Article Databases

This database brings together scholarly journals with resources for locating results covering news and topics, as well as the trends and history influencing current accounting and tax issues.

This collection of historical African newspapers from the World Newspaper Archive provides coverage of the people, cultures, issues and events that shaped the continent.

The US National Agriculture Library's catalog of books and articles relating to agriculture.

Includes "Early American Newspapers, Series I, II & III", cover-to-cover fully text-searchable facsimile images of over 1,000 historical newspapers from all 50 states from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Access for Massachusetts residents only, courtesy of Boston Public Library e-card.

Based on the American Antiquarian Society's landmark collection, this database offers fully searchable facsimile images of approximately 15,000 broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and 15,000 pieces of ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900.  Access for Massachusetts residents only, courtesy of Boston Public Library e-card.

High-quality academic journals from the American Institute of Physics.

Digitized images of the pages of 1000 American magazines and journals published between 1741 and 1940. Titles include Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, the first American professional journals, and several consumer magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, and Ladies' Home Journal. The search interface allows you to search the complete text, including tables of contents. Articles are downloadable in PDF format. Updated daily.

The ASCE Research Library is a comprehensive online tool for locating articles of interest across all disciplines of civil engineering. Includes more than 73,000 full-text papers from ASCE Journals and Proceedings. Approximately 4,000 new papers will be added each year.

Indexes scholarly publications on English, American and Commonwealthliterature, English literature bibliography, and English language and culture. Indexes books, articles, book reviews, essays, published and unpublished dissertations, with some full-text.  Covers 1920 to the present.

An online service of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource offers access to backfiles of up to 100 years, as well as current content from AAA's 32 anthropological publications which includes journals, books, monographs, bulletins and newsletters.

Citations and abstracts from over 1,160 of the world's leading journals in archeology, architecture, dance, music, film and theater, history, humanities, literature, and religion. Cited reference searching allows you to track prior research, see who is citing your work, measure the influence of someone's work, and navigate forward, backward and through the literature of your discipline. Covers 1975-present

Provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues.

Biographies, current and historic, with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers. Pictures, links to vetted websites. Search for people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Some obituaries. Formerly Biography Resource Center.

Access courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System. 

Not-for-profit collaboration bringing together scientific societies, publishers, and libraries to provide access to critical, peer-reviewed research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

Biological Abstracts, the premier database of research in Biology and related disciplines. International coverage of scholarly articles, books and book chapters, meetings and conferences, patents and software. 1969-present, updated weekly.

Historical and current access to the Boston Globe.

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An array of media and information resources about green design. Includes Environmental Building News from 1992 to present, a Green Products directory, and 200 high performance buildings case studies.

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Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included. Detailed author profiles for the 40,000 most-cited authors. Searchable by company and industry also. Includes marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

This resource allows researchers to search for full articles in the Chicago Defender. Searches provide a .pdf of each article as well as an abstract.

The world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 700 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index from 1937 to the most current issues.

The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Full text.

Scholarship in areas related to communication and mass media, including new media, rhetoric, film, broadcasting, and more. Significant full text is available.

Abstracts for more than 1,800 academic journals (730 in full text), professional publications, and other reference sources from a diverse collection relating to computer science.

The new Data Citation Index^SM from Thomson Reuters is designed to be the first single source of data discovery for the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities. Data Citation Index fully indexes a significant number of the world's leading data repositories of critical interest to the scientific community, including over two million data studies and datasets. The records for the datasets, which include authors, institutions, keywords, citations and other metadata, are ten connected to related peer-reviewed literature indexed in the Web of Knowledge^SM.

CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.

Indexing and links to full text for scholarly and professional journals in the criminal justice and related fields.

The American Economic Association's electronic database and the foremost source of references to economic literature. The online heir to the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), EconLit is a reliable source of citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1969. Links to full text and ILL options

ProQuest® Education Journals gives users access to approximately 900 top educational publications, including more than 600 of the titles in full text.

A selection of academic journal articles, hundreds of full-text reports, and reference sources in the field of education, including educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices, from 1980 to the present. Updated daily. 

Scholarly research journals in social sciences including business, information science, management, marketing, economics, information technology, and more.

An electronic version of Macmillan's 8-volume second edition (2003) with entries describing the institutions, people, processes, roles and philosophies found in educational practice in the United States and throughout the world. Features include 121 biographies of influential educators; profiles of historic colleges and universities; profiles of organizations active in the field; and an appendix of full text primary source documents including education related legislation, international treaties and testing methods.

Access courtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System.

Contains citations to journal articles and documents related to education.

Interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.

Facts & Comparisons® contains authoritative and comprehensive drug information with unbiased, reliable information.  In addition to descriptions, generic and commercial names, dosage, warnings, it includes a drug/disease indications database, dosage, body measurement, and general pharmacology calculators, patient handouts, and much more for the health professional, and pharmacy and pharmacology researcher. 

Full-text access to essential federal publications, including the current U.S. Budget, Congressional Record, and Federal Register.

150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. Covers 1976-2001, for more recent articles, use FIAF.

General BusinessFile provides a combination of indexing, abstracts and full text for business and trade publications. Includes directory listings for companies as well as investment analysts' reports on major companies and industries.

Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.

Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE is an informative resource for anyone concerned about our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles, and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.

Not affiliated with NU?  Choose the free web version of GreenFILE.

Access to medical, statistical, health, and related information. Includes periodical articles, pamphlets, news and multimedia content, and the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

From the legal publisher William S. Hein. Provides full text legal documents including regulations and other government publications, reports, Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) and UN Treaty series, and over 1,600 law reviews and journals. 

HeinOnline is available courtesy of the Northeastern School of Law Library.  See a complete description of available documents. 

Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Indexing/abstracting of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955 with links to full text where available.

The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is the nation's premier collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents.
HSDL provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and research reports from various universities, organizations, local agencies and state agencies.

Citations and full text published since 1988 and select content published since 1950 from:
IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines
IEEE conference proceedings
IEE journals
IEE conference proceedings
IEEE standards
IEEE Spectrum Magazine
Proceedings of the IEEE

English-language articles and book reviews on Jewish history, activity and thought in more than 220 journals devoted to Jewish affairs. For students of Jewish thought and others interested in contemporary Jewish and Middle Eastern studies. Journal coverage dates back as far as 1988.
 

The Inspec database provides deep coverage of scientific and technical literature in the field of physics, with additional links to citations in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science, and manufacturing information. It describes articles in more than 3,400 journals, 2,000 conference proceedings as well as books, dissertations and reports.  Links to full text or interlibrary loan options are included for each citaton . Produced by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year. Abstracts are provided for half of all current journal articles and full text availability is continually increasing.

A multidisciplinary view into the study of Jewish civilization from its historical origins to the present. Content within the collection is meant to cover all facets of Judaism and multiple areas of study. Over 350 full-text titles including academic journals, abstracts of monographs, newspapers and periodicals, including complete Jewish Telegraphic Agency wire service articles from 1922 to the present.

Also search with Index to Jewish Periodicals

A trusted digital archive of academic journals and other scholarly content. Most journals include extended historic backfiles and not current issues. Arts and Sciences collections 1 thru XI and XI are available, plus the Life Sciences collection, and Business III.

Arts and Sciences IV content is available courtesy of the Northeastern School of Law Library.

Up-to-date business and legal information is the strength of the LexisNexis Academic service. It allows you to search for newspapers, periodicals, public records, and legal documents, often within 24 hours of publication, and in some cases going back 20 years. Most documents are available in full text.

If you experience problems printing from Lexis Nexis, try one of these solutions:

• Download the article to PDF.   Open and print the PDF.
• Use the browser print button instead of the Lexis-Nexis built in button.

Today's headlines and news stories from international newspapers; RSS feeds also available. Archived for up to 60 days.

A searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 192 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

Over 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings on librarianship, including information management and more extending back as far as the mid-1960s.

London Times access *not including the Sunday edition* from 1785 to 1985. Also known as The Times Digital Archive, and published under the name Times of London.  An invaluable source for primary historical research.

Reviews of research in mathematics, 1940-present. Equivalent of Current Mathematical Publications. Includes a citation database and current awareness using RSS. 

Authoritative information on biomedicine and health, also including some nursing, dentistry, veterinary, health policy, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. The majority of the publications covered are scholarly journals, a small number of newspapers, magazines and newsletters are also included. Created by the National Library of Medicine, and the equivalent of PubMed. This Ebscohost version includes links to NU's full text journals, and can be searched with CINAHL and PsycInfo.

MedlinePlus is the U.S. National Institutes of Health's Web site for authoritative and current consumer health information. Locate information on 800+ diseases and health conditions, prescriptions and OTC drugs, herbs and supplements. Link out to related anatomy and surgery videos, journal articles, clinical trials and patient education handouts. Includes a medical dictionary and an encyclopedia. Directories are available to use in locating hospitals, doctors, organizations, and more. Interactive tutorials, calculators, quizzes and games provide fun ways to learn about health issues and wellness. Produced by the National Library of Medicine. Spanish language version available.

A daily newsletter of concise, translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the media of the 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora.

A core index for the study of literature, folklore, language, and linguistics, with good coverage of many additional cultural forms like film, music, and theater. Contains over 2 million citations to journal articles, books, proceedings, book chapters, and dissertations, dating from 1926 to present.

NCJRS from the US Department of Justice offers extensive reference and referral services to help you find answers to your questions about crime and justice-related research, policy, and practice.

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is the nation's leading private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Its Working Papers have not undergone the review accorded official NBER publications; in particular, they have not been submitted for approval by the Board of Directors. They are intended to make results of NBER research available to other economists in preliminary form to encourage discussion and suggestions for revision before final publication. 1973-present.

Search the full text of The New York Times starting in 1995. (Does NOT include the Book Review.)

The Historical New York Times collection offers both full page and article digital images in PDF format with searchable full text back to the first issue.  Magazine and classifieds included. Go to "Advanced Search"--> "Look up citation" to find a specific article by author, title, page, date and more. 

For nursing students seeking curriculum aides that can support their learning beyond the classroom, Gale's Nursing Resource Center is designed to match the "nursing process" workflow, and facilitates connections between the content and clinical practice. This resource brings together medical titles from Gale and Macmillan with thorough nursing-specific texts from Delmar, part of Cengage Learning. The Nursing Resource Center provides authoritative information written in accessible language for students completing research papers, class assignments, and those preparing for their clinical experiences.

Journals from Oxford University Press.

A bibliographic database with informative author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in the fifteen fields of philosophy, published in journals and books since 1940.

PILOTS is a bibliographic database produced at the headquarters of the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in White River Junction, Vermont, and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its goal is to include citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events. Includes journals, books, book chapters, pamphlets, technical reports, and materials in all languages.

Selected scholarly journals in mathematics (Euclid Prime and Euclid Select titles available).

The Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) is the American Physical Society's online archive for Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, and Physical Review A–E. It contains all APS journal articles published from 1893–2007. Each January, another year is added to the archive.

Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. Includes over 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations.

The American Psychological Association's flagship database of 2.4 million articles, books and other international documents in psychology going back over a century. 98% peer-reviewed!

Open-access version of Medline, the health information clearinghouse from the National Library of Medicine. Includes links to full text for authorized NU affiliates.  Information on supported browsers.

Coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature offers citations and abstracts of articles on international subjects including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments, voice, dance, music therapy.
RILM covers all document types including articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, electronic resources, reviews, and more. Covers 1969 - present.

Science and technology citation and abstract information including original research articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies from over 7,000 journals. Cited reference searching allows you to track prior research, see who is citing your work, measure the influence of someone's work, and navigate forward, backward and through the literature of your discipline. Linked to EndNoteWeb.
Covers 1975 - present

Science Direct is the web site for selected journal titles from the scholarly publisher Elsevier and its affiliates.  Learn how to download articles directly to your mobile device.

A web search engine focusing on scientific information, including web sites, digital archives, and scholarly peer-reviewed journal citations. Supported by Elsevier.

Journals from SIAM.

Citations and abstracts in anthropology, sociology, urban studies, business and communication, criminology, penology, law, nursing, rehabilitation, and library sciences. Cited reference searching allows you to track prior research, see who is citing your work, measure the influence of someone's work, and navigate forward, backward and through the literature of your discipline. Linked to EndNoteWeb.
Covers 1975-present

Social work research is indexed and abstracted in this service, including the family, human services, social welfare, gerontology, support groups, poverty and homelessness and community development. Major areas of coverage include community and mental health services. Articles are from 1980 to the present.

Full text articles about sociology and social work, including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction and more. Covers many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports & sports medicine journals. With full-text coverage dating back to 1985.

Access to selected full text journals

The books, reports, and miscellaneous publications of the Transportation Research Board cover nine general subject categories: planning, administration, and environment; design; materials, construction, and maintenance; operations and safety; aviation; public transit; rail; freight transportation (multimodal); and marine transportation.

Access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.

Available from Dow Jones Factiva. Click on "sources" to limit your results to WSJ articles only.

Citation information and analysis, as well as author abstracts, are available in this multidisciplinary database covering over 10,000 high impact research journals. Cited reference searching allows you to track prior research, see who is citing your work, measure the influence of someone's work, and navigate forward, backward and through the literature of your discipline. Linked to EndNoteWeb.
Covers 1975-present.

An online collection that provides multicultural, global and research-based content that supports research in history from ancient times to the present. World History in Context offers students and researchers  access to a broad collection of scholarly analysis and full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents, including Journal of World History, History Review and The Historian.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. The database is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. Since 2000, development of the serials list has focused on expanding international coverage. As of November 2005 approximately 1,500+ titles are being monitored for coverage; of these, 67% are published outside the United States.