Good Places to Start
Looking for an article in a scholarly journal? These databases are good places to start!
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Web of ScienceMajor multidisciplinary database. Powerful and easy to use. 1900-present. Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index. Major database indexes 10,000+ journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts, & humanities, as well as conference proceedings.
Specific Regions & Cultures
Databases which index articles, etc. on specific regions or ethnicities.
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Africa Wide Information19th century-present. Incorporates African Studies and South African Studies databases. Sources include books, periodicals and magazines articles,newspapers, pamphlets, maps, reports, theses, much more. Nearly 2 million records
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Bibliography of Asian StudiesAn index to western-language books, book chapters, and articles on all parts of Asia
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Bibliography of Native North AmericansDatabase indexing journal articles, books and other publications, covering all aspects of native North American culture and history. Includes materials published from 1500s to present.
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ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East ArchivesIncludes ABZU database, which indexes journal articles, book chapters, etc. about the ancient Near East and Mediterranean.
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HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals IndexLists journal articles on Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the U.S.-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the U.S.
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Index IslamicusIndex of European-language publications on Islam, the Middle East, and the Muslim world. Includes journal articles and book chapters published since 1906. Also includes books (1976+), and book reviews (1992+)
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Southeast Asian Archaeology: Bibliographic DatabaseCreate account for login. Open to all.
eHRAF Archaeology
A huge collection of online books, articles and dissertations, organized by archaeological traditions. The full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level. eHRAF Archaeology is a unique resource designed to facilitate comparative archaeological studies.
Related Subjects & Multidisciplinary
See more databases by Subjects A-Z or complete list by title Databases A-Z
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AATA: Art and Archaeology Technical AbstractsA service of the Getty Conservation Institute in association with the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
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Academic Search CompleteMultidisciplinary database that indexes and abstracts articles in more than 10,900 journals and other publications in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese; full-text is available for over 5300 journals.
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ATLA Religion DatabaseEspecially useful for biblical archaeology and other sites in the Middle East.
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FRANCISInternational index to journal articles published from 1984 to present in the humanities and social sciences, with special strength in religion, anthropology, history of art, literature, economics.
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JSTORSearch by subject or browse full text of more than 500 scholarly journals in social sciences, humanities, and sciences, to their earliest issues. Many titles extend as far back as late 19th or early 20th centuries; most recent 3-5 years not included.
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Periodicals Index Online1665-1995. Index to 16 million articles from 4,700 North American and European scholarly journals in arts, humanities, social sciences; 30 percent non-English language. 10 percent of articles listed also include page images from Periodicals Archive Online
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Project Muse: Scholarly Journals OnlineSearch by subject or browse full text of scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Coverage begins 1995 or later, depending on the publication.