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ISE1801 - Composition for Non-Native Speakers - El Hamzaoui: Frequently Used Databases
Below is a list of some of the most frequently used databases covering a variety of academic disciplines. For a complete A-Z list of databases, and databases grouped by academic discipline, go to our Databases Home.
Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities.
The most comprehensive business offering, comprising all content from: ABI/INFORM Collection; Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection; Asian & European Business Collection; Business Market Research Collection; Business Video Database; Entrepreneurship Database; and J.P. Morgan Research.
Abstracts from the Compendex database, and also includes the electronic version of Engineering Index, with links to full text articles, patents, standards and handbooks in scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines.
Abstracts on educational topics. Maintained by the Education Resources Information Center of the U.S. Department of Education. Full text non-journal documents issued 1993+ are available free.
Information on all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
MLA International Bibliography (WPI access ends on 8/31/2020)
Due to budgetary constraints, access to MLA Bibliography will end on 8/31/2020. Web of Science (Arts & Humanities Citation Index), Humanities International database, and JSTOR are recommended alternative options. Please contact our research librarians at gr-reslib@wpi.edu for further assistance.
Indexes books, essay collections and bibliographies on literature, languages, linguistics and folklore.
Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus delivers the most comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities. As research becomes increasingly global, interdisciplinary and collaborative, Scopus helps ensure that crucial research from around the world is not missed.