Scholarly Sources Online by Subject
The following resources can be used to search for scholarly information, especially journal articles. Many of the subscription-based databases that academic and public libraries subscribe to, such as JSTOR, also have free public versions available. These free versions often do not contain the same full-text content found in the paid versions; however, they can be used to locate citations. Public libraries with interlibrary loan services can often fill requests for materials located through these resources.
Scholarly Sources Online by Subject
General/Multidisciplinary Databases
- OpenDissertationsOpenDissertations is an open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses. The database provides researchers with citations to graduate research across a span of time, from the early 20th century to the present.
- Directory of Open Access JournalsQuality-controlled directory of scholarly open-access journals.
- Google ScholarA free search engine for scholarly literature with a limited amount of full text available.
- JournalTOCsAlert service that sends users the tables of contents of selected scholarly journals. Articles of interest can be borrowed through interlibrary loan.
- JSTOROnline archive of academic journal articles, books, and primary sources. Free accounts allow you to read up to three articles every two weeks.
- Library of Congress E-Resources Online CatalogExtensive collection of databases in all subject areas, many of which are freely accessible.
- Project GutenbergOver 50,000 free e-books, primarily older works in the public domain.
- SHAREOKThe institutional repository of the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University. Includes doctoral dissertations and faculty publications.
- WorldCatThe world's largest library catalog. Use it to find books and other materials that are not available from your public library, then request them by interlibrary loan.
Education Database
- 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.
Art Databases
- Bibliography of the History of Art and Répertoire international de la littérature de l'artArt history citation databases from the Getty Research Institute.
- Books from the Metropolitan MuseumFull-text books on art and art history.
- Books from the Guggenheim MuseumFull-text books on art and art history.
- Getty Open Content ProgramDigital images in the public domain.
Architecture Databases
- Architectural Publications IndexSearches articles and more in architecture.
- RIBA Architectural Images LibraryA visual archive of over 85,000 images from the British Architectural Library.
Music Databases
- Eastman School of Music Digital Score CollectionScores and books in the public domain.
- Open Music LibraryThe world’s largest open index of digital resources for the study of music.
Health and Medicine Databases
- Centers for Disease Control and PreventionResearch information on health, disease, and epidemiology.
- Merck Manuals (Consumer Version)Aa free version intended for a general audience.
- National Library of MedicineIncludes information on prescription drugs and clinical trials.
- PubMedThe open equivalent of MedLine; includes more than 24 million citations for biomedical literature. Links to some full-text sources are available.
Humanities Databases
- Chronicling AmericaAmerican newspapers, 1836-1922.
- CompPileCitation database in writing studies, including post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL, and discourse analysis.
- Corpus of Middle English Prose and VerseArchive of works dated 1100-1500, hosted by the University of Michigan.
- Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)Compilation of digital collections from American public libraries.
- Perseus Digital LibraryDigital collection of ancient texts and translations from Tufts University.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyAn up-to-date reference work for philosophy and related disciplines.
- TOCS-INTables of contents of 185 journals of interest to classicists.
Science and Math Databases
- ACM Digital LibraryCitation database for publications in computer science.
- ADS (Astrophysics Data System)Digital library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
- AgricolaDatabase of books and articles on agriculture, maintained by the National Library of Agriculture.
- arXivOver one million scholarly e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, and statistics.
- Biomed CentralOver two hundred peer-reviewed, open-access journals in science, technology, and medicine.
- Highwire PressArchive of scholarly science articles maintained by Stanford University.
- Public Library of Science (PLOS)Large peer-reviewed, open-access journals in the sciences, including PLOS One.
Social Sciences Databases
- Anthropological Index OnlineCitation database of over four thousand anthropology journals held by the Royal Anthropological Institute of the British Museum.
- Library, Information Science, and Technology AbstractsCitation database of library and information science sources.
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN)Open-access repository of articles in the social sciences.