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 current issues plus 3-year backfile.
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.
A detailed guide for Hoopla is located at https://library.uwsuper.edu/hoopla.
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.
This database is for primary sources and uses OCR text recognition to make handwritten documents, such as manuscripts, more discoverable.
HeinOnline Academic includes more than 100 million pages of multidisciplinary content in more than 1500 subject areas, including women’s studies, social justice, education, law, history, political science, criminal justice, religious studies, international relations, and many more. With more historical content than any other database, HeinOnline provides access to 300+ years of information on political development and the complete history of the creation of government and legal systems around the world. Among the many databases included HeinOnline’s journal collection features 3300+ periodicals relating to a variety of subject areas, with all coverage dating from inception to the most currently published issues in most cases.
The HeinOnline Social Justice Suite includes Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law, Gun Regulation and Legislation in America, Civil Rights and Social Justice, Open Society Justice Initiative, and LGBTQ+ Rights databases.
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