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Full Text Databases

The following is a list of library databases that contain full text in part or in whole. This is by no means an exhaustive list of all available and relevant resources, just those that are a good first place to check.

Directions are provided in the table below about how to search these databases. In most cases we provide directions about how to search phrases, except in cases where a keyword search is better to try. Keep in mind, however, that a student may have rearranged words within phrases.

Other places to check off the library homepage are:

 

[note: list below includes items from Kathe, Roseann thus far]

 

Database
Subject
Search type
Field
Character Limit
Search tips
Academic Index
Multi-disciplinary Advanced "Text word"   search several distinctive words using AND operator; limit to articles with text
America's Newspapers
U.S. newspapers content Advanced "in All Text" n/a  
CQ Researcher
Multi-disciplinary Advanced "keyword/all text" <100  
Early English Books Online Multi-disciplinary Basic or Advanced   n/a  
Evans Digital Edition Multi-disciplinary Basic or Advanced      
JSTOR
Multi-disciplinary scholarly journals Basic or Advanced      
INCLUDE LEXIS NEXIS?          
Literature Online Literature Basic plus advanced field searching      
New York Times (Historical) Multidisciplinary Advanced      
           
           
           
Research Library
Multi-disciplinary "multiple databases" "document text" <130 Click here for example.