Primary Databases
- Academic Search CompleteMultidisciplinary database covering social sciences, humanities, education, physical and life sciences, and ethnic studies
- ProQuest One Business (ABI/INFORM)Now included in the ProQuest One Business database, this resource covers business and management topics with information on more than 60,000 companies through journals, newspapers, executive profiles, reports on market conditions, and in-depth case studies of global business trends. Includes Snapshots North America, Oxford Analytical Research, Wall Street Journal, and MIT Sloan Management Review. Full text is available.
- Business Source EliteScholarly articles on business, management, economics, banking, finance, and accounting
- ERICOnline library of education research and information made available by the US Department of Education. Some full text is available. Searches can be limited to peer-reviewed sources.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Connecting to Google Scholar via the OU Libraries' website enables you to link directly to full text in our collections via OU Link to Article.
NOTE: Google Scholar does index many types of materials that are NOT scholarly or peer-reviewed, so carefully evaluate everything you find. Library databases often have more up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the scholarly literature, so use Google Scholar to supplement your database searching. - Web of ScienceMultidisciplinary index covering topics in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. It is the electronic equivalent of the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Science Citation Index. Some full text is available.
Social Issues Databases
- SocINDEXScholarly resources for sociology and other social and behavioral sciences
- Communication SourceScholarly articles covering journalism, communication, public relations, media studies, linguistics, and more
- Social Work AbstractsScholarly articles covering all areas of profession, including service, social issues, and social problems
Counseling and Therapy Databases
- PsycINFO (APA PsycInfo)Scholarly research articles covering psychology and the behavioral sciences
- Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference WorksTranscripts of therapy sessions, diaries, letters, autobiographies, oral histories, and personal memoirs