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Popular Databases

A list of the University of Akron Libraries most frequently used databases

18 Databases

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Alternate Name(s):EBSCO Database

Multi-disciplinary source for scholarly, popular, professional, and news publications. This is a good place to start many searches or to gather material from various disciplines at once.

Abstracts and full-text for American Chemical Society published journals and magazines. ACS Publications is a leader in providing access to chemistry-related information and research through peer-reviewed journals.

Alternate Name(s):PsycINFO

Key resource for scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in the behavioral sciences and mental health.

B

The most comprehensive scholarly business database with a large percentage of full-text material from journals, conference proceedings, investment research, industry, market research, and country reports, SWOT analyses and more.

C

Comprehensive source for full text nursing and allied health journal literature.

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Access library resources through Google Scholar including peer-reviewed journal articles, theses, books, abstracts and more.

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Provides access to Industry Market Research Reports, including vital information on every industry in the U.S. Economy.

J

Alternate Name(s):Jstor Collections

A digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as literary journals, academic monographs, and a wide variety of primary sources including Historical Collections from UA

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Alternate Name(s):OReilly Ebooks, Formerly Safari Books

Electronic books in computer science, information technology, business, and related fields. Note: Here are Instructions for accessing O'Reilly eBooks

Alternate Name(s):Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

A primary resource covering current social issues that helps students discover, analyze, and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, writing assignments, debates, and presentations. By providing both pro and con perspectives on many topics, this is an excellent starting point for building an argumentative essay.

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Searchable interface to select APA databases and publications (PsycARTICLES, PsycBOOKS, PsycEXTRA, & PsycTESTS).

Alternate Name(s):medicine, medical

Note: Use this link to access not only open access articles but University Library paid resources as well.

A free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally. Maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

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Alternate Name(s):RSC

Publishes scholarly peer-reviewed journals on chemical sciences. University Libraries also has an open access publishing agreement with Royal Society of Chemistry. To learn more visit our Open Access Publishing Guide

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Alternate Name(s):Elsevier

Combines authoritative, full-text scientific, technical and health publications with smart, intuitive functionality so that users can stay informed in their fields and can work more effectively and efficiently. University Libraries also has an open access publishing agreement with Elsevier. To learn more visit our Open Access Publishing Guide

An online portal providing data on the global digital economy, industrial sectors, consumer markets, public opinion, media and macroeconomic trends. Quantitative data from 425 economic sectors in 50 countries are provided with a range of infographic tools for analysis and visualization.

A repository of select popular movies in a streaming format.

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A rich collection of citation indexes representing the citation connections between scholarly research articles found in the most globally significant journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences and art & humanities.

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Alternate Name(s):EBSCO

The library's most comprehensive search engine. It includes articles, books, journals, conference proceedings, streaming videos, book reviews, and more. Search over 100 databases simultaneously, including Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, and ScienceDirect. For more information, visit this ZipSearch guide.

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