Scholarly & Research Databases
Business | Education | Fine Arts | Health/Nursing | Humanities | Legal Databases | Science
Note:
** Arkansas residents only
Some resources are subscription databases provided for free by the Arkansas State Library to Arkansas residents. This list may change as subscriptions to databases change. Make sure to check this list or the State Library for a current list of free subscription-based databases.
Guide owner: April Sheppard, Associate Dean of Library, asheppard@astate.edu
Business
- ABI/INFORM Complete **Information on company research (profiles / annual reports); market research (industry, market& commodity reports), current business & economic conditions as well as identifying management techniques & corporate strategies
- Accounting, Tax & Business Collection **Information on accounting policies and standards, state and national tax legislation, corporate and individual taxation, compensation and pension plans, and corporate financial management, as well as profiles of accounting firms, CPAs, and management consulting firms.
- arXiv.orgOpen access to 1.4 million e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics. Sponsored by Cornell University Library.
- Asian & European Business Collection **Covers Asian (Eastern Hemisphere) business and financial information from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, and many more.
- Business Market Research Collection **A new database that was part of ABI/Inform and also includes Hoover's, Ox Research Country Reports and the Snapshots Series Industry Reports.
- Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database **A Canadian focus on current events, business, education, science and medicine, arts, law, academia, and lifestyles.
- EDGARFree access to more than 20 million filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Includes company registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms.
- Entrepreneurship Database **Designed for entrepreneurs wanting quick access to the latest information on business topics, quick links to the most highly sought information, and recommendations from experts in Editor's Picks
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)Download, graph, and track 252,000 US and international time series from 79 sources.
- GLOBUS & NTDBCurrent and historical trade releases, international market research, and country analyses
- One Business **One Business is designed to support the unique needs of business professionals including entrepreneurs, accountants, tax professionals, and academic faculty and students.
- SSRN eLibrary Database SearchSearch over half a million articles in the humanities, social sciences, and business.
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Education
- Career and Technical Education **Research on accounting, auto mechanics, building trades, computing science, graphic design, healthcare, photography, sales and retail & more in the Vo/Tech curriculum for both students and instructors
- Education Database **Access to over 1,090 top educational publications, including more than 800 of the titles in full text.
- Education Magazine Archive **Offers digital access to the archives of 26 leading education trade magazines of the 20th century.
- ERICERIC is the source for information on all aspects of education for all age groups, including counseling, tests, and measurement. Choose "Full text available on ERIC" to limit to full text items.
- Research Companion **Developed to help students do more effective research and assist educators in teaching the basics for information literacy core principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
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Fine Arts
- International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)Contains public domain music scores and recordings. IMSLP currently has 194,266 works, 626,789 scores, 72,564 recordings, 24,162 composers, and 1,377 performers. Note: IMSLP does have a subscription version that removes ads and download delays, but site can be fully used for free.
- J. Paul Getty Museum Online CollectionsSearch, zoom, compare, and annotate more than 30,000 images from the J. Paul Getty Museum. Search by keyword or browse by collection: antiquities, drawings, manuscripts, paintings, photographs, sculpture and decorative arts.
- Smithsonian Open AccessDownload, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. Contains more than 3.9 million 2D and 3D digital items from their collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
- Yale Center for British ArtSearch through thousands of paintings, sculptures, frames, prints, drawings, rare books, and manuscripts. Many of the images are in the public domain and may be used without restriction - check the image's full record for copyright info (under the photos).
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Health/Nursing
- Circumpolar Health Bibliographic DatabaseContains 6700 records describing publications about all aspects of human health in the circumpolar region.
- Family Health Database **A wide range of family health topics from sports injuries to women’s health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.
- Health and Medical Collection **Provides information on all major clinical and healthcare disciplines, including medical sciences, immunology, pharmacology, nursing, physical fitness and hygiene, surgery, and others.
- Healthcare Administration Database **Provides reliable and relevant resources for researchers studying the field of health administration.
- Medical Database **Provides access to over 1,400 essential publications in full text covering topics across all areas of the medical sciences. The content is diverse enough to support the needs of medical students, faculty, and clinicians.
- Medical Heritage LibraryUpdated monthly, this online library provides access to quality historical resources in medicine from some of the world’s leading medical libraries.
- MEDLINE with Full Text **Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more from the National Library of Medicine.
- New York Academy of Medicine Digital CollectionsUsers can explore unique materials, including rare books, manuscripts, and pharmaceutical trade cards, from the 4th century through the 1990s.
- Nursing & Allied Health Source **Provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more.
- Psychology Database **Full-text coverage from top psychology and related publications, this database meets the needs of both students and mental-health professionals.
- Public Health Database **Provides access to core literature in the field of public health, including new and periodical coverage. Includes access to full-text dissertations covering topics such as biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health services administration, international public health, maternal and child health, and occupational safety and health.
- PubMed CentralA free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
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Humanities
- ABC-Clio Search Platform **Unified search platform for all 12 ABC-Clio student resource databases American History and the African American Experience.
- African American Heritage **A groundbreaking digital resource exclusively devoted to African American family history research.
- Black Abolitionist ArchiveCollection of over 800 speeches by antebellum blacks and approximately 1,000 editorials from the period. These important documents provide a portrait of black involvement in the anti-slavery movement.
- Black Freedom Struggle in the United StatesBlack Freedom features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. Our intention is to support a wide range of students (see examples for using in teaching and learning), as well independent researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the foundation of ongoing racial injustice in the U.S. – and the fights against it.
- Cornell OpenCornell Open is a global open access portal for both new and classic out-of-print titles from the distinguished catalog of Cornell University Press.
- Criminal Justice Database **Comprehensive collection of U.S. and international criminal justice journals including information for professionals in law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security.
- Documenting the American SouthA digital publishing initiative sponsored by the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access to digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture.
- Ethnic NewsWatch **Bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from ethnic, minority and native presses.
- HeritageQuest OnlineSearch the complete set of U.S. Federal Census images from 1790-1940, 28,000 family and local histories, Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty-land Warrant Application Files, and for individuals in the Freedman's Bank (1865-1874).
- History Study Center **Collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present.
- Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)Collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. Most articles are available for free.
- JSTOR Open Access EbooksA growing list of over 100 Open Access ebooks from respected presses, such as University of California Press and University of Michigan Press.
- JSTOR Register & ReadLarge, scholarly database. Register and read up to 6 articles a month for free.
- Learning: Literature **Students can find author biographies, contemporary criticism, reviews, and multimedia resources from medieval times to the present.
- Library of Congress Digital CollectionsPrimary source materials relating to American history and culture. Contains letters, diaries, photos, sheet music, sound recordings, and more.
- Linguistics Database **Comprised of index and full-text articles covering all linguistics subject areas, including the Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) and Linguistics Database.
- Literature Online (LION) **Primary and critical text database for literary research at all levels. The collection includes full text of more than 350,000 works of poetry, drama, and prose stretching back to the 8th century through the present day.
- Making of America JournalsA digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles.
- Mango Languages **Provides language learning experiences with step by step lesson plans for 71 different languages. This database features ESL lessons for over 16 languages along with a text translator. *First time users must create a profile in order to use this resource.
- Maps from the Library of CongressSearch nearly 19,000 online maps from the 1800's through 1960 digitized from the Library of Congress massive map collection. Maps will be added monthly until 2020, for a total of approximately 500,000.
- Military Database **Comprehensive collection of material on military subjects such as defense, aeronautics and space flight, civil engineering, political science, and more.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) LibraryResources are available to anyone interested in crime, victim assistance, and public safety including policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, community leaders, and the general public.
- The NewberryDigital resources from Chicago's independent research library since 1887. Includes a wide array of digital collections-including many international in scope.
- OAPENThe OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences. OAPEN works with publishers to build a quality controlled collection of open access books, and provides services for publishers, libraries and research funders in the areas of deposit, quality assurance, dissemination, and digital preservation.
- One Literature **Primary and critical text database for literary research at all levels. Provides full text access to more than 500,000 works of poetry, drama and prose stretching from the 8th century through the present day, including primary resource collections from diverse and modern authors.
- Political Science Database **Full-text of leading political science and international relations journals. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
- Pronunciator **Pronunicator is a language learning platform with step-by-step lesson plans for 163 languages, ESL courses for 146 native languages, American Sign Language courses, and classes for children.
- Religion Database **Comprehensive collection of journals covering religious issues and perspectives, including religious news and information, commentary on topics of general interest from the perspective of a particular religion, and formal theological studies
- Smithsonian Open AccessDownload, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. Contains more than 3.9 million 2D and 3D digital items from their collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
- Sociology Database **Full-text results from of leading sociology journals as well as full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts.
- SSRN eLibrary Database SearchSearch over half a million articles in the humanities, social sciences, and business.
- White House History Digital LibraryExplore White House history through the thousands of images in our Digital Library relating to the White House and its occupants, digital projects, and interactive experiences!
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Legal Databases
- EspacenetFree access to the database of over 90 million patents worldwide.
- Patent Public SearchThe USPTO Web Patent Public Search includes the full text of all patents granted since 1976, and the patent number, issue date, and current US classification for all patents granted from 1790 through 1975.
- RECAPRECAP is an online archive and free extension for Firefox and Chrome that improves the experience of using PACER, the electronic public access system for the U.S. Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts.
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Science
- arXiv.orgOpen access to 1.4 million e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics. Sponsored by Cornell University Library.
- BBC Horizon Video Collection **Includes comprehensive run of the BBC Horizon television series from 2009-2023. The acclaimed show explores a broad range of topics including astronomy, physics, math, and the environment and makes science accessible and engaging to students.
- BBC Landmark Video Collection **Access ground-breaking, high-definition nature series such as Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Big Cats, and Dynasties.
- CogPrintsSearch papers in any area of psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics, and many areas of computer science, philosophy, biology, medicine, anthropology, as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.
- Computer Science Database **Full text research on subjects such as database design, software development, web commerce, LANs, WANs, Intranets, and the Internet.
- IntechOpenFor scientists, by scientists. Open 1,700 open access, peer-reviewed books, many written by university faculty around the world.
- Military Database **Comprehensive collection of material on military subjects such as defense, aeronautics and space flight, civil engineering, political science, and more.
- National Academies PressOver 5,000 ebooks and reports from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council. Covers a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and medicine.
- PubSpace (NASA)Free public access to the peer-reviewed papers resulting from NASA-funded research.
- SciELOContains nearly 1,000 scientific journals from different countries, mostly developing counties. Use the "Automatic translation" tool to translate articles in English (or another language).
- Science.govSearches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.
- Science Database **Full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology, covering computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, transportation and more.
- ScienceDirectFree articles from over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals. To limit to just the free articles, click the "Open Access" and/or "Open Archive" boxes on the left side of the page after you search.
- Science Online **Provides expertly researched content on core science subjects and in-depth overview essays on key science topic. Includes more than 1600 resources including images, videos, experiments and self-paced learning objects.
- SciTech ConnectFree, online access to the Department of Energy's Information Bridge and Energy Citations databases.
- SpringerOpen BooksOver 400 ebooks, primarily in the sciences, hosted on the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) platform.
- SpringerOpen JournalsIncludes Springer’s portfolio of 200+ peer-reviewed fully open access journals across all areas of science.
- STEM Database **Composed of more than 500 full-text scholarly journals and popular science magazines covering research and instruction in earth, life, physical, medical and applied sciences; and technology, engineering, and math.
- Telecommunications Database **Full text of top telecommunications industry publications. Includes magazines, journals, and newsletters, including graphics and images
- Today’s Science **Includes thousands of original articles written by scientists covering important advances in biology, chemistry, environmental science, space, physics, and technology. Bridges the gap between the science taught in the classroom and the science students read and hear about in the news.
- unpaywallNot a true database, but this Firefox and Chrome extension helps you find legally uploaded scientific articles from authors, publishers, and repositories themselves.
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- AGRICOLA **Literature citations for journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture.
- Agricultural & Environmental Science Database **Provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. This database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources covering such topics as the effects of pollution on people and animals and environmental action and policy responses.
- PLANTS DatabaseProvides information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. Includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, crop information, automated tools, onward Web links, and references.
- USDA National Agricultural Library SEARCHSEARCH Everything for results from the Catalog and Articles database (AGRICOLA), PubAg, and the NAL Digital Collections (NALDC).
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- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)Finds regions of local similarity between biological or genomic sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance of matches.
- Biology Science Database **Wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
- Darwin Manuscripts ProjectMassive collection of full color, high-resolution images of Charles Darwin's transcribed manuscripts. Currently contains over 16,000 pages with new pages added regularly.
- GenBankGenBank ® is the NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences.
- Golm Metabolome DatabaseMass spectra library of biologically active metabolites quantified using gas chromatography (GC) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS).
- PLANTS DatabaseProvides information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. Includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, crop information, automated tools, onward Web links, and references.
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- PubChemPubChem is the world's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more.
- Chemistry CentralHigh-quality peer-reviewed open access research in chemistry published by, or in cooperation with, BioMed Central.
- ChemSpiderFree chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 34 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
- Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)Toxicology database that focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals. It provides information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, nanomaterials, and related areas.
- SDBS Compounds and Spectral SearchAn integrated spectral database system for organic compounds,which includes 6 different types of spectra under a directory of the compounds.
- Astrophysics Data System (ADS)Search metadata and full-text of the 10 million bibliographic records in Astrophysics Data System (astronomy and physics).
- PubSpace (NASA)Free public access to the peer-reviewed papers resulting from NASA-funded research.
Guide owner: April Sheppard, Associate Dean of Library, asheppard@astate.edu
