Suggested Resources for Cultural Studies

Indexes & Databases to Articles
Good places to start your research ...

Info	Database Name	Access	Database Description
	Academic OneFile		Interdisciplinary index of major academic periodicals
	Academic Search Premier		Interdisciplinary index to academic journals; provides full-content for over 3400 titles

Indexes & Databases to Articles
For further research ...

 

Info	Database Name	Access	Database Description
	Alt-Press Watch		Index and access to fulltext articles from alternative and independent publications.
	Anthropology Plus		Indexes articles in anthropology, archaeology and related disciplines.
	AnthroSource		Online fulltext journals and other serial publications of the American Anthropology Association
	Art Full Text		Indexes and provides abstracts for articles in a wide range of journals in fine arts, art history, architecture, graphic design, photography, and other art-related fields.
	Arts and Humanities Citation Index		Index to articles in arts and humanities fields
	CIOS (Communication Institute for Online Scholarship)		Index to citations (no abstracts) to 30 journals on communication topics.
	Contemporary Authors		Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on approximately 100,000 U.S. and international authors
	Dictionary of Literary Biography		Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
	Ethnic News Watch		Indexes and provides fulltext access to newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic, minority and native presses.
	Gallup Brain		Public opinion results to more than 136,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935.
	Google Scholar -- Public Version		Search engine with focus on academic resources; in beta-testing mode
	Google Scholar -- UMD Students, Faculty & Staff		Locate and access peer-reviewed journal articles and other scholarly sources. This campus version provides full text access to e-journals subscribed to by the UMD Library using . For access to FindIt off campus or on campus using wireless Change Google Scholar Preferences on your computer.
	JSTOR		A full text archive of over 100 journals; often date from first issue; usually don't include most recent 3-5 years.
	MasterFILE Premier		Indexes and contains full text for magazines (and some newspapers) including many popular publications.
	MLA International Bibliography (Proquest CSA)		Index to articles on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore.
	New York Times (Historical Online Archive)		Full page images of the New York Times, from its first issue in 1851 to 2000. Includes digital images of every page from every issue, cover to cover, including the New York Times Book Review.
	New York Times (NewsStand)		Access articles from the New York Times, 1999 - present
	Project Muse		Index and fulltext access to journals in the arts, humanities. social sciences and mathematics.
	PsycINFO		Indexes more than 1,400 journals on psychology, psychiatry, sociology, education, linguistics and physiology.
	RefWorks		An online bibliographic management tool
	SAGE Premier		Provides access to 485+ SAGE journal titles in the social sciences, humanities, medicine, engineering, and physical and life sciences, with backfile to 1999.
	Sociological Abstracts		Indexes articles in sociology and social policy
	Women's Studies International		Provides access to Women's Studies core disciplines and to the latest studies in feminist research.
	WorldCat -- UMD Students, Staff & Faculty		U.S. and International library holdings of books, microfilm, audiovisual materials

 

 

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For searching assistance or help using any of the above databases, contact:

Rory Litwin, Reference Librarian

Email:rlitwin@d.umn.edu

Phone:218 726-7896

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