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Name		Scholarly?	Full-Text?
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)	info	some	some
Academic Search Premier is a giant database that covers more than 8,000 journals, 85% of which are peer-reviewed and over 55% are full text, and full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. It covers a wide variety of disciplines.
JSTOR	info	most	most
JSTOR provides the searchable full text of the backfiles (at least 3 years old) of many of the core research and academic society published journals in almost all subject areas, but its emphasis is in the humanities and social sciences. The majority of JSTOR’s content is academic and peer-reviewed.
Humanities Abstracts and Retrospective	info	some	some
Provides indexing for journals covering fields such as archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, and theology. Coverage is from 1907-present.
General OneFile	info	some	some
Source for news and full text articles on business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)	info	most	none
Find journal articles in the arts & humanities. Many different subject areas covered including: art, classics, linguistics, literature, music, poetry, and religion. Use the citation maps feature to find out who has been citing an article. 1975-present.

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LexisNexis Academic	info	some	all
Covers over 6,000 news, business and legal sources, including federal and state cases and codes.
Oxford Scholarship Online	info	n/a	all
Complete text of over 1,800 Oxford books.
Project Muse	info	some	most
Full-text access to a selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.
Pop Culture Universe	info	n/a	all
Provides information on American and world popular culture, past and present without the bias, advertising, suggestive content, or questionable authorship of commercial or fan sites.
Cambridge Companions	info	n/a	all
The Cambridge Companions is a collection of full-text, scholarly reviewed essay anthologies on a range of topics in literature, the classics, philosophy, culture and religion. The collection is best for searching on particular authors, movements, eras and works.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context	info	some	most
Is a full-text resource covering today's hottest social issues. It contains pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, and more.
Philosopher`s Index	info	most	none
Philosopher's Index is the premier database for scholarly research in all areas of philosophy.