Online Databases by Title
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| Academic Search Complete Contains scholarly and popular articles, in addition to newspapers, covering most topics and disciplines. |
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| Academic Search Alumni Edition Designed for the research needs of the post-college professional, including valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, offering critical information from on many sources. |
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| AGRICOLA This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 4.8 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture. |
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| Alt HealthWatch This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers full text articles for more than 180 international and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990. |
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| AP NewsMonitor Collection EBSCO's AP News provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press on a continuous basis. This content is monitored by EBSCO and relevant results are provided when users enter searches in EBSCOhost. This collection includes AP Top News, WorldStream, Financial News, AP Online, U.S. Politics & Government and 50 State Reports. End users can immediately access the full text of the NewsMonitor-delivered web content, by following the link in the record. The index to the full text content in AP News is held for a rolling 30-day archive by EBSCO, so users can enjoy the previous 30 days of news relating to their search interests. |
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| Applied Science & Technology Full Text (H.W. Wilson) Applied Science & Technology Full Text™ contains indexing and abstracts for nearly 800 core English-language, scientific and technical publications back to 1983. Full text of articles is available from more than 220 periodicals dating back to 1997. Content includes coverage of a wide variety of applied science specialties—acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear and civil engineering, computers and informatics and much more. |
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| Associates Programs Source Associates Programs Source contains nearly 1,000 full-text journals as well as 11 full-text books. This database is designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges, and provides comprehensive coverage of the most relevant associates program level content. |
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| ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials Contains journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. |
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| Biography in Context Provides biographical information on current and historical figures. |
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| Bloom's Literary Reference Center Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature. Provided by DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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| BrainPOPJr. Designed for children in kindergarten through third grade, this database includes videos, audio prompts and learning activities with an easy to use graphical interface that allows children to learn independently--based on national curriculum standards. |
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| Britannica Online Academic Edition An electronic version of Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus. Provided by DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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| Business Source Complete Has scholarly and popular journal and magazine articles in all areas of business. |
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| Business Source Premier Has scholarly and popular journal and magazine articles in all areas of business. |
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| Christian Periodical Index Access to scholarly articles and reviews written from an evangelical, Christian perspective. |
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| CINAHL Plus with Full Text A comprehensive source of full text for nursing and allied health journals. |
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| Classical Music Library (new search screen) Access to online streaming of more than 55,000 tracks of classical music by all major composers. |
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| Communication Institute for Online Scholarship Access to abstracts in scholarly communication journals. |
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| Computer Source Journal articles of information and current trends in high technology. |
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| Credo Reference A virtual reference shelf that contains information on thousands of academic topics. |
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| Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text™ contains more than 200,000 records selected from important sources within the discipline. Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole. |
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| CultureGrams (NEW!) Reference information about the countries of the world. Provided by DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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| eBook Collection Provides access to SWU's eBook collection. |
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| EBSCO Discovery Service EBSCO Discovery Service™ brings together a comprehensive collection of content—including indexing from subject indexes, full text databases, and the entire library collection—all within a full-featured single search. |
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| Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson) Education Full Text™ provides full text of articles from over 350 journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing of more than 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. Content includes in-depth coverage of special education and more than 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests. Subject coverage includes adult education, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods and much more. |
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| Entrepreneurial Studies Source Entrepreneurial Studies Source provides the latest insight into topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small business. This database offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Series and Vator.TV. |
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| ERIC The Educational Resource Information Center is the most comprehensive source for education and education-related journals, articles and documents. |
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| Escolar This database is part of Spanish Reference Center from Encyclopædia Britannica and is an online learning platform in Spanish for ages 6-12. Education majors planning curriculum may find useful the interactive games, searches, videos, multimedia, maps, and more. Provided by DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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| European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 This bibliographic database is an index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, has created this resource from “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750,” the authoritative bibliography that is well-known and respected by scholars worldwide. The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. |
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| Ferguson's Career Guidance Center Provides profiles of nearly 3,400 jobs and 94 industries, invaluable advice on career skills, and thousands of resource entries. Provided by DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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| Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text Film & Television Literature Index™ with Full Text is an online tool for film and television research. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. The database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 380 publications (and selected coverage of 300), as well as full text for more than 120 journals, and 100 books. In addition, Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text includes Variety movie reviews from 1914 to the present and over 36,300 images from the MPTV Image Archive. |
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| Fuente Académica Fuente Académica offers more than 450 scholarly journals from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. All major subject areas are covered with particular emphasis on agriculture, biological sciences, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, psychology, public administration, religion and sociology. The database is updated weekly. |
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| Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia A general encyclopedia with over 25,000 articles. |
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| GreenFILE GreenFILE offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records. |
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| Health Source - Consumer Edition Health topics, including medical information, nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, etc. |
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| Health Source - Nursing / Academic Edition Abstracts and full text journal articles in the medical field. |
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| History Reference Center History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video. |
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| Hospitality & Tourism Complete Hospitality & Tourism Complete covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This collection contains more than 828,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. There is full text for more than 490 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books. |
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| Institute of Physics Journal archives of the Institute of Physics with many current, full-text journals included. |
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| International Bibliography of Theater & Dance with Full Text International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text contains more than 490 full-text titles, including more than 170 full-text journals, and more than 360 full-text books & monographs. |
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| International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center This database offers information on virtually every dimension of security & counter-terrorism and is designed to inform the analysis process, as well as enhance the general understanding of security and terrorism-related issues. ISCTRC provides a comprehensive Open Source Intelligence Resource for analysts, risk management professionals, and students. Content includes hundreds of full text journals and periodicals, hundreds of thousands of selected articles, news feeds, reports, summaries, books, FAQs, and proprietary Background Information Summaries that pertain to terrorism and security. |
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| JSTOR: Arts and Sciences Collection Journal articles in economics, history, political science, social sciences and the humanities. |
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| Jewish Studies Source Jewish Studies Source contains over 400 full-text titles. Sources comprising the collection include full-text for academic journals within the discipline, monographs, related articles from major periodicals and newspapers, and over 1600 biographies of leading historical and contemporary Jews. This database includes 123 full-text journals & magazines, including 66 that are unavailable from Academic Search™ . Jewish Studies Source also offers extensive full-text backfiles. In addition, Jewish Studies Source contains the entire Jewish Telegraphic Agency database from 1922 to present. |
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| Library Literature & Information Science Index (H.W. Wilson) Created by librarians for librarians, this database provides cover-to-cover indexing of nearly 400 journals, including key library and information science periodicals. Library Literature & Information Science Index also includes chapters in collected works such as conference proceedings, library school theses and pamphlets. Coverage reaches as far back as 1980. |
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| Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts Journal articles on the topic of librarianship, online retrieval, and information managment. |
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| Liebert Online Journals covering a wide range of topics from medicine to engineering to law. |
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| Literature Resource Center Biographical information, works overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers. Provided by DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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| Literary Reference Center Literary Reference Center™ (LRC) is a full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center contains full text for more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticisms, more than 253,000 author biographies (including more than 22,000 in-depth bios), more than 460 literary journals, more than 693,000 book reviews, nearly 78,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 19,600 classic and contemporary short stories, more than 6,500 author interviews, more than 8,200 classic texts and much more. |
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| MasterFILE Premier Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost. Provided by DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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| MEDLINE with Full-text Authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc. |
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| Middle Search Plus Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags |
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| Military & Government Collection Current news and academic journal articles relating to all branches of the military and government. |
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| MLA Directory of Periodicals The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 5,500 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines. |
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| MLA International Bibliography Bibliography of journal articles, books, and dissertations about language and literature published since the 1920s. |
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| Music Index Reviews, obituaries, articles, about music, musicians, and the music industry. |
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| Nature Magazine Full-text access to scholarly articles in all fields of science and technology (embargo: 1 year). |
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| Netlibrary (see eBook Collection) | |
| Newspaper Source Plus Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts. Provided by DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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| NoveList K-8 Plus Reader's Advisory database for readers in primary and middle school. Provided by DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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| NoveList Plus Reader's Advisory database for all ages. Provided by DISCUS - South Carolina's Virtual Library. |
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| Opposing Viewpoints in Context Pro and con essays on thousands of contemporary social issues. |
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| Political Science Complete Political Science Complete provides full text for more than 520 journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles, (including top-ranked scholarly journals), many of which are unique to the product. The database also features over 340 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 36,000 full-text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association. |
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| Primary Search Full text for magazines, books, images, and primary sources for elementary school curriculum design. |
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| Professional Development Collection Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. |
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| Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Periodical articles from journals in behavior, psychiatry, psychology, etc. |
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| Religion & Philosophy Collection Religion & Philosophy Collection™ provides coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. With more than 300 full text journals, the Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies. |
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| Regional Business News Business journals, newspapers and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas in the United States. |
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| Science Magazine Leading journal of original scientific research, global news and commentary. |
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| Science Reference Center Science Reference Center is a research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife. |
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| Small Business Reference Center Small Business Reference Center is a resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business, offering full-text periodicals and reports, sample business plans, U.S. tax forms, videos and reference books. It supports small business owners in all relevant areas from planning, financing and managing a business to exit strategies. Users also have the ability to search within specific ‘Business Topics’ and ‘Business Types’ relevant to their needs. |
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| SocINDEX with Full Text Over 2 million citations from journals in sociology and related disciplines. |
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| Teacher Reference Center Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. |
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| TOPICsearch TOPICsearch contains full text for over 150,961 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. |
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| Vocational and Career Collection Vocational & Career Collection is designed for vocational and technical libraries servicing high schools, community colleges, trade institutions and the general public. This collection provides full text coverage for nearly 340 trade and industry-related periodicals. |
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| Women's Studies International Women’s Studies International, produced by NISC, covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage includes more than 871,000 records and spans from 1972 and earlier to present. This database supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education. Over 2,000 periodical sources are represented. |
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| USA.gov Information, services, and resources from the U.S. government. |