Databases by Type of Information
The databases on this page cover a broad range of topics. Check our other lists of databases arranged by academic subject or by title for more options.
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- Magazines and Journals
- Newspapers and News Media Transcripts
- Reference Information (encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, statistics)
- E-Books
Magazines and Journals
- Academic Search Complete [Ebsco] Articles from academic journals and popular magazines.
- eLibrary Curriculum [ProQuest] Multi-level resource for articles on all topics with separate collections for literature and history articles including primary sources.
- Lexis-Nexis/Academic [from Reed Elsevier] Articles in full-text format from magazines, business journals and reference sources, laws, law journals, cases and medical journals.
- MasterFILE Premier [Ebsco] Articles from popular or general interest magazines.
- Opposing Viewpoints [Gale] Articles on controversial topics from magazines, journals, and other resources. Access may require using a browser other than IE.
- Research Library [ProQuest] Articles from academic journals and popular magazines.
- Sage Journal Collection [Sage] Scholarly journals from all areas of academic research
- ScienceDirect [Elsevier] Scholarly e-journal collection covering all fields in science and social science.
- TOPICsearch [Ebsco] Articles from periodicals on controversial topics.
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Newspapers and News Transcripts
- InfoTrac Custom Newspapers [Gale] Full text of major Texas and regional U.S. newspapers.
- Lexis-Nexis/Academic [Reed Elsevier] Comprehensive resource for full-text newspapers from the early 1980s to the present day. Major U.S.cities and foreign newspapers are covered.
- Military and Government Collection [Ebsco] More than 360 news publications from all the U.S. military.
- Newspaper Source [Ebsco] Full text for major U.S. & international newspapers and selected full text for more than 260 regional newspapers.
- Newspapers [ProQuest] Two major national newspapers in full-text format.
- New York Times from Jan 1, 1980 to present
- Wall Street Journal from Jan. 2, 1984 to present
- Opposing Viewpoints [Gale] Articles on controversial topics from newspapers, news magazines, and other resources. Access may require using a browser other than IE.
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Reference Information
- AskOxford.com Searchable access to the Compact Oxford English Dictionary including helpful resources for writers and students.
- Biography.Com By the A&E network. Includes quality biographical information plus full contents of The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.
- Books in Print Books currently available for purchase with pricing and publishers.
- Country Studies Series In-depth profiles of countries from government sources.
- Credo Reference [Credo] More than 400 reference works, encyclopedias, dictionaries and other books from over 60 publishers worldwide.
- Encyclopedia Americana [Grolier] Encyclopedia articles from the latest edition of the encyclopedia with authoritative Web resources selected by their editorial staff.
- ERsys Profiles of U.S. cities incuding demographics, environmental factors, economic indicators, housing statistics, media, schools, transportation and local contacts.
- FedStats Starting point for statistics collected by U.S. federal agencies.
- Funk and Wagnall's New Encyclopedia [Ebsco] Encyclopedia articles.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library [Gale] Ten subject encyclopedias covering philosophy, ethics, religion, the arts, education, history, political science, sociology and criminal justice. Access may require using a browser other than IE.
- Handbook of Texas All things Texan--places, peoples, history and culture.
- Lexis-Nexis [Reed Elsevier] Reference information includes almanacs, quotations, and legal information: U.S. & state laws and cases..
- Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Theses and dissertations from academic institutions worldwide.
- Opposing Viewpoints [Gale] Articles on controversial topics from books of essays and reference information providing great background and statistics.Access may require using a browser other than IE.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States Data in tabular form collected by numerous U.S. governmental agencies: Census, CDC, Education, Labor, etc.
- Serials Directory [Ebsco] Information about magazines and journals currently or recently in publication.
- Texas Reference Center [Ebsco] Collection of books and reference material about Texas history and culture.
- WorldCat Catalog of library and archival holdings from all types of libraries.
- Your Dictionary Web site of dictionaries of many world languages.
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- Credo Reference [Credo] Search more than 400 reference works, encyclopedias, dictionaries and other books from over 60 publishers worldwide.
- Netlibrary [OCLC] Large collection of e-books on all topics. Off campus users need to set up an account. Click "Create an account" upper right corner of opening screen.
- StatRef [Teton Data]Over 80 standard reference and text books on nursing and medical topics.
