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Library Research: A-Z Database List

A guide to library research

A-Z Database List

  • ABI/INFORM Collection Best Bet
    Business research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers.
  • Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection Best Bet
    Journal articles and other sources on accounting, taxes, banking, financial services, and related topics.
  • Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database
    Articles and other sources covering advanced technologies & aerospace topics.
  • African American Historical Serials Collection
    The African American Historical Serials Collection features 173 periodicals spanning from 1829 through 1922.
  • African American Poetry
    Find poems written by African-American authors between 1750-1900.
  • Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
    Articles plus searchable charts, figures, graphs, maps, photographs, and tables representing all major environment topics.
  • AHFS Consumer Medication Information
    ASHP Patient Medication Information (PMI) Database- the trusted, independent resource that is the backbone of the consumer drug information of many popular websites
  • American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series1-5 Best Bet
    The American Antiquarian Society is a repository for newspapers published in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United States, Canada, and the West Indies.
  • American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly Best Bet
  • American History Database Best Bet
    American History offers a virtual library of American history for educators, students, and researchers of all ages. Includes primary sources, videos and slideshows, images, timelines, maps and graphs
  • American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style
  • American Poetry
    Find poems written by American authors between 1650-1920.
  • Annual Reviews Best Bet
    Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society
  • APA PsycARTICLES Best Bet
    APA PsycArticles is a must-have for any core collection in the social and behavioral sciences providing access to 119 journals, including our flagship publication, American Psychologist.
  • APA PsycINFO Best Bet
    Focused on the interdisciplinary aspects of the worldwide behavioral and social science research and literature, APA PsycInfo is unmatched as a resource for locating scholarly research findings in psychology and related fields across a host of academic disciplines.
  • ArchiveGrid
    Access to primary source information, including birth and death records, ship logs, and cemetery records.
  • Arts & Humanities Database Best Bet
    Journal database covering art, architecture, design, history, philosophy, music, literature, theater, and more.
  • Asian & European Business Collection
    Information on business and finance topics across Asia and Europe.
  • ATLA Historical Monographs Series One Best Bet
    Series1is an archive of religious and theological literature from the late 13th century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions.
  • ATLA Historical Monographs Series Two Best Bet
    Series 2 is an archive of religious and theological literature from 1894 through 1922.
  • ATLA Religion Database with AtlaSerials Best Bet
    ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials provides full-text access to major religion and theology journals.
  • Biological Science Database Best Bet
    Research on animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, health and safety science, entomology, and more.
  • BioOne Complete Best Bet
    BioOne Complete is an aggregation of 200+ independently published journals in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences
  • Bloom's Literature Best Bet
    Bloom's Literature provides overviews, synopses, analyses, and literary criticism of thousands of works.
  • Bloomsbury Collections
    Collection of ebooks covering history and literary criticism. Includes a large collection of slave narratives.
  • Brepolis, Library of Latin Texts New
  • Business & Marketing Online Sources from RKMA Best Bet
    RKMA handbooks support MBA, marketing, hospitality management, and sports management curricula
  • Business Market Research Collection Best Bet
    The company, industry, economic, and geopolitical market research from Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch, and Snapshots.
  • Cambridge Core
    The books and journals platform from Cambridge University Press
  • Cambridge Histories Online Best Bet
    Cambridge Historiesis the essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject area
  • Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
    Articles on Canadian news, politics, business, science, and more.
  • Canadian Newsstream
    Over 300 Canadian newspapers from Canada's leading publishers
  • Charlotte Business Journal New
    The Charlotte Business Journal provides local business news throughout the Charlotte metropolitan area and across 18 local industries. Also included is access to back issues from the past six years and much more. To gain access, click on "Charlotte Business Journal," then click "Create an Account or Sign-In." Make sure to use your BAC email address.
  • Chicago Manual of Style
    Chicago Style Citation Manual and Handbook
  • CINAHL Plus with Full Text Featured
    Database of nursing and allied health journals
  • Computer Science Database
    Scholarly journals, trade publications, and consumer titles
  • Consumer Reports
    Reviews and recommendations for cars, appliances, electronics, personal finance, and health information.
  • CQ Researcher Best Bet Featured
    Find pro/ con essays and background information about current events.
  • CREDO Nursing & Allied Health Essentials
    Credo's Nursing and Allied Health Essentials Collection draws together award-winning content that is curated to support students within their first two years of study.
  • CREDO Reference
    A great place to start research. A premier virtual reference collection including encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, images, audio files, and videos in a wide expanse of subject areas.
  • Criminal Justice Database Best Bet
    Includes data on crime: its causes, impacts, legal and social implications, litigation, and crime trends.
  • Data-Axle Reference Solutions Featured
    Find data about U.S. companies. Identify company ownership and sales volume—research local businesses and markets.
  • Digital Public Library of America
    Find primary sources for school projects, academic research, family history research, and more.
  • Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970) for North Carolina
    Historical maps, detailed property and land-use records in 158 North Carolina towns and cities.
  • DigitalNC
    Historical materials from cultural heritage repositories across North Carolina.
  • Earth, Atmospheric Aquatic Science Database
    Scholarly journals, trade publications, and other sources on earth, atmosphere & aquatic science topics.
  • East & South Asia Database
    Find scholarly journal articles published in East Asian and South Asian countries.
  • East Europe, Central Europe Database
    Find scholarly journal articles published in East European and Central European countries.
  • Ebook Central Academic and Public Library Complete
    Find scholarly ebooks on all subjects.
  • Ebook Nursing Collection
    Ebook Nursing Collection contains clinical guides and evidence-based practice manuals, to practical handbooks and professional growth titles
  • eBooks on EBSCOhost
    Over 26,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online.
  • EBSCO Open Dissertations
    Search millions of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • EBSCOhost Communication and Mass Media Complete
    Communication & Mass Media Complete is a robust communication studies database, containing 275 active full-text communication journals.
  • EBSCOhost Health Source Plus: Nursing & Academic Edition
    provides indexing, abstracts, and full-text for hundreds of nursing and allied health journals, many of which are peer-reviewed
  • EBSCOhost Religion eBook Collection Best Bet
    E-books featuring more than 4,100 titles from over 150 trusted publishers. Subjects include philosophy, ethics, history of religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism
  • EBSCOhost University Press eBook Collection
    Offer researchers thousands of multidisciplinary e-books from more than 90 of the best university presses from around the world, covering a variety of subjects.
  • Education Database
    Journal database covering the study of education across all levels (early childhood through higher education).
  • eLibrary
    Collections of media content for schools and libraries of all kinds.
  • Engineering Database
    This database provides discipline-specific coverage of engineering, spanning thousands of publications, many in full text.
  • English Poetry
    Find poems written by British authors between 600 to 1900.
  • Entrepreneurship Database
    Database that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more.
  • ERIC
    ERIC is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.
  • Explora Educator's Edition Best Bet
    Highlights content relevant to teachers, including lessons plans, curriculum standards, and more
  • Exploring Race in Society
    Essays that provide a deeper understanding of how current issues stem from actions and policies of the past.
  • Faber Poetry Library
    Find poems written by both American and British authors between 1900-1999.
  • Ferguson's Career Guidance Center
    Explore careers and best practices for job searching, and take a career interest assessment.
  • Films on Demand Video Collection
    Thousands of high-quality videos on many subjects.
  • Films on Demand: Health and Medical Collection
    Over 5000 videos or video segments dealing with Health and wellness
  • Films on Demand: Nursing - Current Concepts and Practices Collection
    Current Concepts and Practices Video Collection is a tightly curated collection to help nursing students excel in their studies, pass licensure exams, and prepare for long-term job success in an increasingly complex health care system_
  • Gale Ebooks
    Searchable collection of online reference titles and test prep ebooks.
  • Gale Literary Sources
    Articles, critical essays, topic overviews, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
  • Gale Literature Criticism Best Bet
    Ten award-winning series comprise Gale Literature Criticism, and represent a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras, and genres
  • Gale Literature Resource Center
    Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
  • Global Breaking Newswires
    Find newswire content and news archives from around the world.
  • GreenFILE
    Information covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and governments and actions to minimize negative impacts.
  • Health & Medical Collection
    Clinical research plus consumer and health administration titles.
  • Health and Psychosocial Instruments Best Bet
    (HaPI) is comprised of bibliographic information for peer-reviewed scholarly journals, books, technical reports, and test publishers' catalogs.
  • Health Source Academic Collection
    Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses and medical educators with access to full-text scholarly journals
  • Healthcare Administration Database
    Research supporting professional healthcare management and healthcare administration.
  • HeinOnline Best Bet
    A premier online research platform that provides more than 194 million pages of multidisciplinary periodicals, and essential government documents.
  • HeritageQuest
    Genealogy research database. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, and more.
  • Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection
    Digitized historical newspaper content from over 1,000 NC county newspapers. Alternate Name: Newspapers.com North Carolina Collection.
  • History Study Center
    Find primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to today.
  • HomeGrown Ebooks Collection
    Ebooks from North Carolina publishers and authors. Includes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
  • hoopla
    Audio and ebooks on a variety of topics. An app is available. Users will need to make a personal account to use this resource.
  • IGI Global Health Administration & Bioinformatics Best Bet
  • ImageQuest
    Britannica's Image Library
  • India Database
    Find scholarly journal articles on many subjects, all published in India.
  • International Newsstream
    Information and news from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers.
  • Iter Gateway to the middle ages and renaissance
    The Iter Community facilitates and supports communication, collaboration, and digital project creation for research communities of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
  • Journal Finder
    An easy way to look up the journal you need to see if it is online or in our print collection.
  • JSTOR
    Ebooks and journals from renowned scholarly publishers.
  • JSTOR Reveal Digital
    Open-access collections of primary sources feature 20th-century voices of dissent that are often overlooked. Libraries fund these collections through crowdfunding.
  • Just for Kids Streaming Collection
    Streaming videos for kids and their parents on a thoroughly kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform.
  • Latin America & Iberia Database
    Find scholarly journal articles published in Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal.
  • LawHelpNC
    Information and links about your legal rights, the law, the courts, legal forms and more.
  • Learning Express Library Complete and PrepSTEP Academic
    Test prep resources, including practice tests for GED, GRE, SAT, TEAS, and more.
  • Library Science Database
    Full-text journal articles on library and information science topics.
  • Liebert Nursing Collection Best Bet
    Peer-reviewed journals, books, and trade publications in cutting-edge fields such as biotechnology and regenerative medicine, biomedical research, medicine, and more
  • Linguistics Database
    Full-text journals and other sources covering all aspects of linguistics.
  • Loeb Classics
    The worlds most readily accessible collection of classical masterpieces enjoy its Greek and Latin texts alongside English translations
  • MasterFILE Premier
    Magazines and other publications covering many subject areas, including business, health, education, science and culture.
  • MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection
    1,700 full-text periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues full text more than 500 reference books, over 107,000 primary source documents and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags.
  • Materials Science Database
    Articles and records on materials science-related topics.
  • MathSciNet
    An online publication of the American Mathematical Society combines powerful search functionality with the authority of a team of trained mathematicians, editors and over 19,000 active reviewers
  • MedlinePlus
    Common diseases and conditions, health promotion and wellness, drugs info, medical dictionaries and more.
  • MedlinePlus Drugs, Herbs and Supplements
    Guide to prescription and over-the-counter medications, herbs, and supplements.
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook Best Bet
    The Mental Measurements Yearbook contains descriptive information on psychological tests, critical test reviews, and references to articles on the tests covered
  • Merck Manual Professional Version
    Explains disorders, their symptoms, their diagnosis, and how doctors and medical students can prevent or treat them.
  • Middle East & Africa Database
    Find scholarly journal articles published in Middle Eastern and African countries.
  • Military Database
    Articles from topics across all government and military branches
  • MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
    MLA's essential database for Literature, free online teaching tools and a deep full-text collection with more than 1,000 full-text journals
  • Morningstar Investing Center
    Includes research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and ETFs.
  • NC Health Info
    Online guide to quality health and medical information and local health services throughout North Carolina.
  • NCPedia
    Information about the state, its history, people, government, and educational institutions.
  • New York Times
    Full articles from the New York Times (1980-current).
  • New York Times (Site License)
    Belmont Abbey College provides access to the New York Times website and app to current students, faculty, and staff. This includes:

    -Unlimited access to NYTimes.com, podcasts, newsletters, multimedia, and live events
    -Access to the NYT app
    -Spanish and Chinese translations
    -Access to archived articles between 1851-2002 (5 pdf downloads per day per user)

    First-time Users
    BAC's subscription is restricted to current BAC students, faculty, and staff and requires a one-time registration. You will use your BAC email address to register.

    If you already have a paid New York Times subscription for basic digital access, you will need to cancel your account first before you can register your email.
  • Nexis Uni Best Bet
    Explore more than 17,000 news, business, and legal sources in our Nexis Uni database.
  • North American Women's Letters and Diaries
    Find women's eyewitness accounts of historical events from 1675- 1950: women's writings and primary sources.
  • NoveList Plus
    Find book recommendations based on your favorite books. Read book reviews.
  • Nursing & Allied Health Database
    Journals and dissertations covering nursing, allied health, and alternative and complementary medicine.
  • Occupational Outlook Handbook
    Profiles with information about hundreds of occupations.
  • Omnigraphics Health Reference Sourcebooks
    Straightforward and authoritative eBooks on consumer health topics.
  • Open Education North Carolina Collection
    Find free, open textbooks for frequently taught courses at North Carolina's colleges and universities.
  • Open Library
    Find ebooks from libraries across the country. Create a username and password to borrow up to five books at a time.
  • Our State Magazine Collection
    North Carolina's premier travel, food, and culture publication, available in full text online.
  • OVID Nursing Journals New
  • Oxford English Dictionary
    The OED is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words.
  • Oxford Reference
    In-depth, specialized titles from Oxford University Press award-winning Encyclopedias, Companions, and a selection of partner publishers scholarly works.
  • Philosophers Index with Full Text
    The Philosophers Index with Full Text is the leading full-text database covering all major fields of philosophy and related disciplines. It provides hundreds of full-text philosophy journals from around the world.
  • Philosophy Documentation Center
    Includes dozens of journals (full text and searchable) published by philosophical societies, departments, university presses and commercial publishers from several countries. Belmont Abbey College provides full-text access to American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Catholic Social Thought, The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, and The New Scholasticism.
  • Political Science Database
    Political science articles on comparative politics, political economy, and international development.
  • Project Muse Humanities Collection
    Project MUSE is a trusted provider of authoritative humanities and social science books and journals from more than 200 of the worlds most distinguished university presses and scholarly societies.
  • ProQuest Central
    Find articles from peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and newspapers on all subjects.
  • ProQuest Learning: Literature
    Full-text literary works include sources such as author biographies, critical essays, reviews, and interviews.
  • ProQuest Research Companion
    Watch videos that teach you the process of writing research papers.
  • ProQuest Research Library
    Scholarly journals, trade publications, and magazines cover various academic disciplines.
  • Psychology Database
    Articles on a wide variety of topics relating to clinical and social psychology.
  • PTSDpubs 1871-current Best Bet
    The PTSDpubs Database (formerly PILOTS) is an extensive PTSD resource produced by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs although it is not limited to literature on PTSD among Veterans.
  • Public Health Database
    This database allows you to search the core literature in the field of public health.
  • PubMed
    Comprehensive resource containing citations (not full articles) to biomedical articles and life science journals.
  • PubMed Central
    PubMed Central is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. PMC serves as a digital counterpart to NLMs extensive print journal collection.
  • Religion Database
    Periodicals and other sources for diverse religious and spiritual studies.
  • Routledge Handbooks Online
    Routledge Handbooks Online is an invaluable educational resource bringing together the worlds leading scholars to provide a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research from Routledge.
  • Salem Press
    This database holds the electronic versions of our Salem Press reference materials.
  • Science Database
    Science articles on topics such as global warming, energy, robotics, genetically modified food, and more.
  • SIRS Discoverer
    Articles, nonfiction books, activities, and websites intended for elementary and middle school students
  • SIRS Issues Researcher
    Find pro/ con essays about social issues and newspaper articles.
  • Slavery and the Law
    ProQuest History Vault: Slavery and the Law, 1777 - 1867. This collection includes scholarly works on slavery: Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery.
  • Social Science Database
    Research covering topics in sociology, social work, anthropology, and politics.
  • Social Science Premium Collection (1914 - current) information Best Bet
    Search across a range of ProQuest's specialist index and full-text social sciences databases, covering subject areas including Politics, Sociology, Education, Linguistics, and Criminal Justice
  • Sociology Database
    Sociology and social work research, including social structure, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and more.
  • Sociology Subject Collection
    This collection includes over 140 peer-reviewed journals on such subjects as Childhood, Classical, and Contemporary Sociology.
  • SPORTDiscus with Full Text Best Bet
    SPORTDiscus with Full text is the definitive database for sports and sports medicine research. Providing hundreds of full-text sports medicine journals.
  • Sports Business Journal New
  • SpringerLink
    Providing researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings.
  • State Data Center
    The site includes population, economic, and income data as well as county profiles and rankings.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States
    An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
  • Teacher Reference Center Best Bet
    A complimentary research database for teachers, Teacher Reference Center(TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 230 peer-reviewed journals.
  • Telecommunications Database
    Articles covering telecommunications topics, such as computer applications, data systems, radio, and television.
  • The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly New
  • Transparent Language Online
    Learn a new language or build language skills in over 110 languages. Includes American Sign Language and English for foreign-language speakers.
  • Turkey Database
    Find scholarly journal articles published in Turkey.
  • Twentieth-Century African American Poetry
    Find poems written by African-American authors between 1900-1999.
  • Twentieth-Century American Poetry
    Find poems written by American authors between 1900-1999.
  • Twentieth-Century English Poetry
    Find poems written by British authors between 1900-1999.
  • U.K. & Ireland Database
    Find scholarly journal articles published in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
  • US Newsstream
    News content from many national and international newspapers, newswires and selected news magazines.
  • Value Line Best Bet New
    From the latest data, sophisticated tools, and proven ranks to expert analysis and guidance, Value Line gives users the power to evaluate investments with confidence.
  • Wall Street Journal
    Full articles from the Wall Street Journal (1981-current).
  • Washington Post
  • Wiley Online Library
    One of the largest and most authoritative collections of online journals, books, and research resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences.
  • WorldCat
    A union catalog that itemizes the collections of 15,637 libraries in 107 countries that participate in the OCLC global cooperative
  • Writer's Reference Center
    Writers Reference Center provides users with a convenient one-stop location for all of the tools necessary to write and research effectively
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