The first group of databases index media business literature. The second (bottom three) databases primarily index scholarly research articles.
Most Useful
| Database | Full Text | Coverage | Scholarly |
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| Academic Search Premier i
This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. |
Some full-text; plus links to full-text via Get-It | 1975 to current | Most |
| Art Full Text i
Indexes over 550 journals covering a wide variety of the arts (film to fashion, classic to cutting edge, ancient to modern) from the US and around the world. |
Some full-text | 1995 to current | Most |
| Business Source Premier i
Full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. |
Full-text | current to current | All |
| Communication & Mass Media Complete (Via Communication Source) i
Provides abstracts and full text for more than 200 communication journals. |
Some full-text; plus links to full-text via Get-It | 1950 to current | Some |
| Factiva i
Covers news and business information, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal, plus more than 8,000 other sources providing current news. The Library has a license that allows a maximum of 20 users at a time use Factiva. |
Full-text | 1975 to current | Some |
| International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text i
This database is the definitive research tool for theatre and dance studies. In addition to all the comprehensive indexing of the International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD), it contains full text for top performing arts journals. |
Full-text | 1936 - Current to current | Most |
| RILM Music Abstracts i
Abstracts from scholarly journals on international music and related disciplines. |
Links to full-text via Get-It | 1969 to current | All |
Also Useful
| Database | Full Text | Coverage | Scholarly |
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| JSTOR
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Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American & Asian studies, literature, humanities, music, and biological, health & general sciences. |
Full-text | 1838 to most recent five years | Most |
| MLA International Bibliography
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Includes abstracts of articles from critical literary and language journals. |
Links to full-text via Get-It | 1963 to current | All |
| Project Muse
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Full-text coverage for hundreds of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics |
Full-text | 1993 to current | All |