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General Databases - covering lots of disciplines

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Great starting point, with something for every subject!
- What's included? Lots of full-text, mostly peer-reviewed and recent, with some older and popular sources.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? It’s an excellent tool for scholarly articles and books/chapters from university presses, covering most disciplines.
- What's included? The collection's strength lies in its complete back issues of journal titles covering 75 disciplines, while a weakness is a "moving wall" limiting access to the most recent journal issues - the coverage skews older, so it’s not always a great starting point for researching topics that need to have the most current sources.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need a variety of scholarly and professional sources like journal articles, books, reports, and proceedings.
- What's included? Information about published sources, sometimes with links to the full-text, covering most disciplines.
- Note:Follow these instructions to set your Google Scholar settings for access to DePauw's Full Text when available: Google Scholar FAQ
WorldCat Discovery This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You’re looking for a wide variety of books, articles, journals, DVDs, CDs, etc, including physical items held by DePauw libraries.
- What's included? A record of what DePauw owns, with call numbers for physical items; along with links to full-text items, and records for items that DePauw doesn’t own, but that we can request via interlibrary loan.
- Note: This is the search box on the libraries' home page.

Discipline-specific databases

ERIC This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You’re researching topics related to education, from preschool to college.
- What's included? Lists 1.5 million sources dating from 1966 to the present, including scholarly articles, but also many reports and conference proceedings.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You are looking for publications on global climate change, green building, pollution, recycling, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture.
- What's included? Citations to scholarly journals, government sources, and general interest sources. Limited full-text coverage.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You’re writing about a topic in sociology or related fields.
- What's included? International academic literature of sociology and related disciplines, including the companion file Social Services Abstracts, which is current research focused on social work & human services. Mostly from 1990s+.
AnthroSource This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You’re researching a topic that anthropologists might have studied.
- What's included? The past, present and future publications from the American Anthropological Association - more than 250,000 articles from journals, newsletters, bulletins and monographs.

SEARCH from the National Agricultural Library
SEARCH is the USDA National Agricultural Library’s main search tool. It provides simple, one-stop access to more than 8 million records covering all aspects of agriculture and related disciplines.

There will be no "Find It" buttons like in library databases. Sometimes there will be a link to the full-text, but if not, try searching for the title of the work in WorldCat Discovery.

EconLit This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need scholarly research in the field of Economics.
- What's included? Citations and abstracts from journal articles in economics, finance, business administration, labor, and industrial organization.
Science Direct College Editions This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You are looking for full-text scholarly articles on science, education, psychology and business topics.
- What's included? Full-text of over 500 journal titles in the areas of science, technology, business and medicine.
GeoRef This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Good database for geoscience research.
- What's included? Index and abstracts to articles, books, maps, reports, and other literature on geology and geosciences. Includes or has links to full text.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You’re researching topics about gender issues.
- What's included? Articles from journals, magazines, newspapers (some working papers & dissertations), published since 1970. Almost all are full text. Gender studies, men's studies, & women's studies.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need sources for computer science research..
- What's included? Publications from the Association of Computing Machinery plus other computer science scholarly sources.
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You are looking for general health information.
- What's included? Non-technical articles on health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You are searching for articles in the health and medical sciences.
- What's included? 26+ million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles.
Biological Sciences This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need biology resources.
- What's included? A mix of scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications covering biology, biomedicine and related subjects.