LibGuides: Quinn Library: Databases by Subject

RELIGION

Theology and Religion Online
Theology and Religion Online offers students and scholars a richly layered resource devoted and dedicated to research, study, and teaching in Theology, Biblical Studies, and Religious Studies. Use the image tiles below to start exploring Theology and Religion Online.

Credo Source

Credo Reference

Virtual Reference - E Books

Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Infobase Learning E Books
Salem Press Online-History,Literature, Science This link opens in a new window
Project Guttenberg
Free e-books from the public domain.

General Reference: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Encyclopedia Britannica
The complete Britannica Academic edition, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary & links to Britannica-reviewed websites.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary
The perfect resource to expand your vocabulary and understanding of the English language.
World Data Analyst
Current & historical statistics on countries of the world. Comparisons can be illustrated with tables & charts.

Social Issues

Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Points of View Reference Center provides students with a series of essays that presents multiple sides of over 200 current issues. Includes guides to debating, developing arguments & writing position papers.

English & Literature

Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new window
Bloom's Literature examines great writers, their works & influential movements in world literature.
EBSCO Literary Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window
Ebsco Literary Reference Plus offers information on thousands of authors & their works from books, major literary reference works & literary journals.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides a digital library of more than 1,900 academic journals and 2 million primary resources.
Geared for academic research, JSTOR is good for Honors classes and upper level students.

World History

ABC-CLIO Ancient & Medieval History This link opens in a new window
Text, audio & video clips of important events, people & movements in world history occurring before the 1500s are covered.
ABC-CLIO World at War This link opens in a new window
World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society presents overviews of 50 wars, rebellions, and revolutions, both those commonly taught and those less so, and provides additional analysis of causes and consequences and portraits of opponents.
ABC-CLIO World History - Modern Era This link opens in a new window
Text, audio & video clips of important events, people & movements in world history occurring after 1500s are covered.
Churchill Archive
The Churchill Archive is a digital library of modern international history that includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965, ranging from Winston S. Churchill’s personal correspondence to his official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders. This is more than a fantastic collection of primary source material; it is a unique online resource offering new insight into a fascinating period of our past.
Facts on File Ancient & Medieval History Online This link opens in a new window
Ancient & Medieval History Online presents the full scope of world history from prehistory through the 1500s, with special topic centers on key civilizations and regions.
Facts on File Modern World History Online
Modern World History Online covers the broad expanse of world history from the mid-15th century to the present, featuring thousands of documents, articles, timelines, images, videos, and maps.
World Geography & Culture
World Geography & Culture facilitates the study of countries, U.S. states, places, peoples, and geography concepts and skills through a global approach.

American History

Facts on File American History Online This link opens in a new window
American History Online spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
Facts on File African-American History Online This link opens in a new window
African-American History Online features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years.
Facts on File American Indian History Online This link opens in a new window
American History Online offers fast access to more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history.
ABC-CLIO American History This link opens in a new window
Text, audio & video clips of important events, people & movements in American history are covered.

Periodicals & Journals

EBSCO Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary full-text database containing full text for more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.
EBSCOhost Research Database This link opens in a new window
Ebscohost Research Database covers all of Ebsco's databases that we subscribe to in one search. Use if you do not know where you would like to search.
Use when you cannot find the subject database you want. Includes all Ebsco products.
EBSCO MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
This database provides full text for magazines, reference books and primary source documents. It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos, maps and flags.
MasterFILE Premier was formerly referred to as EbscoHost Web.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides a digital library of more than 1,900 academic journals and 2 million primary resources.
Geared for academic research, JSTOR is good for Honors classes and upper level students.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar is a free web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
History Reference Center This link opens in a new window
This database includes full-text content from leading history journals, with more than 630,900 full-text records from peer-reviewed journals, reference books, periodicals and other sources. There are also more than 74,600 primary source documents and 80+ hours of historical video.

Science and Health

EBSCO Science Reference Center This link opens in a new window
This comprehensive research database provides easy access to a wealth of full-text, science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student researcher's needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals and other reliable sources.
Science Online
Science Online presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, videos, diagrams, definitions, biographies, and experiments.
Health Reference Center
Health Reference Center gives clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body.

Teacher Resources

Curriculum Resource Center
Curriculum Resource Center provides a library of printable teacher-handout material for the middle, high school, and junior college curriculum.
ASCD & ISTE Professional Collection
Professional Development e-books on education.

Reader's Advisory

NoveList Plus
NoveList Plus has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages. NoveList's expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books.
YALSA Book Finder This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to all of YALSA's annual selected book and media lists, awards, and honorees which are developed by library staff and educators. These books and media have been selected for teens from 12 to 18 years of age, and span a broad range of reading and maturity levels. "

Quinn Library: Databases by Subject

New Resources

New Databases in 2021-22

ProQuest Central Student This database combines thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers and reports. The Research Library integrates 12 ProQuest databases in science, technology, education, social sciences, humanities and news,

Theology and Religion Online Theology and Religion Online offers students and scholars a richly layered resource devoted and dedicated to research, study, and teaching in Theology, Biblical Studies, and Religious Studies

RELIGION

Credo Source

Virtual Reference - E Books

General Reference: Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Social Issues

English & Literature

World History

American History

Periodicals & Journals

Science and Health

Teacher Resources

Reader's Advisory