Articles & Databases

Subscriber Databases:

EBSCOhost
Usually the first place to start your research, this multidisciplinary database system provides access to magazines, journal articles, and to a lesser extent, newspapers.

JSTOR
JSTOR provides access to the full text of many scholarly journals in the arts and sciences.

LexisNexis
LexisNexis has news, business and legal content including newspapers, magazines, trade journals, law reviews, company information and more.

ProQuest
ProQuest is similar to EBSCOhost in its coverage of magazines, journals, and newspapers.

SAGE Journals Online
SAGE Journals Online provides full-text access to more than 450 peer-reviewed journals in business, humanities, social sciences and science, technology & medicine.

ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect provides full-text access to more than 1500 peer reviewed journals in social & behavioral sciences, health & life sciences and physical sciences.

SpringerLink
SpringerLink provides access to more than 1,750 journals. While it is an interdisciplinary collection, its strengths are in its science, technology, and math coverage.

Taylor & Francis Online: Social Science and Humanities Collection 
Full-text access to scholarly articles in fourteen subject areas.

Wiley Online Library
Full-text access to scholarly articles in 1300+ journals.

Free Database:

Google Scholar
Search for scholarly literature from one place. Tip: View Niagara University Library's holdings by doing the following:

1. Go to http://scholar.google.com
2. Click "Settings" in the top right hand corner
3. Click "Library Links" on the left
4. Search for "Niagara University Library"
5. Click the checkbox
6. Click Save

Academic OneFile via InfoTrac
Indexes articles on a wide range of subjects. Largely full-text.

Academic Search Complete via EBSCOhost
Indexes articles on a wide range of subjects. Largely full-text.

America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts via EBSCOhost
Citations and abstracts of articles in American, Canadian and world history. Not full-text.

American Chemical Society Journals
A collection of full-text chemical sciences journals.

American History in Video
Newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.

ATLA Religion Database via EBSCOhost
Citations and abstracts of religion research articles. Not full-text.

Business and Company Resource Center via INFOTRAC
Company and industry information: profiles, histories, financial data, investment research reports, etc.

Business Source Complete via EBSCOhost
Indexes education articles and documents.

Cabell's Directories (Publishing Opportunities in Business)

Cabell's Directories (Publishing Opportunities in Education)

CBCA Education Database via ProQuest
Canadian information in the field of education.

COS Funding Opportunities
The most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web.

Note: this database may only be searched on campus.

Communication & Mass Media Complete via EBSCOhost
The full-text for more than 350 communication studies journals.

Counseling and Therapy in Video II
Training videos, reenactments, and footage from actual therapy sessions.

CountryWatch.com
Up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world.

Criminal Justice Abstracts
Abstracts of journals, books, and reports in criminal justice and related disciplines. Not full-text.

Dissertations & Theses: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection via ProQuest
A comprehensive collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences; this database covers more than 1 million dissertations and theses.

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1820
Books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the renowned bibliography by Charles Evans.

ebrary
A database of more than 45,000 high-quality books covering many different subjects.

EBSCOhost
A great place to start your research! Indexes journal articles on a wide range of subjects. Largely full-text.

ERIC via EBSCOhost
Indexes education articles and documents.

Films on Demand
An online collection of more than 6,000 complete educational videos and 66,000 segments.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia via EBSCOhost
More than 25,000 entries in a variety of subject areas.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
A selection of online philosophy and religion reference books.

General OneFile via INFOTRAC 
Indexes magazine articles on a wide range of subjects. Largely full-text.

Google Scholar
Search for scholarly literature from one place. Tip: View Niagara University Library's holdings by doing the following:

1. Go to http://scholar.google.com
2. Click "Settings" in the top right hand corner
3. Click "Library Links" on the left
4. Search for "Niagara University Library"
5. Click the checkbox
6. Click Save

Grolier Online
A small selection of general reference materials for students of all ages.

Health Reference Center Academic
Full-text access to health information in periodicals, pamphlets and reference books.

Historical Statistics of the United States
The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history.

InfoTrac Newsstand 
Full-text articles from a collection of 150 newspapers, both national and international.

JSTOR (Selected Collections)
Full-text access to articles in many core arts and sciences journals.

LexisNexis
LexisNexis has news, business and legal content including newspapers, magazines, trade journals, law reviews, company information and more.

Literature Resource Center
Full-text access to biographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. Our subscription also includes LitFinder and MLA International Bibliography.

Mergent Online
Detailed information and financial data on American and International public companies.

MLA Bibliography
Indexes books, dissertations and journals in the fields of literature, language and linguistics. Some full-text.

National Newspaper Index
Indexes articles from America’s top five newspapers since 1977. Not full-text.

NetLibrary
A small collection of online books.

New York State Newspapers

Full-text access to articles from 10 New York newspapers.

New York Times Historical via ProQuest
Full-text and full-image articles beginning with the newspaper's first issue in 1851.

Nursing Journals @ OVID
Full-text access to 17 nursing journals.

Philosopher's Index via EBSCOhost
Contains bibliographic citations with abstracts covering scholarly research in philosophy. Not full-text.

ProQuest
Indexes articles on a wide range of subjects from more than 2,000 journals, magazines & newspapers. Largely full-text.

PsycARTICLES & PsycINFO via EBSCOhost
Over 25,000 full-text articles from 42 journals published by American Psychological Association and allied organizations and citations to journal articles, book chapters, books, technical reports and dissertations.

PsycTESTS
Full-text psychological tests and measures. Also a source of information about the tests.  

RIA Checkpoint
A web-based tax and accounting research tool.
Please note: only accounting students who register may access this database from off-campus. Please contact Dr. Oddo for registration information.

Roper Center Public Opinion Data
A comprehensive database of 500,000+ questions and answers asked in the US since 1935. Includes access to datasets.

SAGE Journals Online
Full-text access to more than 450 journals in business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine.

SBRNet
An online international sport marketing and business database focusing on sport participation, fan profiles, sports facilities, sport finance, sporting goods, sponsorship, marketing, media and directories.

ScienceDirect
Full-text access to more than 1500 journals in the social, behavioral, life, health and physical sciences.

SciFinder Scholar
Indexes citations to biochemistry, biology, chemistry pharmacology and medicine articles.
Please note: Usage of SciFinder is limited to members of the Chemistry and Biology Departments. It is only accessible from on campus, and user registration is required. Please contact David Schoen, Chemistry Library Liaison, at schoen@niagara.edu for access information.

Social Work Abstracts via EBSCOhost
Covers social work and human services from 1977 to present and indexes over 450 journals. Not full-text.

SpringerLink
SpringerLink provides access to more than 1,750 journals. While it is an interdisciplinary collection, its strengths are in its science, technology, and math coverage.

Statista
An electronic statistics database with more than 60,000 topics. 

Taylor & Francis Online: Social Science and Humanities Collection 
Full-text access to scholarly articles in fourteen subject areas.

The Twayne Author Series
Full-text literary criticism for world, US and English authors.

Wiley Online Library
Full-text access to scholarly articles in 1300+ journals.

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Includes archives, full-text documents, and access to Notable American Women and Commissions on the Status of Women. 

WorldCat.org
Millions of references to books, reports, journal names and A/V materials owned by thousands of libraries worldwide. AVAILABLE FOR FREE ON THE INTERNET.