Guides: Databases by Subject: General & Multidisciplinary: Electronic Resources For Any Research Topic

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Academic OneFile (Gale Academic OneFile)
Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.

Coverage: 1980-
Some Full Text: Yes
Full Text Titles Included
Compendex
Electronic version of Engineering Index, covering literature in various engineering disciplines.

Coverage: 1970-
Full Text: No
Google Scholar
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.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
Nexis Uni provides access to more than 17,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. Nexis Uni includes: 1) full-text access to thousands of news sources (primarily newspapers, magazines and journals) in the U.S. and abroad back to the 1970s; 2) aggregated economic data - including company financial information, and SEC filings and reports - on businesses, corporations, and industries in the U.S. and abroad; 3) full-text legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, federal and state agency regulations, Shepard's Citations to Supreme Court cases (back to 1789), and law reviews from the late 18th century to present.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
SciTech Premium Collection
The SciTech Premium Collection provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. For those researchers who need to conduct comprehensive literature reviews, this database includes specialized, editorial-controlled A&I resources for discovery of relevant scholarly research and technical literature critical to the discipline. Subject areas include: • Advanced technologies • Aerospace • Agricultural science • Aquatic science • Atmospheric science • Biological science • Computer science • Earth science • Environmental science • Engineering • Materials science • Polymer science. See https://proquest.libguides.com/scitechpremium/about for more information and searching guidance.
Scopus
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.
Web of Science
Interface to Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, plus ability to perform cross database searches (outside of ISI products) and login to your Web of Science account for cited reference alerts and customization.

Coverage: 1970-
Full Text: No
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All General & Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic OneFile (Gale Academic OneFile)
Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.

Coverage: 1980-
Some Full Text: Yes
Full Text Titles Included
Biography in Context (Gale in Context Biography)
Biographical information on people from throughout history.

Coverage: Current
Full Text: Yes
Titles Included
Business Source Elite
Provides full-text coverage of top business, management and economics journals and periodicals. These valuable publications cover topics such as accounting, banking, finance, international business, marketing, sales and more.

Coverage: 1922-
Full Text: Yes
Journals and Other Sources Included
Compendex
Electronic version of Engineering Index, covering literature in various engineering disciplines.

Coverage: 1970-
Full Text: No
Ebook Central (ProQuest Ebook Central)
200,000+ full text books on many topics: Business & Economics, Computers, Technology & Engineering, Humanities, Life & Physical Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences. For help using Ebook Central: https://proquest.libguides.com/ebookcentral

Coverage: Current
Full Text: Yes
For most titles users can download chapters or sections by page range to PDF. Whole book downloads available for up to 3 weeks via Adobe Digital Editions. Access the site from your tablet or phone, and download eBooks for offline reading.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Search and browse 12,000 full text eBooks.

Full Text: Yes
Engineering Village
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.

Coverage: 1884-
Gale Databases
Search the Gale databases provided by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, including: Gale Academic OneFile,Gale Academic OneFile Select, and more.

Databases:
* Gale Academic OneFile
* Gale Academic OneFile Select
* Gale Business Entrepreneurship
* Gale eBooks
* Gale General OneFile
* Gale Health and Wellness
* Gale in Context Biography
* Gale in Context Global Issues
* Gale in Context Middle School
* Gale in Context Science
* Gale in Context U.S. History
* Gale in Context World History
* Gale Literature Resource Center
* Gale OneFile Agriculture
* Gale OneFile Business
* Gale OneFile Communications and Mass Media
* Gale OneFile Criminal Justice
* Gale OneFile Culinary Arts
* Gale OneFile Diversity Studies
* Gale OneFile Economics and Theory
* Gale OneFile Educator's Reference Complete
* Gale OneFile Environmental Studies and Policy
* Gale OneFile Fine Arts
* Gale OneFile Gardening and Horticulture
* Gale OneFile Gender Studies
* Gale OneFile Health and Medicine
* Gale OneFile High School Edition
* Gale OneFile Home Improvement
* Gale OneFile Hospitality and Tourism
* Gale OneFile Information Science
* Gale OneFile Insurance and Liability
* Gale OneFile Leadership and Management
* Gale OneFile Military and Intelligence
* Gale OneFile News
* Gale OneFile Nursing and Allied Health
* Gale OneFile Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
* Gale OneFile Pop Culture Studies
* Gale OneFile Popular Magazines
* Gale OneFile Psychology
* Gale OneFile Religion and Philosophy
* Gale OneFile Vocations and Careers
* Gale OneFile War and Terrorism
* Kids InfoBits
* New York Times (1985 to present)

Coverage: 1980-
Full Text: Yes
Google Scholar
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.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
GreenFILE
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.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Some
HighWire Press
From Stanford University, includes online versions of 920+ journals in biological, physical, medical, and social sciences.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
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Ingenta Connect
Multidisciplinary database containing references to articles published in over 13,530 journals. Also serves as an alerting service. WPI has access to a few full text titles.

Coverage: 1988-
Full Text: Some
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JSTOR
Online archive of eBooks and complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields.

Coverage: 1800s-
Full Text: Yes
Titles Included | Search Tips
Library Catalog
Search for WPI library materials including print and electronic books, journals, and audio visual materials.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
Microsoft Academic Search (MAS)
Microsoft Academic Search (MAS), developed by Microsoft Research, is a free academic search engine released in 2017. It offers many ways to explore academic publications, authors, conferences, journals, organizations and keywords.
MIT Press Direct Ebooks Collection
Access to 3000+ ebook titles from MIT Press. Key subject areas covered in the complete collection include art and architecture, biomedical sciences, business and finance, computer science, cognitive science, design, education, environment, game studies, humanities, information science, linguistics, neuroscience, new media, philosophy, and social sciences.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
Nexis Uni provides access to more than 17,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. Nexis Uni includes: 1) full-text access to thousands of news sources (primarily newspapers, magazines and journals) in the U.S. and abroad back to the 1970s; 2) aggregated economic data - including company financial information, and SEC filings and reports - on businesses, corporations, and industries in the U.S. and abroad; 3) full-text legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, federal and state agency regulations, Shepard's Citations to Supreme Court cases (back to 1789), and law reviews from the late 18th century to present.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 29 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Coverage: 1966-
Full Text: Yes
Titles Included | Search Tips | Tutorial
Readers' Guide Retrospective [access end 3/30/2021]
The Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature back to 1890.

Coverage: 1890 - 1982
Full Text: No
ScienceDirect
Full text access to more than 2000 Elsevier science, social science, engineering and management scholarly journals.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
SciTech Premium Collection
The SciTech Premium Collection provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. For those researchers who need to conduct comprehensive literature reviews, this database includes specialized, editorial-controlled A&I resources for discovery of relevant scholarly research and technical literature critical to the discipline. Subject areas include: • Advanced technologies • Aerospace • Agricultural science • Aquatic science • Atmospheric science • Biological science • Computer science • Earth science • Environmental science • Engineering • Materials science • Polymer science. See https://proquest.libguides.com/scitechpremium/about for more information and searching guidance.
Scopus
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.
SpringerLINK
Access to a variety of scholarly science journals and eBooks published by Springer.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
Individual chapters and subscribed books are available to download as PDFs.
Web of Science
Interface to Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, plus ability to perform cross database searches (outside of ISI products) and login to your Web of Science account for cited reference alerts and customization.

Coverage: 1970-
Full Text: No
Training
Wiley Online Library
Search journals published by Wiley-Blackwell. WPI subscribes to many titles in various topic areas such as chemistry, medical & life sciences, materials science and engineering.

Coverage: 1996-
Full Text: Yes
WorldCat
Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

Coverage: 1200-
Some Full Text: No
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