Databases - August 2024 - What's Happening @ LWLC - Research Guides Homepage at Alabama State University

New Databases - Added in Recent Months

The following databases / e-resources were added in recent months.

Suggestions for additional e-resources can be sent by completing the Library Materials Request Form.

Africa Commons This link opens in a new window Coordinates Africa-related resources that are held inside and outside Africa via digital format.
IPASource This link opens in a new window IPA Source is a trusted resource for assisting educators and singers with language understanding and pronunciation with15,750 professionally translated and transcribed titles including texts of arias, art song and liturgical texts in French, Italian, German, Spanish, English and Latin representing works from 925 composers and 1,141 poets.
JSTOR Open Access Books This link opens in a new window Over 8000 Open Access ebooks within a variety of disciplines.
National Agricultural Library This link opens in a new window USDA National Agricultural Library’s main search tool. It provides simple, one-stop access to more than 7 million records covering all aspects of agriculture and related disciplines by integrating results from the Catalog and Articles database (AGRICOLA), PubAg, and the NAL Digital Collections (NALDC).
PubChem This link opens in a new window Open chemistry database at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Inforation from Drug Information Portal is located here.
SpringerNature E-books This link opens in a new window Scholarly books, conference proceedings, textbooks, contributed volumes, and shorter books (briefs). Subjects include psychology, biology, engineering, computer science, history, social sciences, law and criminology, education, energy, business, management, environmental science, mathematics, statistics, chemistry, physics, political science, and medicine. These e-books are all peer-reviewed and available for download on any device without digital rights restrictions .
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World Public Opinion This link opens in a new window An international collaborative project whose aim is to give voice to public opinion around the world on international issues.

Featured / Popular Databases

Featured as well as popular databases are listed below:

Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window Academic OneFile offers extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 7,300 scholarly publications with coverage in virtually every subject area updated daily. Academic Search Premier is a section of this database.
Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window Central location for resources useful for Black studies' instruction and research: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals, and The Chicago Defender (1935-1975).
Cabell's Journalytics This link opens in a new window Searchable, monitored database with detailed information about verified and reputable academic journals.
EBSCO eBooks (formerly NetLibrary) This link opens in a new window Collection of electronic books (e-books) which are also accessible via HORNETCat. Formerly known as NetLibrary.
First Search This link opens in a new window Comprehensive resource covering arts and humanities, business and economics, general science, life sciences, social sciences, medicine and health sciences. Databases include WorldCat, ArticleFirst, and PapersFirst.
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window Full-text to over 1,300 newspapers, news websites, and blogs including Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal. Formerly known as ProQuest Newsstand.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR (Journal Storage) Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, and VII consist of an archive of over 900 refereed, scholarly journals.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window A video streaming service providing access to more than 30,000 independent and documentary films ─ titles of unique social and cultural value from The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, and thousands of independent filmmakers.
Mergent Archives This link opens in a new window A vast historical collection of company information. The Moody's/Mergent Digital Manuals consist of the following manuals: Industrial, Over the Counter Unlisted, Over the Counter Industrial, Transportation, Bank & Finance, Public Utilities, International and Municipal & Government starting in 1909 to current.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Nexis Uni, the successor of LexisNexis Academic, is a comprehensive full-text database covering business, news, legal, company and medical information.
OverDrive This link opens in a new window Popular books that can be downloaded directly onto a user's computer or mobile device. Books may be checked out for 21 days, and are automatically returned to the library at the end of the checkout period.Includes Project Gutenberg e-book collection.
Oxford Academic Journals This link opens in a new window Oxford University-published journals which cover a wide range of subjects including biology, economics, health sciences, political science, social work, and technology.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window Contains citations for dissertations starting with 1861, abstracts for dissertations from 1980, abstracts for master's theses from 1988, and full-text access to dissertations (via PDF) from 1997 to the present. Previously named Digital Dissertations.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window Abstracts and full-text articles (along with backfiles) in a variety of subject areas covering physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences. Freedom Collection with full-text coverage for over 1,500 journal titles was added in May 2019.
Serial Solutions This link opens in a new window "Ejournals" link on LWLC homepage. Notes full-text content dates for journals and magazines subscribed/accessible to the ASU community.