A to Z list of databases
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Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, at least 3,900 of which are peer-reviewed. Full text back files to 1975 and earlier are available for more than one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
ACM
Digital Library
Index to ACM (Association of Computing Machinery)
full text publications-- including journals, transactions,
conference proceedings and more--from 1954-present.
ACM Guide to Computing Literature
Index to major publications in computing literature.
ACS Journals
Search
Includes 40+ full text electronic journals
published by the American Chemical Society. Coverage extends from 1879-present.
AGRICOLA
(AGRICultural OnLine Access)
Index covering journal articles as well as
other publications in the collection of the U.S. National Agricultural Library.
ALPSP Learned Journals Collection
A diverse collection of 728 journal titles by 52 publishers who are members of Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers with coverage beginning in 1997.
America:
History and Life
Index to 2000+ journals which cover American and
Canadian history from 1450 to the present.
American Films Scripts Online (Alexander Street Press collection)
Année
Philologique
An index to books and articles on Greek and Roman civilization, including topics such as literature, history, religion, and philosophy. Covers material published from 1924-present.
Annual
Reviews
Access from 1930 to full text review articles
in 40 different subject areas including Biochemistry, Clinical Psychology,
Computer Science, Environment & Resources, Materials Research,
Microbiology, Nutrition, Physiology, Plant Biology, Political Science,
Psychology, Sociology, and others.
ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language)
The ARTFL database is a core collection of digitized French texts from the 12th century to the present. It covers classic works of literature, non-fiction prose, and scientific and technical writings. It also includes historical French dictionaries and encyclopædias dating back to the 16th century as well as modern reference works such as a French-English dictionary and an excellent verb conjugator.
arXiv
An e-print service
from Cornell University covering the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear
science, computer science, and quantitative biology.
Asian American Drama (Alexander Street Press collection)
ATLA
Religion Database with ATLASerials
The American Theological Library
Association's ATLA Religion Database indexes journal articles, book reviews,
and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Coverage begins with 1908,
although some journal titles are indexed back to the nineteenth century. For
more than 150 selected journals, ATLASerials provides links to the
full text of the articles indexed.
Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian
Society
REF: ZPN57 .A65I4 1962-
Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach und Literaturwissenschaft
REF: Z2231 .B5 1969-
Bibliographie der Franzosischen Literaturwissenschaft
REF: Z2171 .K55 1956-
Biography Index
REF: ZCT100 .B5 1946-2008
Index to
biographies of prominent people from every field. Biographies appear in
articles in over 3000 journals as well as in books.
Biological Abstracts
Index to 6000+ international journals covering the biological sciences from 1985-present. 95% of the citations include abstracts.
Black Drama—1850-present (Alexander Street Press collection)
Black Thought and Culture (Alexander Street Press collection)
Blackwell Synergy
Journals
Full text access to approximately 850
journals, including all back files, published by Blackwell Publishing on
behalf of international societies and associations.
Book Review Index
REF: Z1035 .A1B7 1965-2011
Indexes all
reviews found in over 600 journals
British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press collection)
Bulletin Critique du Livre Français
REF: ZZ1035.2
.A1 B93 1968 - 2007
Business Source Premier
This business research database provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, at least 1,100 of which are peer-reviewed. This source covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily.
CAIRN
A collection of French language journals in the social sciences and humanities from European publishers.
Cambridge Journals Online
Full text access to approximately 220 Cambridge journals covering the social sciences, humanities and sciences.
Canadian Literary Centre
Full text literary criticism, essays, book reviews, author biographies and much more from Essays on Canadian Writing Press (ECW Press).
Canadian Music Periodical Index
Index to articles about all aspects of musical
activity in Canada from 630 Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines.
Subject coverage spans the late nineteenth century to the present day.
Canadian Reference Centre
Canadian full text content from Canadian and international magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books.
CBCA
Business (ProQuest)
Index covering 400+ sources, many with full
text , going back to the early1980s. Trade journals, general business
publications, academic journals, topical journals, and professional
publications are all included.
CBCA
Current Events (ProQuest)
Indexes news from various Canadian sources,
also includes full text from wire services such as Canada
NewsWire and Canadian Press NewsWire. Full text articles or
transcripts and radio and television transcripts.
CBCA
Education (ProQuest)
Indexes articles in Canadian journals and
newsletters covering teaching, educational research, and educational
administration in Canada. Some sources are available in full
text .
CBCA
Reference (ProQuest)
Indexes a diverse collection of Canadian academic
journals as well as general and special interest magazines. Some titles are
available in full text .
China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980
Unique manuscript material relating to the activities and observations of British and American diplomats, missionaries, business people and tourists in China from 1793 to 1980, together with rare periodicals, colour paintings, maps, photographs and drawings.
CIAO
(Columbia International Affairs Online)
A full text
collection of scholarship in international affairs produced since 1991.
Includes working papers and conference proceedings, journal articles or
abstracts, selected books or book chapters, policy briefs, case studies and
course packs. All sections are updated monthly.
CiteSeer.IST
(Scientific Literature Digital Library)
An index to over 2.5 million
citations (references) and over 200,000 research articles, including
full text and citation indexing, from the various computer
science fields. This index contains not only research articles but conference
papers, technical reports and material indexed in e-print archives.
Classical Music Library
Classical Music Library is the world's largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. Coverage includes over 32 labels, with a particular focus on content that meets the needs of educators and students.
Classical Scores Library
More than 8000 classical music scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material for study and analysis.
Cochrane Library
Residents of Nova Scotia with any Nova Scotia public library card have free access to the Cochrane Library via the Nova Scotia Public Libraries website. If you do not have a library card please contact your local library branch.
Contemporary World Music
200,000 streaming tracks of music of all kinds, from Afrobeat to zydeco. Features include PDF liner notes, permalinks, playlists, and export to mobile devices.
Current Index to
Statistics
An index to publications in statistics and related fields.
Includes articles from more than 160 core journals, selected articles from
non-core journals and chapters from proceedings and edited books. Coverage
extends back to 1975.
Defining Gender, 1450-1910, Online
A collection of original source material from British and European archives to enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology, education and cultural studies from a gendered perspective.
Directory of Open
Access Journals
Full text scholarly journals made
accessible under an “open access” funding model.
Dissertations & Theses @ Acadia University
Access to Acadia Masters theses. Full text is available from 1997 to 2008 and theses from the early 1990s are indexed with abstracts.
Duke University Press Journals
Full text access to the scholarly journals published by Duke University Press.
Early Encounters in North America: People, Cultures and the Environment (Alexander Street Press collection)
EconLit
Index
to journal articles and other international research literature in economics.
EEBO: Early English Books Online
Early English Books Online contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare up to the English Civil War.
Eighteenth Century Journals I & II
A multi-faceted collection of 17th- and 18th-century newspapers and periodicals supporting studies in Literature, the Theatre, the origins and rise of Romanticism, Politics, Revolution and Revellion, Social issues, Gender, Society Life, Religion and the influence of the Press.
Elenchus of Biblica
REF: ZBS410 .E5 1984-
Annual bibliography covering all areas of investigation which involve the scientific study of the Bible. Sponsored by the Pontificio-Istituto-Biblico; (Pontifical-Biblical-Institute); published by the: Biblical-Institute-Press.
Empire Online
A variety of material examining cultural contacts throughout five centuries of Empire, from Columbus to decolonisation.
ERIC
Index
to education literature (both journals and documents) from 1966-present.
NOTE: Acadia has the ERIC documents in microform up to 1996. After 1996, about 90% of these EDs are also available as full text through the ERIC database.
Essay and General Literature Index
REF: ZAC1 .E8
1900-
Index to essays in over 3500 collections and anthologies. Greatest
emphasis is on the humanities and social sciences.
Erudit
A collection of Canadian scholarly journals, some bilingual, some French or English only. The core collection comes from a publishing initiative based in Quebec, but some journals come from other Canadian centres which have adopted the same publishing model.
Eureka
Full text access to English- and French-language Canadian and international news sources, including many regional and local papers such as The Chronicle Herald, the Cape Breton Post, The Guardian (Charlottetown), The Telegram (St. John's) and the Telegraph-Journal (NB), L'Acadie Nouvelle, The Advertiser (Kentville), the Annapolis County Spectator, the Digby Courier, the Hants Journal (Windsor) and the Kings County Register. Sources vary in the date ranges available.
Factiva.com
Here
you will find up to the minute full text news from over 8,000
newspapers, magazines, journals and newswires from around the world. This site
also includes access to information on over 20,000 companies, including
financial data. 
Check out this tutorial about finding articles in Factiva.
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
GeoRef
GeoRef
is the American Geological Institute's geoscience database containing over 2.2
million records covering North America since 1785, and other areas of the world
since 1933.
GeoRef
in Process
The index to records which are not yet ready for integration
into the main GeoRef file. These are NOT the most recent references. The file
contains mainly records for non-English material. It is recommended that it be
searched together with GeoRef.
GeoScienceWorld
A
full text collection of 30 core geoscience journals. Extent of
back files varies with each journal.
Globe and Mail: Canada's Heritage from 1844
A full
text archive of The Globe & Mail from June 1844 to December 2008.
Includes complete coverage of the newspaper content. Both keyword searching and
browsing are provided. For current full text access to The
Globe & Mail, see
Factiva.
GREENR
Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (GREENR) is a multidisciplinary global reference for worldwide environmental and sustainability issues. Find journal articles, news briefs, videos, podcasts, case studies on scientific, health, political, and social issues. Browse down through the topic portals to select subcategories where a variety of content appears including an overview of the topic. The broad categories include agriculture and food systems, energy, humans in the natural world, pollution, science and technology, economics and trade, environment and ecology, law and politics, resource management, social factors. Use the Advanced Search to limit to peer-reviewed articles, full-text documents, content types and more!
HighWire
HighWire is "the largest
archive of free full-text science on Earth." To restrict your search to
journals with full text, use appropriate journals listed at
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
in your search.
Historical
Abstracts
Index to 2000+ journals which cover world history (except
United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
informaworld (see Taylor & Francis Online)
IngentaConnect
An index to
citations for the articles in thousands of peer-reviewed journals from all
disciplines. When Acadia has a subscription to a journal, the electronic
version is sometimes provided to the user through IngentaConnect without
charge.
Intelex Past Masters
Full-text databases that make available cohesive collections of editions, in both original language and in English translation, of seminal figures in the humanities and social sciences.
IOP Electronic Journals
Full text of the journals published by the Institute of Physics. Coverage extends from 1968-present.
Iter: the bibliography of Medieval and Renaissance Europe from
400-1700
Bibliography of articles covering all aspects of the European Middle
Ages (400-1500) and Renaissance (1300-1700) in 260+ journals.
JSTOR
Search
full text backfiles of 525+ major scholarly journals from the
very first issue. Current years of the journals may be available in this collection. The Vaughan has these journals as individual subscriptions. It's possible to search subsets of the collection as well as the entire collection.
Latino Literature (Alexander Street Press collection)
Leisure, Recreation & Tourism Abstracts (CABDirect)
An index to journal articles, books and other research publications from 1973
to the present covering leisure and tourism policies and industries, recreation
and sport activities, facility planning and management as well as natural
resources and the environment.
LISTA: Library,
Information Science & Technology Abstracts
An index with abstracts
covering articles in more than 600 journals as well as covering books, research
reports and conference proceedings, all related to librarianship and other
information fields. Coverage from 1966-present.
Mass Observation Online
Mass Observation Online offers revolutionary access to one of the most important archives for the study of Social History in the modern era. The material covers the end of the ‘Hungry Thirties’, the onset of war, the Blitz and war on the home front, and post war world with the rise of consumerism and television.
MathSciNet
Index to information about mathematics and its applications in related fields. Covers 1940-present.
Medieval Travel Writing
A magnificent collection of medieval manuscripts from libraries around the world and dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
Mergent Online
Access to financial information for over 28,000 publicly traded companies in Canadian, U.S., and International. Financials for 10 years are "as reported".
Financial footnotes regarding stock options, pension plans and accounting policy changes are also included.
MLA
International Bibliography
Index to articles in 3000+ international
journals as well as to selected books and other literature about modern
language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Covers 1926-present.
MyiLibrary
Selected ebooks published by Cambridge, Oxford, and Taylor & Francis. Database access makes in-depth searching and discovery of contents easy.
NLM Gateway
The NLM Gateway
allows users to search in multiple retrieval systems at the U.S. National
Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches MEDLINE/PubMed,
OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, ClinicalTrials.gov, DIRLINE, Meeting
Abstracts, and HSRProj.
New
Testament Abstracts
An index covering journal articles, books and
software related to New Testament studies. Materials covered date back to 1985.
New York Times Index 1913 - 2006
REF: ZAI21 .N44
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories (Alexander Street Press collection)
North American Indian Biographical Database (Alexander Street Press collection)
North American Theatre Online (Alexander Street Press collection)
North American Women’s Drama (Alexander Street Press collection)
North American Women’s Letters and Diaries—Colonial to 1950 (Alexander Street Press collection)
OECD iLibrary (formerly Source OECD)
Includes all the content in Source OECD plus Key Tables and Country Statistical Profiles.
Old Testament Abstracts
An index covering journal articles, books and
software related to Old Testament studies. Materials covered date back to 1978.
Opera in Video
Streaming video of some 250 opera performances, plus interviews and documentaries.
Oral History Online (Alexander Street Press collection)
Ornithological Worldwide Literature (OWL) (formerly Recent Ornithological Literature)
OWL is a compilation of citations and abstracts from the worldwide scientific literature that pertain to the science of ornithology.
Oxford
Journals
Search 170+ full text journals in a wide range
of subject areas from Oxford University Press. Access to full text is available
from 1996 to the present.
Oxford Reference Online PREMIUM
Periodicals Archive Online
A collection of back files of 499 major journals. Currency varies with each title.
Philosopher's
IndexIndex, with abstracts, to the international research literature of philosophy. Covers journal articles and selected books from 1940-present.
Project Muse
Access to 300+ full text journals in the arts and
humanities, social science and mathematics. Coverage (in some cases) extends
from 1993-present.
PROLA: Physical Review Online
Archive
Index to the full text archive of journals
published by the American Physical Society. The complete archive consists of
all of Physical Review back to 1893, all of Physical Review
Letters back to 1958, and all of Reviews of Modern Physics back
to 1929. Only the most current 3 years are excluded from the archive.
PsycArticles
Contains all full text articles on current issues in
psychology from the 44 journals published by the American Psychological
Association and 8 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles,
letters to the editor and errata from each of the 52 journals. Coverage spans
from 1985 to the present.
PsycINFO
The American Psychological Association's index to psychology journals
(1887-present) as well as to book chapters, books, technical reports, and
dissertations (1987-present). Citations indicate when Acadia has a
subscription. As well, direct links are provided to all full
text articles from 44 journals published by the American Psychological
Association and from another 8 journals published by allied organizations.
Coverage of the APA full text journals extends from 1985 to the present.
PubMed
PubMed
is an enhanced version of MEDLINE which covers the fields of medicine, nursing,
dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical
sciences. MEDLINE covers more than 4,000 biomedical journals and coverage
extends from 1966 to the present. For the Acadia community PubMED also includes
links to participating online journals.
PubMed Central
PubMed Central is an electronic archive for over 130+ full
text journals, offering unrestricted access to its contents. Every
full text article in PubMed Central has a corresponding entry
in PubMed. PubMed Central contains all the peer-reviewed primary research
articles from every participating journal. Other journal content, such as
essays, reviews, and letters, is made available at the discretion of the
publisher.
Reaxys
Reaxys is a web-based interface for chemists and is based on the combined content of CrossFire Beilstein, CrossFire Gmelin, and Patent Chemistry Database (PCD). Chemical structures and reactions are fully searchable and citations cover organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry.
Recent Ornithological Literature Online (see Ornithological Worldwide Literature (OWL))
Regional Business News
Covers 75 full text business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Religious and Theological Abstracts
RILM
Abstracts of Music Literature
Indexes articles about music as well as
books, conference proceedings, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations,
critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings and videos,
reviews, etc. 1967-present.
RSC
Journals
Search the full text of Royal Society of
Chemisty electronic journals. Coverage extends from 1841-present.
SAGE Reference Online (formerly Sage eReference)
A collection of Sage online encyclopedias for many different subject areas.
Sage Journals Online
Note: You should restrict your search to "Sage content available to me".
ScienceDirect
An
index to over 1600 full text Elsevier Science
journals-primarily scientific, technical and medical. Full
text coverage is consistently available from 1998 to the present but
some journals have full text back to 1994.
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007
Access to thousands of original manuscripts, pamphlets, books, paintings, maps and images relating to trans-Atlantic slavery and abolition.
Social Services Abstracts
An index to research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Note: Use this link to search Social Services Abstracts independently from Sociological Abstracts.
Sociological
Abstracts
The major index to the international literature of sociology,
together with an index to research on social work, social policy and related
areas. Note: by default Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts will be searched simultaneously.
Source OECD (see OECD iLibrary)
SPORT
Discus
Index to 2000+ international leisure, recreation, sport and
physical activity journals, covering 1975-present, as well as books, conference
proceedings, research papers, and other sources
SpringerLINK
Includes 1200+ full text electronic journals publisher
by Springer and Kluwer.
Taylor & Francis Online (formerly informaworld)
Access to approximately 1100 full text journals (from 1997 to the present) published by Taylor & Francis. These journals cover the social sciences & humanities as well as science, technology and medicine. Note that you should restrict your search to "Only content I have full access to"
Theatre in Video
More than 250 plays and 100 video documentaries online in streaming video.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
A digital library of Greek literature.
The Times Digital Archive (1785-1985)
The Times Index
REF: ZAI21 .T46 1908-1998
TOCS-IN
TOCS-IN
is a volunteer service providing tables of contents and (where available)
abstracts and full text of selected Classics and
Classics-related journals. Coverage goes back to 1992 and includes more than
31,000 articles in 170 journals. About 6% of articles are available in
full text.
Twentieth Century North American Drama (Alexander Street Press collection)
UNdata
This internet-based data service from the United Nations Statistical Division provides a single entry point through which users can search and download a variety of statistical resources from the UN System.
The Wall Street Journal (1889-1993)
The Washington Post (1877-1994)
Wiley Online
A multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. Acadia has full text access to articles from the 1500 journals published by Wiley-Blackwell.
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 (Alexander Street Press collection)
Women in
Politics
Small but useful index to international book, journal,
organizational and governmental literature on women in politics.
Women's Studies International
Index to articles in 9 different
databases focusing on women, including Women Studies Abstracts, Women's Studies
Database, and Women Studies Librarian. Covers 1972-present.
World
Shakespeare Bibliography
Index to nearly 130,000 significant articles,
books, reviews and other publications related to Shakespeare.
Worldwide
Political Science Abstracts
Index to articles covering political science
and related fields, including international relations, law, public
administration, and policy. Many citations include abstracts. Covers
1960-present.