Research Librarian
Start With These
These core Religion databases are a good place to start.
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ATLA Religion Database (1949 to present)Core index to journal articles, essays, and book reviews in the field of religion.
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Index Islamicus (1906 to present)Covers literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world, including Muslim areas of Asia and Africa.
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Sociology Database (ProQuest) (1985 to present)Covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction and more.
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America, History & Life (1964 to present)Core database for the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text (1955 to present)Core database for scholarly literature about world history since 1450 (excluding the United States and Canada).
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ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (1784 to present)Index of resources on the study of the Middle Ages & Renaissance.
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JSTORFull-text backfiles of over two thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Alumni access
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Project MuseOnline database of more than 200 journals from nonprofit publishers. Alumni access
Tip: Peer-reviewed articles
Peer-reviewed articles are:
- written by experts in the field
- assessed for validity and scholarly rigor by other experts in the field (peer review)
- published in scholarly journals