Research Databases
Academic Search Premier
Includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of over 5,500 active global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking. More than 75,000 videos for the Associated Press are updated monthly. This collection of videos from the world's leading news agency includes footage from 1930 to the present and helps round out student research.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS): Historical Periodicals Collection
The premier library documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction, provides digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American first-person accounts and periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
AtoZ Databases
Explore all six AtoZ databases to have access to symbols, video guides, history, geography, government and politics, royalty-free downloadable maps, food culture, and traditional recipes for each US state and over 174 countries.
Biography Reference Center
Provides unique and reliable full-text biographies. Locate biographies by subject, occupation, activity, nationality, gender, birthplace, and more.
Britannica Online Public Library Edition
Comprehensive and trustworthy content for all patrons—from elementary students to college students, from business professionals to curious seniors. Extensive and thorough, yet intuitive and fast. Search this award-winning resource using one or all three reading levels: Children, Young Adults, and Reference Center.
Business Source Premier
Over 4,346 active indexed and abstracted journals, which include rigorous curation, and once validated and certified for inclusion, these open access (OA) journals, are treated with high-quality subject indexing and precise/accurate full-text linking. The majority of these journals are peer-reviewed.
Consumer Health Complete
Designed to help users gain an overall understanding of key topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine. Easy to use, valuable health information, straightforward interface. Includes images, diagrams, animations, information in English and Spanish. Some popular topics: Content for Teens and Their Parents, Addiction, Aging, Anxiety, Cancer, Fitness, Menopause, Nutrition, and Relationships.
Environment Complete and GreenFILE
Top environmental journals covering ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental policy, sustainability and other related subjects. This collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Ethnic Diversity Source
A dedicated, robust resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. It provides full text from a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, e-books, biographies, and primary source documents.
Explora Educator's Edition
Highlighted content relevant to teachers, including lesson plans, curriculum standards, Lexile Measures, tools to increase student productivity and engagement, and integration with Google Classroom, to easily share content with students.
Explora Elementary School
Created for elementary school students, so that searching for reliable, high-quality information is easy. Students can look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects, or homework from the world’s leading magazines and reference books. Teachers will appreciate the lesson plans, professional development materials, and a Curriculum Standard Module.
Explora General Research
Designed specifically for general research in a public library. Now includes topic overviews that provide a starting point for research and top videos from the Associated Press.
Explora High School
A multidisciplinary research database with relevant and reliable content. Designed with students and educators in mind. Look up topic overviews, magazine and academic journal articles, facts and primary sources for research papers, class projects, or homework.
Explora Middle School
Carefully curated and reliable content offering popular magazine articles from Discover, Newsweek, Ranger Rick, Scholastic Science World, Time for Kids, Sports Illustrated Kids as well as reference books from top educational publishers. A full-text database covering subject such as history, current events, science, and sports.
History Reference Center
Covers topics in the U.S. and world history from the earliest civilizations through the 21st century. This research database contains full-text journals, magazines, reference books, and thousands of primary source documents. Supports students and educators with the following functionality: Google Drive and Classroom integration, advanced search options, thematic navigation, citation tool, mobile-friendly interface, Lexile Measures, and more.
Library, Information Science & Technology (LISTA)
A free research database for library and information science studies, LISTA provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books, research reports.
Literary Reference Center
Full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals, and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories, and poems.
MasterFILE Premier
A robust collection of full-text magazines, eBooks, primary source documents, and an extensive image collection, the easy-to-use interface and search, includes a wide range of subject areas including business, health, education, general science, and multi-cultural issues.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
Thousands of classic and contemporary poems, short stories, biographies, essays, lesson plans, and learning guides. Poetry & Short Story Reference Center also includes high-quality videos and audio recordings from the Academy of American Poets.
Points of View Reference Center
Resources that present a balance of materials and multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills. Over 500 topics, each with an overview, point, counterpoint, and a Guide to Critical Analysis to help readers evaluate the controversy, enhance one's ability to read critically, develop one's own perspective, and write or debate an effective argument.
Psychology and Behavioral Science
An essential full-text database for psychologists, counselors, researchers, and students. Psychology and Behavioral Science provides hundreds of full-text psychology journals, including many indexed in APA PsycInfo. It offers particularly strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and counseling.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Hundreds of full-text, scholarly journals, which provides an in-depth collection of resources covering topics such as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy, and the history of philosophy. Key theological and philosophical resources spanning over 100 years.
Science Reference Center
Satisfies the demand for standards-based content by providing teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards. The database contains a wealth of informational texts as well as real-world examples of the application of mathematical concepts in scientific research. Subjects include Applied Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth and space science, Energy, Environmental science, Forensic science, Health and medicine, History of science, Life science, Mathematics, Physics, Science careers, Wildlife, and more.
Social Sciences Full Text
Covers the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences, this full-text database includes the most important English-language social science journals.