Gale Academic OneFile

• Gale Academic OneFile Select - covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences. This resource for academic research integrates the full text of publications from across the disciplines and includes vocational/technical titles used by community college students, filling a specific need for curriculum-oriented collections.

• Gale General OneFile -

• Gale in Context - Middle School

• Gale in Context - High School

ProQuest Database - search across the different ProQuest databases

• SIRS Issue Researcher (ProQuest)

• eLibrary (ProQuest)

Encyclopedias

Britannica Academic

Britannica School

Britannica Escolar

World Book Encyclopedia