Databases at the VUSC Library
FT=Full Text Articles
Database |
Description |
| American Nat Biog | American National Biography: an outstanding resource for info about deceased Americans FT |
| ATLA Religion | Religion database of periodicals and dissertations. Some FT |
| BioOne | Scholarly FT journals in bioscience |
| Book Review Digest | Book reviews and only book reviews |
| Britannica Online | Standard reference encyclopedia FT |
| Central Search | A way to search across several databases |
| Contemporary Women’s Issues |
FT access to global information on women in over 150 countries |
| Country Watch | Up-to-date news and information on countries. FT |
| CQ Researcher | Reports on current hot issues, FT |
| CSA | FT journals in Communication Studies. |
| ebrary | FT electronic books. Cataloged in our library catalog VANPAC, but also accessible from the ebrary link. You must download the reader to read the books. Print off 5 pages at a time. |
| Ebsco Databases: Academic Search Elite AltHealth Business Source Elite CINAHL Full Text HealthSource/Nursing HealthSource/Consumers Newspaper Source New Testament Abstacts Old Testament Abstracts Regional Business News Psychology/Behavioral |
These databases are a significant source of information for all students. Business majors would find that Business Source Elite has a wealth of FT journals and magazines. All students could use Academic SearchElite for journals and magazines. Religion majors will use New and Old Testament Abstracts extensively (no FT!) |
| ERIC | A huge education database of periodicals, reports, etc. Some FT |
| Gale Literature | A literature FT resource |
| Grove Music | Contains the FT Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Dictionary of Opera, and Dictionary of Jazz |
| InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP | A general periodical database that indexes about 1900 magazines and journals; about 900 of those are FT |
| JSTOR | FT, full runs of scholarly journals in selected subjects. |
| Lexis-Nexis | A FT newspaper and legal database |
| Lexis-Nexis Primary Sources/US History | Primary and secondary sources in three areas: American Women, African Americans, and US presidential history. FT |
| Melvyl | The library catalog for the University of California system. |
| Opposing Viewpoints | FT Essays and web sources on controversial topics. |
| Oxford Dictionary | Oxford English Dictionary |
| Oxford Reference Library |
FT Oxford Companions |
| ProQuest | A general periodical database that indexes about 2000 magazines and journals; about 1000 of those are FT. Has psych and religion components |
| PsycINFO and PsycArticles (FT) |
The definitive psychology databases. While PsycInfo has no full-text, PsycArticles has FT materials. |
| VANPAC | Our library catalog with FT electronic books (ebrary) |
| WilsonSelectPlus | Another general FT database, with magazines and journals.. |
| Women and Social Movements in the US 1600-2000 | FT primary documents for movements such as suffrage, abolition, etc. |
| Found an article and it’s not full text in one database? Want to find out if it’s FT in another database? Use Full Text Electronic Journals. This link is on the left-hand menu and also under VU Library Services. Type in the title of the journal to see if we have it, and if so, what years are covered. | |
