Find the best library databases for your research.
The most frequently-used databases
Academic Search Ultimate is a collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more.
Find articles (some full-text, some abstracts) from journals published by the American Chemical Society. Includes issues from 2003-2024.
Find background information to start your research on any topic. Content includes entries from various encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and other reference tools across all disciplines.
Find e-books across all disciplines. Browse collections by select subjects, including anthropology, business and economics, computers and IT, education, fine arts, and more.
The Feature Films for Education Collection offers hundreds of full-length feature films for educational instructional purposes. Please note: Use Mozilla Firefox, as Google Chrome does not load the videos. Please review permitted uses for videos in this database.
Find documentaries, feature films, newsreels, and performances in streaming video format. Subject coverage includes most areas of study. Please review permitted uses for videos in this database.
Hoopla is a digital media service that offers access to thousands of popular e-books, comics, audio books, and more. Sign up using your University of Wisconsin - Superior username and password. There's a limit to 5 title checkouts per month.
See our Hoopla guide for more information.
Find full text articles from core journals in history, political science, philosophy, mathematics, economics, and other social sciences and humanities. The most recent three years are not included for titles which are still being published.
Find real-time, world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire. Full-text content is available for the most recent 30 days.
Electronic Access to the premier English language dictionary. Includes complete definitions with an etymology or history of each word. Extensive use of quotations from literature to show proper usage.
SAGE Journals includes leading international peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact research titles published on behalf of more than 350 scholarly and professional societies. Subject coverage spans business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, medicine and many more.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Artstor’s diverse collections are rights-cleared for education and research, and include Open Access content as well as rare materials not available elsewhere. UW-Superior does not have a subscription to Artstor, but users can still view Open Access content.
Cambridge Core is an online platform that offers access to a vast collection of academic content from Cambridge University Press, including journals, books, and research materials. It covers a wide range of subjects, such as science, humanities, social sciences, and more.
