Research Databases by Subject
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Videos
- Academic Search Premier — Periodical articles for research in all academic disciplines. For peer reviewed, select "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" on basic search screen.
- Ancient and Medieval History — Articles, primary sources, maps/charts, images, timelines, and videos on world history topics from prehistory through the mid-1500s.
- BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) — Search engine for open access academic web resources, journal articles, digital collections, images/videos or research data.
- Credo Reference — Credo’s Academic Core Collection provides full-text background information covering over 80 major subject disciplines and more than 6 million research concepts from encyclopedias, handbooks, guides, companions, and readers. Credo also provides access to more than 1,000 videos and animations, as well as 500,000 contextual visual aids, images, photographs and maps.
- Digital Public Library of America DPLA — Open access primary sources, eBooks, exhibitions, images and photographs, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, videos and much more.
- Encyclopedia of Life — Open access books, journals, databases, and videos focusing on different life forms from across the globe.
- Films on Demand — Streaming video collections offering curriculum-focused content in humanities & social sciences; business & economics; science & mathematics; health & medicine; technical education; family & consumer sciences; careers & job search; guidance & counseling. Thousands of full-length programs and video segments with new titles added monthly.
- Films on Demand - Black History Month — Videos focusing on Black History, African American History, Civil Rights, and notable speakers.
- Gale Academic OneFile — Articles from periodicals and reference sources in all academic disciplines. For peer reviewed, select “to peer-reviewed publications.”
- Gale Health and Wellness — Articles from reference books, pamphlets, and journals on health topics. For peer reviewed, use "refereed publications".
- Gale in Context: Biography — Biographical information on noteworthy individuals from past and present across all disciplines and subject areas.
- Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints — Topic overviews and articles on social issues and current event topics, including statistics, government data, primary documents, legislation, and more.
- Gale in Context: Science — Reference, magazine, news, and journal articles, experiments, and multimedia for science related research.
- Gale in Context: U.S. History — Reference, magazine, news, and journal articles, primary source documents, and multimedia covering pre-Colonial times to the present.
- Gale in Context: World History — Reference, magazine, news, and journal articles, primary source documents, multimedia, and more on world history topics.
- Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies — A multi-media collection containing over 2.7 million articles from 150 journals on cultural differences, contributions, and influences in Gender & Women Studies, Black History, African American History, Sociology, Western Civilization, Politics, and Anthropology.
- Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine — Articles in nursing, allied health, and medical journals, magazines, newspapers, and reference books. For peer reviewed, select "to peer-reviewed publications."
- Library of Congress — The most extensive multidisciplinary, primary and secondary source collections in the world that include over 171 million resources in various formats.
- Library of Congress - Digital Collections — Open access digital collections containing ebooks, sheet music, art, academic articles, primary sources and documents, maps, videos, images, newspapers, and more.
- Literature Online (LION) — English and American literature resources, including journals, biographies, criticism, related websites, and complete text of poetry, prose, and drama works.
- Modern World History — Articles, primary sources, maps/charts, images, timelines, and videos on world history topics from the mid-15th century to the present.
- National Archives — Contains the nation’s important and preserved documents and federal records such as military, naturalization, The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, African American history, women’s rights and suffrage and much more, and owned by the citizens of the United States of America.
- Nursing and Allied Health Database — Articles from nursing and allied health journals; select “Browse” to see evidenced-based resources and video training programs.
- NYPL Digital Gallery — Over 800,000 open access digital materials including prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.
- Points of View Reference Source — Overviews and arguments presenting multiple sides of current issues; includes essays, articles from magazines and newspapers, radio and TV news manuscripts, primary source documents, reference books, and images.
- Psychotherapy.net Collection — Customized streaming video collection of training videos for counseling and psychotherapy; also includes some social work titles.