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Major Indexes & Article Databases
Aluka

Online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. There are currently three collections; African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes, African Plants, and Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa.

1500-present
Historical Abstracts

World history since 1450, not U.S. or Canada

1955-present

Related Indexes & Article Databases
Academic Search Complete

A multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for more than 5,500 journals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed titles.

1887-present
Anthropological Literature

Anthropology and archaeology literature

1860-present
Anthrosource

American Anthropological Association journals

1888-present
CIAO

International Affairs literature

1991-present
EconLit

Economics literature, has full text for 480+ journals including the AEA journals

1969-present
Ethnic NewsWatch

Ethnic and minority literature

1991-present
JSTOR

Archives of science, social science & humanities journals.  Generally does NOT include the most recent 3-5 years 

1687-2009
LexisNexis Academic

News sources include U.S. regional newspapers, international newspapers, wire services, and magazines.

1900-present
Literature Resource Center (Gale)

Biographical & critical resources.  Includes Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism and related series.

1950-present
MLA International

Literature, language, linguistics, folklore.

1926-present
Music Index

Music literature and news

1979-present
Political Science Complete

Political science literature, US, foreign & international

1987-present
ProQuest Central

Multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 10,900 titles.  Scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, business information.

1905-Present
ProQuest Statistical Insight

U.S. and international statistics

1972-present
Public Affairs Index

National and global contemporary public policy issues
ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil
rights

1987-present
WorldCat

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide

1000BCE-present

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