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Research Databases

 Use the research databases to search for news, magazine, and journal articles on your research topic.

General Databases
Databases by Subject
Use the Subject Pages to find databases, print resources, web sites, and more on your specific research topic.



Alphabetical List of Databases

Full text databases contain some full text (only a few contain all full text).
Index databases contain no full text, but often link to full text in other GTL databases.
Database
Subject
Full text or Index
A
ABI/INFORM (ProQuest)BusinessFull text
All subjectsFull text
AccessScience (McGraw-Hill)Science encyclopediaFull text
AGRICOLA (FirstSearch)Agriculture, botany, plant biology, forestry, and animal scienceIndex

Alternative newspapers and journals in the humanities and social sciences, covering cultural, economic, political and social change. Alternative Press Index covers 1991-present, while the Archive covers 1969-1990.Index
America: History & Life (EBSCO)American studies and historyIndex
American Chemical Society (ACS) Web Editions and ACS ArchiveChemistry, biochemistry, and environmental sciencesFull text
American National BiographyOver 17,400 biographiesFull text
Anthropological Index Online (Royal Anthropological Institute)An index to current anthropological periodicals in the Anthropology Library at the British MuseumIndex
AnthroSourceCurrent issues for 11 of the American Anthropological Association's most critical peer-reviewed publications, plus an electronic archive of all AAA publicationsFull text
Art Museum Image Gallery (Wilson)Art imagesFull text
B
BasicBIOSIS (FirstSearch)Biology and other life sciences; citations for most recent 4 years of articles in popular and scholarly science journalsIndex
BePressPeer reviewed electronic journals and a wealth of other scholarly information in the areas of Business, Economics and Marketing, Political Science, Public Affairs and Humanities, Health and Medicine and Science and Technology.Full text

Biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Use the BioOne Abstracts and Indexes Database if you want more advanced searching options.
Full text

Index
Business and Company Resource Center (Gale)Company histories, information on global marketsFull text
Business and related topicsFull text
C
CCH Internet Tax Research NetworkAccounting, tax lawFull text
Chronicle of Higher EducationPremier source for news and information for college and university faculty and administratorsFull text

Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature. CINAHL provides indexing for over 1,700 current publications from 1982 to present. Pre-CINAHL, a companion to CINAHL, provides current awareness of new journal articles, and includes a rotating file of limited bibliographic information, available only for a limited time.Index
Clase and Periodica (FirstSearch)Index of documents published in Latin American and Caribbean journals specializing in social sciences, humanities, science, and technologyIndex


Nursing and health. To search all three databases simultaneously, select one of the links to the left, click on the "Choose Databases" tab, scroll down and check the boxes next to the names of the other two Cochrane databases, and then click on the "Continue" button.Full text
Index
Columbia Granger's World of PoetryPoetry
Full text
Index
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)International affairsFull text
ComDis Dome (Communication Sciences and Disorders Dome)Articles, books, and other information pertaining to speech and hearing disordersIndex
Contemporary Women’s Issues (FirstSearch)Women's studies, health, human rights, political science, social issuesFull text
CQ ResearcherIn-depth articles on current and controversial issuesFull text
CQ WeeklyNews and analysis from Capitol Hill, featuring coverage of the U.S. CongressFull text
Current Biography Illustrated (Wilson)Over 25,000 searchable biographies, from 1940 to presentFull text
Custom Newspapers (Gale)National and international newspapersFull text
E
EconLit (FirstSearch)Economics, political economyIndex
Encyclopedia Britannica (Britannica Online)General encyclopedia
Full text

Education, child development, educational psychologyIndex
F
Facts on File World News DigestKey news stories from more than 100 major newspapers, magazines, and other sources from the U.S. and world, from 1940 to presentFull text
G
GEOBASE (FirstSearch)Geology, geophysics, geography, and ecologyIndex
Grove Art OnlineFull text of The Dictionary of Art, and The Oxford Companion to Western ArtFull text
Grove Music OnlineFull text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of JazzFull Text
H
Health Management (ProQuest)Health administration and management
Full text
Health Reference Center - Academic (Gale)Medicine and health careFull text
Health & Wellness Resource Center (Gale)Medicine and health care (note: this is an enhanced version of Health Reference Center - Academic)Full text
Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCO)Nursing and health information, targeted for consumers rather than practitionersFull text
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)Nursing and healthFull text
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)World history (excluding the U.S. and Canada)Index
Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
Searchable full text and images of:
Christian Science Monitor - 1908-1993
New York Times - 1851-2003
Wall St. Journal - 1889-1989
Washington Post - 1877-1990
Full text
History CooperativeHistoryFull text
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective (Wilson)Humanities and social sciences index, 1907-1984Index
I
Informe! (Gale)Spanish language magazines and newspapersFull text
J
JSTORA journal archive covering arts, humanities, and social sciences. Coverage extends until 3-5 years ago. *Current issues may be available in other databases - to see our complete full-text coverage for a particular journal title, use the Magazines/Journal search in the library catalog.Full text
Junior Edition - K12 (Gale)Designed for students in junior high and middle schoolFull text
L
LexisNexis AcademicBusiness, law, newspapersFull text
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)Indexes more than 690 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings.Index
Literature Online - LION - with MLA (ProQuest)LiteratureFull text
M
MarciveGovernment documents catalog, 1974-present; contains links to some web sitesIndex
MAS Ultra - School Edition (EBSCO)Designed for high school libraries, provides popular general interest and current events publicationsFull text
MasterFILE Select (EBSCO)Popular magazinesFull text
MathSciNet (AMS)Math and applied mathematics indexIndex
Media Review Digest (FirstSearch)Review coverage of educational media, including entertainment resourcesIndex

Medicine, health care, nursingIndex
Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)Articles pertaining to the U.S. government and the militaryFull text
MLA International Bibliography (ProQuest)Literature, language, and linguisticsIndex
N
National Newspaper Index (Gale)Indexing for: New York Times, Wall St. Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and Washington PostIndex
NetLibrary - Elmira College eBooks collectionElectronic books on all subjectsFull text
New York State Newspapers (Gale)Ten major newspapers published in New York, including New York Times and New York PostFull text

New York Times - searchable full text from 1851 through the current issueFull text
NewsBankLocal and regional news, including back files for the Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY) from 1999-currentFull text
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)Selected U.S. and international newsFull text
O
Excellent collection of searchable, full-text nursing journals including the Lippincott Premier Nursing Journals.Full text
Oxford English DictionaryGuide to the meaning, history, pronunciation , and usage of half a million words, present and pastFull text
Oxford Reference OnlineContains about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Fully-indexed and cross-searchable - view title listFull text
P
Primary Search (EBSCO)More than 60 popular magazines for elementary school research, including Lexile reading level indicatorsFull text
Project MuseScholarly journals in a broad range of subjects - view title listFull text
Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)Education journals and reportsFull text
ProQuest Newspapers (ProQuest)U.S., international, and minority interest newspapersFull text
PsycARTICLES (EBSCO)Psychology - full text from 1985 to presentFull text
PsycINFO (EBSCO)Psychology, child development, counselingIndex
R
Regional Business News (EBSCO)Business information from around the U.S.Full text
Research Library (ProQuest)All subjectsFull text
S
Serials Directory (EBSCO)Bibliographic information and pricing for popular U.S. and international serials titlesFull text
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)Sociology, anthropology, and criminal justiceFull text
STAT-USA (U.S. Department of Commerce)Covers areas such as housing, trade, employment, economic policy, and monetary statistics in the U.S. For use in the Library only - ask for password at the Research Help Desk.Full text
T
TOPICsearch (EBSCO)Current eventsFull text
Twayne's Authors Series (Gale)Full text, in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, to the history and influence of literary movements, and to the development of literary genres. Includes 600 authors from around the world.Full text
V
Virtual Reference Library (Gale)Reference resources on nursing and health, American history, U.S. Congress, history of world conflicts, and businessFull text
W
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (Alexander St. Press)U.S. women's historyFull text
WorldCat (FirstSearch)Library holdings around the world: books, recordings, videos, and electronic media, including web sitesIndex