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General Resources


Directories & Information

These are sources that provide basic information about periodicals (magazines, journals, newspapers, etc.), such as where a journal is published, who the editor is, or subscription information.

Note: To find articles from periodicals, use one of the subject databases instead.


Databases

  • Research Databases
  • E-Journals
  • Lexis-Nexis
  • ProQuest
  • WorldCat

  • Academic OneFile - Provides access to some 11,000 journals with full-text articles from more than 4,000 peer-reviewed journals and reference sources worldwide. Covers the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes coverage from 1980 to the present for most journals.
  • BioOne - Contains full-text articles from roughly 40 peer-reviewed journals and bulletins published by AIBS member societies and other closely related organizations.  2000-present.
  • Black Studies Center - Comprised of several cross-searchable component databases, including the International Index to Black Periodicals and historical black newspapers.
  • British Library Newspaper Library Catalogue - Over 50,000 online newspaper and periodical titles, searchable by keyword and sorted by title, date, or place.
  • Chronicle of Higher Education - This eJournal is now available online starting from 1995.
  • eHRAF Collection of Ethnography - Contains full-text of books, journal articles, manuscripts and dissertation for over 350 cultural groups.
  • Eighteenth Century Journals - Provides integrated access to the Hope Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Eighteenth Century Journals I) and the  Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center University of Texas (Eighteenth Century Journals II).
  • Factiva - Provides updated global information and news from major newspapers and business journals.
  • Informe - Contains the full text of popular magazines, academic journals and selected newspaper articles in Spanish.
  • Kidon Media Link - Newspapers, periodicals and other media sources from around the world.  Every country has its own integrated page.  There are no separate pages for newspapers, magazines, television, radio and news agencies.
  • Lexis Nexis Academic wiki - Included are guides to finding specific types of information in the Lexis Nexis database, such as foreign language news, editorials and op-ed pieces, and obituaries.
  • North Carolina Periodicals Index - Produced by the Joyner Library at ECU, this free database provides indexing of articles from over 40 periodicals published in NC.  Most of these periodicals are not covered by other indexes or databases.  The Triangle's "Independent Weekly" is one example.
  • PeriodicalRadio - Online interviews conducted by Steve Black with the editors of a variety of periodicals.
  • PERSEE - Provides online runs of referenced, French-language journals in the field of the social and human sciences.
  • ProQuest Asian Business - Covers Asian business and financial information from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, and many more.
  • Regional Business News - A collection of business journals, newspapers and news wires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the U.S.
  • ResearchNow - A roster of peer-reviewed, Berkeley Electronic Press journals.
  • Revues.org - Provides full-text access to French journals in social and human sciences.
  • SpiegelWissen - Includes the archive of the German political journal Der Spiegel.  Covers German history and world events starting with 1947.