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General Databases

Below are listed some non-specialized databases that index journals in a wide variety of subjects and disciplines. Click on a database title to access that database. Click on an information icon for more information about that database. All of these databases are only accessible to current students, faculty, and staff of Covenant Seminary. Don't have access? See our list of free databases.

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Academic Search Premier

Topics: Everything. General, all-purpose database.

Sources: Mostly journal articles; some scholarly books and reports.

Indexing: 8,500+ titles (7,400+ peer-reviewed). 1911– present. Includes abstracts.

Full-Text: 4,600+ titles (3,900+ peer-reviewed). Also via other EBSCOhost databases and LinkSource

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ArticleFirst

Topics: Business, humanities, medicine, popular culture, science, social science, technology.

Sources: Journal articles.

Indexing: 26,124 titles. 1990– present.

Full-Text: via other FirstSearch databases and LinkSource

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Clase and Periódica

Topics: Documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences, humanities, science, and technology (agricultural sciences, anthropology, arts, biology, chemistry, communication science, demography, economics, education, engineering, exact sciences, foreign affairs, geosciences, history, law, library & information science, linguistics & literature, management & accounting, medicine, philosophy, physics, politics, psychology, religion, and sociology).

Sources: Articles, essays, book reviews, monographs, conference proceedings, technical reports, interviews, and brief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American issues.

Indexing: 2,700+ journals. 1975– present.

Full-Text: via other FirstSearch databases and LinkSource

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Google Scholar

Topics: Scholarly materials posted on the open web from a variety of disciplines.

Sources: Articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court opinions from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other web sites.

Full-Text: Hit or miss. Some materials freely available; others require payment or subscription.

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Humanities International Complete

Topics: Broad coverage of all aspects of the humanities, including anthropology, art & entertainment, communication, economics, education, ethnic & cultural studies, history, linguistics, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, etc.

Sources: Academic journals, magazines, and books.

Indexing: 2,800+ titles, 1909– present.

Full-Text: 1,840+ titles. Also via other EBSCOhost databases and LinkSource

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MasterFILE Premier

Topics: General reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues.

Sources: General periodicals, book reviews, pamphlets, reference books, biographies, government documents, primary source documents, and an image collection.

Indexing: 2,689 periodical titles plus other full-text materials below. 1975  present. Includes abstracts.

Full-Text: 1,687 periodicals, 500+ reference books, 107,000 primary source documents, 510,000 photos, maps & flags. Also via other EBSCOhost databases and LinkSource

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OAIster

Topics: Multidisciplinary digital resources from open archive collections.

Sources: Born-digital texts, audio files, images, movies, and data sets, such as theses, technical reports, research papers, and image collections.

Indexing: Over 23 million records from more than 1,100 digital archives.

Full-Text: Direct links to each resource.

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