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Databases Covering Humanities and Social Sciences Topics

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Al Manhal eBooks المنهل (كتب) This link opens in a new window Al Manhal is a leading database that provides a unique opportunity to all QNL users to access Arabic ebooks, full text of peer-reviewed eJournals, and thousands of full-text dissertations & theses from the Arab world's leading universities, research centers
Al Manhal Journals المنهل (دوريات) This link opens in a new window Al Manhal is a leading database that provides a unique opportunity to all QNL users to access Arabic ebooks, full text of peer-reviewed eJournals, and thousands of full-text dissertations & theses from the Arab world's leading universities and research centers.
American Film Institute (AFI) Catalog This link opens in a new window The database includes the AFI Catalog of Feature Films First 100 Years Project (1893-1993), which has nearly 54,000 academic records, as well as approximately 9,000 films released after 1993 that are documented with basic records.
The Annual Register: A Record of World Events This link opens in a new window The Annual Register is a detailed chronicle of events from 1758 to date. It is a digitized version of the classic 240+ volume reference work. Every year, a new volume is published describing the events of the past year. Topics covered include world politics, scientific discoveries, obituaries, and more.
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) This link opens in a new window Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) covers health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, and education. Updated monthly, ASSIA currently contains records from over 500 journals published in 16 different countries.
Arab World Research Source This link opens in a new window Arab World Research Source is a full-text database for researchers of Arabic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Studies. It contains academic journals, magazines, and trade publications that are published in or about the Arab World.
Arab World Research Source This link opens in a new window Arab World Research Source is a full-text database for researchers of Arabic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Studies. It contains academic journals, magazines, and trade publications that are published in or about the Arab World.
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) This link opens in a new window ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) is a specialized bibliography available for the study of modern and contemporary art with full abstracts and indexing from the late 1960s onwards. It covers painting, sculpture, photography, video, and more.
Biography Reference Center This link opens in a new window Biography Reference Centerprovides 400,000 full-text biographies from the complete full text ofBiography TodayandBiography. The database also includes the Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, Biographies from Encyclopedia Britannica, Hutchinsons Biography Database and more. In addition to keyword search, users can locate biographies by subject occupation, nationality, activity, gender, and lifespan.
Biography Reference Center eBook Collection This link opens in a new window This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of biographical eBook titles.
Cambridge Companions to Culture (Twenty volumes) This link opens in a new window This collection of 20 volumes provides introductions to the cultures of particular countries. Topics covered include art, architecture, dance, film, history, law, literature, music, mass media, politics and social questions.
Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window This platform contains more than 25,000 academic ebooks and more than 300 journals from Cambridge University Press in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Chicago Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window The University of Chicago Press has been publishing books and journals for scholars and students since 1892, primarily in the humanities, law, social sciences, and life sciences. From Anthropology to Law, Biology to Sociology, Chicago Scholarship Online contains over 1,000 books across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Criminal Justice Database This link opens in a new window This online database supports research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) This link opens in a new window DAAI is a leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals. It covers disciplines including ceramics, graphic design, fashion, interior design, architecture, web design..
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) This link opens in a new window DAAI is a leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals. It covers disciplines including ceramics, graphic design, fashion, interior design, architecture, web design..
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) This link opens in a new window ERIC provides access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records indexed since 1996. The education database contains records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, and books.
Education Database This link opens in a new window Education Database provides access to over 1,090 educational publications, including more than 800 of the titles in full text.
Education Source This link opens in a new window Education Sourceis a full-text research database designed for education students, professionals and policymakers. It provides full text, indexing and abstracts for thousands of education journals, books and education-related conference papers. Coverage spans all levels of education and includes educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures This link opens in a new window This is an interdisciplinary reference tool that covers research on gender studies and the Islamic world. It also provides primary sources and secondary sources under each entry.
Entrepreneurship Database This link opens in a new window Entrepreneurship Database delivers vital resources on entrepreneurial information such as video clips, business plans, market research, start-up plans and templates, journal and magazine contents, business cases, working papers, conference proceedings...
Essay & General Literature Index This link opens in a new window An index of essays from more than 9,000 anthologies published in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain since 1985, with emphasis on the entire range of humanities and social sciences.
Essay & General Literature Index This link opens in a new window An index of essays from more than 9,000 anthologies published in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain since 1985, with emphasis on the entire range of humanities and social sciences.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database offers in-depth coverage of the world's foremost academic and popular film journals. It contains article citations from more than 345 periodicals. There are links from the FIAF index records to the fulltext.
Film Index International This link opens in a new window Film Index International is a resource for information on entertainment films and personalities produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute.
Global Breaking Newswires This link opens in a new window In the modern news world, newswires are the chief source of timely news and, with increasing pressures on the traditional news industry, newswires are often the only news coverage for many large regions of the globe. Global Breaking Newswires is the premier library news product providing timely access to the best newswire content available from around the globe for the modern researcher as well as growing archive of news indexed and accessible through the familiar & popular research functionality of the ProQuest platform.
History Study Center This link opens in a new window History Study Center has historical reference materials that spans from ancient times to current events. It has over 40,000 documents that showcase historical events and provide quick and valuable facts for a variety of users.
History Study Center This link opens in a new window History Study Center has historical reference materials that spans from ancient times to current events. It has over 40,000 documents that showcase historical events and provide quick and valuable facts for a variety of users.
Humanities Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window Humanities Source Ultimate offers access to key content covering literary, scholarly and creative thought. It includes 1,681 active full-text journals and magazines and about 700 scholarly full-text journals cited in leading subject indexes for researchers and scholars. Subjects covered are linguistics, literary and social criticism, classical studies, journalism and more.
International Bibliography of Art (IBA) This link opens in a new window International Bibliography of Art (IBA) is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art. International Bibliography of Art (IBA) provides authoritative coverage of European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text (IBTD with Full Text) is a research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts. The American Society initiated it for Theatre Research, and since 1984, the Theatre Research Data Center (TRDC) at Brooklyn College has published 14 volumes of the IBTD. These volumes comprise a fully indexed, cross-referenced and annotated databank of over 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.
International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center This link opens in a new window Offers comprehensive coverage of security and counter-terrorism issues.Content includes full text articles, news feeds, reports, books and summaries covering regional conflict, terrorism, domestic security and risk management options.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window The JSTOR archive includes more than 1,500 leading academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The entire back runs of journals (from volume 1, issue 1) are provided with an embargo for the most recent 3 years.
Library Science Database This link opens in a new window Library Science Database gives users full-text access to over 150 publications in library and information science. It provides full-text support for the core titles included in ProQuests authoritative Library & Information Science Abstracts database.
Linguistics Abstracts Online This link opens in a new window Linguistics Abstracts Online provides indexing to more than 800 journals in linguistics. English- language abstracts are available for articles written in other languages. Areas covered include applied linguistics, computational linguistics, discourse analysis, educational linguistics, phonetics and phonology, semantics, and more.
Linguistics Database This link opens in a new window This database includes full-text journals and other sources in linguistics, including many titles indexed in Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA). It covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
Literary Reference eBook Collection This link opens in a new window Literary Reference eBook Collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of literary-related subjects. Selections include literary criticism, study guides, and classics.
Literature of Al-Andalus, The This link opens in a new window The Literature of Al-Andalus is an exploration of the culture of Iberia, present-day Spain and Portugal, during the period when it was an Islamic, mostly Arabic-speaking territory, from the eighth to the thirteenth century, and in the centuries following the Christian conquest when Arabic continued to be widely used.
Military Database This link opens in a new window Military Database in PQ Central covers topics across all government and military branches including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space fight, communications, civil engineering, and more.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s. The database contains millions of citations as well as full text for 1,000 journals.TheMLA International Bibliographyis a tool for research in all aspects of modern languages and literature. Available as a searchable online database of more than 2.8 million records and constantly updated by scholars in the field, the bibliography is a valuable tool to authoritative journals, books, Web sites, and other publications
Music Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window Music Index with Full Text covers every aspect of classical and popular music. In addition to full-text journals, it includes reviews of performances as well as reviews of sound recordings and videos.
Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window The Music Periodicals Database provides indexing and abstracts for several hundred international music periodicals from over 20 countries, plus full text for more than 140 of the indexed journals. The database currently includes over 1.3 million records,
Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window The Performing Arts Periodicals Database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 395 international performing arts periodicals, plus full text for more than 160 of the indexed journals. The database currently includes almost a million records.
Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window The Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database on all subject areas of philosophy and related disciplines with more than 500,000 records from publications that date back to 1902.
PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress This link opens in a new window Pilots provides access to citations and abstracts information of published literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events. Coverage is from 1871 to current.
Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window Points of View Reference Center (PoV) is a full-text database that offers a series of comprehensive essays with point and counterpoint arguments related to current issues in the news. The database contains 455 topics and more than 1900 essays as well as leading political magazines from across the political spectrum.
Political Science Database This link opens in a new window Political Science Database provides full-text access and abstracts to more than 500 political science journals.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window EBSCO Professional Development Collection is a database that offers a large number of full text articles on subjects related to education. It is a specialized source of information especially for educators, professional librarians and education researchers.
Psychology Database This link opens in a new window Psychology Database provides abstracts and indexing for more than 650 titles, with over 540 titles in full text.
Rehabilitation Reference Center This link opens in a new window Rehabilitation Reference Center is updated weekly with the most current information available about speech, physical and occupational therapy. Content is created using a strict evidence-based methodology and protocol focused on systematic identification, evaluation and consolidation of practice-changing information. It includes nearly 800 clinical reviews and more than 3,000 relevant patient education topics in both English and Spanish
SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window SAGE Research Methods supports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos.
Scopus This link opens in a new window Scopus is a large abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. It includes 21,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Social Science Database This link opens in a new window Social Science Database in ProQuest Central includes over930 titles, with more than640 available in full-text. Social Science Journals provides information on hundreds of topics, including addiction studies, urban studies, family studies, and more.
Sociology Database This link opens in a new window Sociology Database covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including relevant titles from related fields such as social policy, social care, social services, social anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, social psychology and population studies. It includes hundreds of full-text scholarly journals, as well as dissertations and other sources.
Urban Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new window Urban Studies Abstracts covers subjects of relevance to the discipline including urban affairs, community development and urban history.
Vocational Studies Complete This link opens in a new window Vocational Studies Complete is a database designed specifically for the research needs of two-year colleges and vocational programs. Providing thousands of full-text journals and books, plus country reports and market research reports, it covers the most relevant subjects, including biotechnology, graphic arts, criminal justice and veterinary assisting. Access is provided to more than 2,000 full-text journals and more than 350 full-text books
Vogue Archive, The This link opens in a new window The Vogue Archive provides access to every issue of Vogue from 1892 to date. It contains covers, advertisements, features, photographs, and illustrations in their original context.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window Academic Search Ultimate is a multidisciplinary database covering a wide array of subjects including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies. The database includes magazines, peer reviewed and scholarly journals, trade publications and more with coverage dating back to 1890.
Continental Europe Database This link opens in a new window This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many European countries, including France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.
De Gruyter eBooks This link opens in a new window De Gruyter ebooks offers full-text access to a collection of more than 2,000 ebooks covering a wide variety of content in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine and more.
De Gruyter Journals This link opens in a new window DeGruyter Journals offers access to the full texts of over 640 journals and yearbooks, covering a wide variety of content in humanities, medicine, the sciences, and law. Some journals have German language titles and include contributions in English and ot
Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window Emerald Insight includes journals and books relevant to a range of subject areas including accounting and finance, economics, management, marketing, education, information studies, engineering, sociology, and tourism and hospitality.
Oxford Handbooks Online - All Modules This link opens in a new window Oxford Handbooks Online is an outstanding collection of the best Handbooks areas across many different subject areas. One of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing, the Handbook series contains in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field.
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window The Oxford Reference provides access to Oxford Research Library Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East, Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy, and Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt.
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window Oxford Scholarship Online offers access to thousands of academic works from the celebrated scholarly list of Oxford University Press, covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.
ProQuest academic one This link opens in a new window PQ Central is a vast aggregated full-text database, with thousands of periodical titles and millions of full-text articles available. It serves as a central resource for researchers at all levels.
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SAGE ebooks This link opens in a new window Founded in 1965, SAGE is a leading independent, academic and professional publisher of innovative, high-quality content. Known for our commitment to quality and innovation, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students across a broad range of subject areas.
SAGE Premier Journals This link opens in a new window This is an interdisciplinary database that provides full text articles from more than 645 journals in Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science. It allows users to search by title of journals or by subject. The database also offers perpetual access for all
SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window SAGE Research Methods supports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos.
SpringerLink eBooks This link opens in a new window Springer ebooks consists of over 172,000 eBooks of reference works, monographs, briefs, proceedings, textbooks, and eBook Series of scientific, technical and medical publications. QNL members have full-text access to titles up to December 2016.
SpringerLink Journals This link opens in a new window SpringerLink is a large database of full-text journals, books, protocols, eReferences, and book series. It covers a wide range of scientific, technical and medical subjects. QNL members have full-text access up to December 2016.
Taylor & Francis eBooks This link opens in a new window This collection consists of over 45,000 full-text book titles covering Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Medicine, Built Environment, Science and technology, and Law.
Taylor & Francis Online This link opens in a new window Taylor & Francis offers researchers many benefits including: A wide choice of high-quality journals maximizing your reach within and beyond your field and high visibility and discoverability of your work via Taylor & Francis Online
University Press Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window This online database provides access to the full-text of over 10,000 academic ebooks in 20 subject areas, covering the Humanities, Social Sciences, Medicine and Law. It includes titles from Oxford University Press and partner presses.
University Press Scholarship Online: Hong Kong Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window Hong Kong Scholarship Online offers full-text access to thousands of academic monographs from key disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.
University Press Scholarship Online: Kentucky Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window Kentucky Scholarship Online offers full-text access to thousands of academic monographs from key disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.
University Press Scholarship Online: Manchester Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window Manchester Scholarship Online is an essential, online research resource, providing access to hundreds of fascinating works of scholarship in subject areas across the humanities, social sciences, and law.
University Press Scholarship Online: Policy Press Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window Policy Press Scholarship Online provides access to hundreds of scholarly titles from the Bristol University Press. This collection of high-quality academic monographs is an essential research resource for students and academics alike.
University Press Scholarship Online: Stanford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window Full range of Stanford University Presss award-winning publications in the humanities, social sciences, and law. Stanford's long-established presence in Literature, History, Jewish Studies, and Area Studies such as Asian Studies and Latin American studies are fully evident on Stanford Scholarship Online, as are the rapidly developing programs in Middle East Studies, Law, and Business.
University Press Scholarship Online Cairo Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window Cairo Scholarship Online provides full-text access to thousands of academic monographs from key disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.
University Press Scholarship Online Fordham Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window Fordham Scholarship Online contains thousands of academic monographs in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.
Wiley Online Library Books This link opens in a new window Wiley Online Library Books provides full-text access to more than 18,000 scholarly and professional books, handbooks and dictionaries covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Wiley Online Library Journals This link opens in a new window This online database hosts a multidisciplinary collection of full-text journal articles covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

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