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"AgEcon Search is a free-to-user Web site that contains the full text of working papers, conference papers and journal articles in applied economics, including the subtopics of agricultural, consumer, energy, environmental, and resource economics. Contributors include academic institutions, government agencies, professional associations, and non-government organizations."
This National Agricultural Library database provides abstracts for selected journal articles, and records for books, serials, audiovisual materials and online content from around the world.
Abstracts of leading scientific/peer-reviewed journals in biological and biomedical sciences. Includes immediate full-text /PDFs of articles from over 1000 leading biology journals.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
An expansive index to the world’s life sciences journal literature, with topics ranging from botany to microbiology to pharmacology.
Abstracts of leading scientific/peer-reviewed journals in biological and biomedical sciences. Includes immediate full-text /PDFs of articles from over 1000 leading biology journals.
General Science Full Text™ provides full text from periodicals dating back to 1995, in addition to indexing and abstracts for periodicals back to 1984.
Instructional video on concepts in biology, including introductions and demonstrations of concepts in practice.
National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) premier bibliographic database that contains more than 29 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. A distinctive feature of MEDLINE is that the records are indexed with (and research is traceable through) NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
Open-access journals in science, technology, and medicine and other scientific literature, available under an open-content license.
Search for articles from a very large but selective list of high-impact research journals. Provides complete reference list for covered journals, robust citation tracing tools and research metrics. Includes selected book chapters and conference proceedings.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
The ABI/INFORM Collection includes full‐text journals and sought‐after titles from the business press as well as key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports.
Full-text of articles dating back to 1995; additional content includes indexing and abstracts for publications dating back to 1982.
Business Source Premier provides full text for journals, including full text peer-reviewed business publications. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.
Checkpoint provides fast access to thoroughly integrated and up-to-date research materials, editorial insight, productivity tools, online learning, news updates, and marketing resources.
Detailed profiles of companies and industries, including financials, ratios, business segments, descriptions, sustainability, officers and directors.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
APA PsycInfo provides access to abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. It is provides peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, and contains citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s.
APA PsycArticles provides access to full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each APA journal.
Search for articles from a very large but selective list of high-impact research journals. Provides complete reference list for covered journals, robust citation tracing tools and research metrics. Includes selected book chapters and conference proceedings.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
Communication Source (including Communication & Mass Media Complete) provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. The database also offers indexing and abstracts for journals.
APA PsycInfo provides access to abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. It is provides peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, and contains citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s.
Search for articles from a very large but selective list of high-impact research journals. Provides complete reference list for covered journals, robust citation tracing tools and research metrics. Includes selected book chapters and conference proceedings.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
Full-text collection of all Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) publications, including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters, and books.
The ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a comprehensive bibliographic database focused exclusively on the field of computing.
Communication Source (including Communication & Mass Media Complete) provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. The database also offers indexing and abstracts for journals.
The IEEE Xplore digital library is a powerful resource for discovery and access to scientific and technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners. Content includes books, conference proceedings, courses, journals and magazines, and industry standards.
MathSciNet® is an electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature.
Open-access journals in science, technology, and medicine and other scientific literature, available under an open-content license.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
Criminal Justice Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to criminal justice and criminology from around the world.
Search for articles from a very large but selective list of high-impact research journals. Provides complete reference list for covered journals, robust citation tracing tools and research metrics. Includes selected book chapters and conference proceedings.
Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations as well as citations to book reviews.
Social Sciences Full Text provides access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language social science journals. It includes full text of articles from journals dating as far back as 1995 and indexing and abstracts of periodicals dating as far back as 1983, which includes peer-reviewed resources covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
Online collection covering cultures, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences of a variety of ethnic and cultural groups in the U.S. Includes scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, biographies, primary sources, and ebooks.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
The ABI/INFORM Collection includes full‐text journals and sought‐after titles from the business press as well as key trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports.
"AgEcon Search is a free-to-user Web site that contains the full text of working papers, conference papers and journal articles in applied economics, including the subtopics of agricultural, consumer, energy, environmental, and resource economics. Contributors include academic institutions, government agencies, professional associations, and non-government organizations."
Business Source Premier provides full text for journals, including full text peer-reviewed business publications. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.
Full-text of articles dating back to 1995; additional content includes indexing and abstracts for publications dating back to 1982.
EconLit provides links to full-text articles and is a reliable source of citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1886.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
CINAHL® Plus is a robust collection of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for journals indexed in CINAHL®. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1937, CINAHL® Plus is a core research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) - Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966. (provided via EBSCO)
Citations to articles in physical education journals (1970 - present). Records are indexed and classified from peer-reviewed journals, report literature, conference proceedings, trade magazines, patents, articles from the popular press, and many other publications.
Search for articles from a very large but selective list of high-impact research journals. Provides complete reference list for covered journals, robust citation tracing tools and research metrics. Includes selected book chapters and conference proceedings.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
Education Full Text™ provides full text of articles from journals as far back as 1996, in addition to indexing periodicals dating back to 1983.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) - Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966. (provided via EBSCO)
APA PsycInfo provides access to abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. It is provides peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, and contains citations and summaries dating as far back as the 1600s.
Gale Onefile features access to a wide range of full-text titles, indexes, and abstracts from prestigious general-interest sources. It integrates magazines, newspaper articles, children's magazines, almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference books, and more.
CINAHL® Plus is a robust collection of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for journals indexed in CINAHL®. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1937, CINAHL® Plus is a core research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.
National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) premier bibliographic database that contains more than 29 million references to journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. A distinctive feature of MEDLINE is that the records are indexed with (and research is traceable through) NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
Full text of 40 current LWW nursing journals and older content from Kluwer journals.
The PILOTS bibliographic database includes citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations, and offers both current and retrospective coverage.
Search for articles from a very large but selective list of high-impact research journals. Provides complete reference list for covered journals, robust citation tracing tools and research metrics. Includes selected book chapters and conference proceedings.
Citations to articles from key academic journals in the humanities (1984 - present), including art, communications, dance, gender studies, history, literature, music, philosophy, & theatre.
The definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present.
Project MUSE is the trusted and reliable source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals from many of the world's leading universities and scholarly societies.
Concurrent searching in Academic Search Premier and Omnifile Mega for full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; indexing and abstracts; and bibliographic citations. These scholarly collections offer information in nearly every area of academic study.
"Tragedy of the Commons" by Garrett Hardin
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