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Databases and Periodical Indexes by Subject

Not all databases have the full text of articles. 
Check the Geisler Journal List for locations of full text for individual journal titles, or use Interlibrary Loan.

For more information on these databases and indexes, see list of Databases by Title.

Jump to:  General | Applied Arts | Behavioral Sciences | Cross-Cultural | Fine Arts | Humanities | Natural Sciences

General and Interdisciplinary
        * indicates suggested starting place

• * Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)
• * Newspaper Source (EbscoHost)
• * Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature  (print index,  1900- )
   
• ACCESS GPO -- Government documents, sources, regulations
• AltPress Index (FirstSearch)
  AltPress Index Archive (FirstSearch)
• Annual Reviews -- Search online, use the Library's copies for full text
• ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
• Biography Index  (print index, 1946- )
• Books In Print  (FirstSearch)
• Book Review Digest  (print index, 1905- )
• Book Review Index  (print index, 1969- )
• CWI Contemporary Women's Issues  (FirstSearch)
• Consumer Index (FirstSearch)
• Des Moines Register Index (print index 1975-1992 -- see NewsBank for recent indexing)
• Dissertations  (FirstSearch)
• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
• ECO Electronic Collections Online (FirstSearch)
• Essay and General Literature Index  (print index, 1900- )
• GPO (FirstSearch)
• HealthSource Nursing/Academic Edition(EbscoHost)
• HealthSource Consumer Edition  (EbscoHost)
• Ingenta -- use interlibrary loan for articles
• International Index to Periodicals  (print index, 1907-1965)
• JSTOR scholarly journal archive
• LexisNexis Academic
• New York Times Index  (print index, 1947-  )  Also indexed in Newspaper Source (EbscoHost) 1994-  
                Also full text in LexisNexis Academic 1980-  , abstracts 1969-1980)
• NewsBank (includes Des Moines Register)
• * Newspaper Source (EbscoHost)
• Newspaper Abstracts  (FirstSearch)
• Nineteenth Century Readers' Guide  (print index, 1890-1899)
• PapersFirst (FirstSearch)
• Poole's index to periodical literature  (print index, 1815-1899)
• Proceedings First (FirstSearch)
• * Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature  (print index,  1900- )
• Project MUSE
• WorldCat
• Wall Street Journal Index  (print index, 1980-2003)   Also indexed in Newspaper Source -EbscoHost, 1995-    Full text in  LexisNexis Academic, May 1973- )

Applied Arts -- Education, Exercise Science

• Annual Review of Nutrition -- use the Library's copy for full text -- call number 613.2 An5 r
• Annual Review of Physiology -- use the Library's copy for full text -- call number 612.058 An
• BioDigest (FirstSearch)
• Biology Digest  (print index, 1974- )
• Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography  (print index, 1955-2001)
• Clinical Pharmacology  (EbscoHost)
• Education Index  (print index, 1950- )
• ERIC  (EbscoHost)
• ERIC  (FirstSearch)
• Health Source:  Nursing/Academic Edition  (EbscoHost)
• Health Source:  Consumer Edition  (EbscoHost)
• Media Review Digest  (FirstSearch)
• National Library of Medicine and NIH -- several ways to access their information
  • Medline  (FirstSearch)
  • Medline Plus 
  • National Library of Medicine Gateway
  • PubMed
• Physical Education Index Online
• Physical Education Index  (print index, 1978-2001.  Continued by PE Index online.)
• Primary Search  (EbscoHost)
• Professional Development Collection  (EbscoHost)
• PsycINFO  (EbscoHost)
• PubMed
• Teacher Reference Center from EBSCOHost

       Also try the General databases.

Behavioral Sciences -- Accounting, Anthropology, Business Management, Communication Studies, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology

• AGRICOLA  (FirstSearch)
• America History and Life
• Annual Review of Anthropology -- search online -- use the Library's copy for full text -- call number 301.2 An55 r
• Annual Review of Political Science -- also indexed in Academic Search Premier, 1998-  (one year embargo)
  -- no full text available
• Annual Review of Psychology -- search online -- use the Library's copy for full text -- call number 150.058 An
• Annual Review of Sociology -- search online --use the Library's copy for full text -- call number 301.025 An5 r
• ATLA Religion Index  (EbscoHost)
• Business and Industry  (FirstSearch)
• Business Dateline  (FirstSearch)
• Business Organizations  (FirstSearch)
• Business Periodicals Index  (print index, 1970-1996)
• Business Source Elite  (EbscoHost)
• Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography  (print index, 1955-2001)
• CogPrints - Cognitive Sciences E-Print Archive
• Communication and Mass Media Complete  (EbscoHost)
• CQ Congressional Quarterly Weekly Online
• CQ Researcher Online
• Crime and Justice Data Online
• CWI Contemporary Women's Issues  (FirstSearch)
• EconLit  (FirstSearch)
• Education Index  (print index, 1950- )
• ERIC (EbscoHost)
• ERIC (FirstSearch)
• Essay and General Literature Index  (print index, 1900- )
• GEOBase
• Handbook of Latin American Studies Online
• Index of Economic Articles  (print index, 1886-1993)
• Index to Black Periodicals  (print index, 1950- )  (Title has changed several times)
• Index to Journals in Communication Studies through 1990  (print index)
• International Index to Periodicals  (print index, 1907-1965)
• LexisNexis Academic
• Media Review Digest  (FirstSearch)
• PAIS  (print index, 1968-1972)
• PAIS  (Public Affairs Information Service)  (1972- )
• Population Index
• PsycINFO (EbscoHost)
• Regional Business News  (EbscoHost)
• Social Science and Humanities Index  (print index, 1965-1974)
• Social Sciences Index  (print index, 1974- )
• Sociological Abstracts  (print index, 1977-1998)
• Women Studies Abstracts  (print index, 1987- )

      Also try the General databases.

Cross-Cultural -- French, German, Spanish, Library Science

• Clase & Periodica Indexes (Journals from Latin America) (FirstSearch)
• Education Index  (print index, 1950- )
• ERIC  (EbscoHost)
• ERIC  (FirstSearch)
• French Periodical Index  (print index, 1973-1995)
• Handbook of Latin American Studies Online
• LISTA: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts from EbscoHost
• MLA International Bibliography
• MLA Directory of Periodicals 

      Also try the General databases.

Fine Arts -- Art, Music, Theatre

• America History and Life
• AHSearch - Arts&Humanities Citation Index  (FirstSearch)
• Art Index  (print index, 1972- )
• Art Resource - images and links to museum collections -- Check rules for use of images from each museum or collection.
• ArtCyclopedia
• Education Index  (print index, 1950- )
• ERIC  (EbscoHost)
• ERIC  (FirstSearch)
• Essay and General Literature Index  (print index, 1900- )
• Music Index  (print index, 1970-2003)
• Play Index  (print index, 1949-    Located in Reference  808.82 PL 1 i)
• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature  (EbscoHost)

      Also try the General databases.

Humanities -- English, History, Philosophy, Religion

• Abstracts of English Studies  (print index, 1962-1991)
• AHSearch - Arts&Humanities Citation Index  (FirstSearch)
• America History and Life
• ATLA Religion Database  (EbscoHost)
• Education Index  (print index, 1950- )
• ERIC  (EbscoHost)
• ERIC  (FirstSearch)
• Essay and General Literature Index  (print index, 1900- )
• Handbook of Latin American Studies Online
• Humanities Index  (print index, 1974-  )
• Index to Black Periodicals  (print index, 1950- )  (Title has changed several times)
• International Index to Periodicals  (print index, 1907-1965)
• Literature Resource Center
• MLA International Bibliography
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)  (1972- )
• PAIS  (print index, 1968-1972)
• Play Index  (print index, 1949-    Located in Reference  808.82 PL1 i)
• Philosopher's Index  (print index, 1940- )
• Professional Development Collection  (EbscoHost)
• Project MUSE
• Religion Index One  (print index, 1949-     Same as ATLA Religion Database)
• Short Story Index  (print index, 1950 -     Located in Reference 808.83 Sh6 s)
• Social Science and Humanities Index  (print index, 1965-1974)
• Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900  (print index)

      Also try the General databases.     

Natural Sciences -- Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Physics

• ACM Digital Library  (Association for Computing Machinery)
• ACS American Chemical Society Journals
• AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library)
• AGRICOLA  (FirstSearch)
• Annual Reviews -- Search online, use the Library's copy for full text -- call number follows title below
  • Biochemistry -- 572 An5 r
  • Cell and Developmental Biology -- 571.6 An5 r
  • Ecology, Evolution and Systematics -- 577 An2 r
  • Entomology -- 595.7 An 5 r
  • Genetics -- 576.5 An5 g
  • Genomics and Human Genetics -- 576.5 An5 g
  • Microbiology -- 579 An5 r
  • Nutrition -- 613.2 An5 r
  • Physiology -- 612.058 An
  • Plant Biology -- 581.1058 An
• BioDigest  (FirstSearch)
• Biology Digest  (print index, 1974- )
• Chemical Abstracts  (See STN)
• Clinical Pharmacology  (EbscoHost)
• Education Index  (print index, 1950- )
• Energy Citations Database
• ERIC  (EbscoHost)
• ERIC  (FirstSearch)
• Geobase
• General Science Index  (print index, 1978- )
• HealthSource:  Nursing/Academic Edition  (EbscoHost)
• HealthSource Consumer Edition  (EbscoHost)
• HighWire
• Ingenta -- use Interlibrary Loan for articles
• National Library of Medicine and NIH -- several ways to access their information
  • Medline  (FirstSearch)
  • Medline Plus 
  • National Library of Medicine Gateway
  • PubMed
• PrimateLit  from U. of Wisconsin
• Science.gov from FirstGov
• STN  (this database is passworded -- ask a chemistry professor for assistance in searching Chemical Abstracts via STN)
• Wildlife Review  (print index, 1978-1995)

Also try the General databases.

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