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General Academic Databases

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) | Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest) | Google Scholar | Lexis/Nexis | PAIS | Periodicals Contents Index | Reader's Guide | Web of Science Citation Index


Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Host)
Multi-disciplinary database that includes citations and abstracts from (journals, magazines and newspapers). Full text available for more than 3,500 publications.Most complete coverage begins in the 1990's.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest)
Indexes dissertations and masters' theses from most North American graduate schools as well as some European universities.

Google Scholar
Search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all areas of research. Signing in with Harvard ID and PIN will provide access to all licensed content.

LexisNexisAcademic
Access to thousands of newspapers, newsletters, magazines, trade journals, wire services, and broadcast transcripts. Includes resources in French, Italian, and German.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) (1972-)
Indexes public policy literature, with emphasis on contemporary issues. Covers publications in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Periodicals Contents Index (1890-)
An index to the contents of thousands of journals in the humanities and social sciences.

Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)
Indexes popular and general interest magazines published in the United States and Canada.

Web of Science Citation Index (ISI)(1956-)
Multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the social sciences, sciences, arts and humanities.