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Selected Databases

Issue/Topic Databases

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, non-biased reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world.
SIRS Issues Researcher This link opens in a new window
Research the pros and cons of current issues and enduring social issues through full-text articles, multimedia, primary sources, government documents and reference materials.

General Purpose Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Combines 39 single databases into a large academic research resource with access to millions of full-text articles from thousands of scholarly journals
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Includes access to the Arts & Sciences I, Life Sciences, and Religion & Theology collections.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Warning: Only articles & journals with the "open lock" icon are available for use.

Newspaper Article Databases

U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Provides access to US newspapers including The New York Times (from 1980), the Wall Street Journal (from 1984) as well as local NC newspapers from Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, and Charlotte.
International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), Financial Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications. Includes Asian, Australia & New Zealand, European, Latin American, and Middle East & African Newsstream databases and is part of ProQuest Central. To access Canadian Newsstream, go to ProQuest Central, click on the change databases tab, and then select "Canadian Newsstream."

Find Literature Articles

These resources are your first stop for English & literature articles.

Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window Articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window Produced by the Modern Language Association, this database contains millions of abstracts from journals and linked full-text when available.
Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window Provides online access to 400 contemporary specialist arts titles combined with journals from related fields including art, women’s studies, sociology, cultural studies, and others.
Linguistics Database This link opens in a new window This database includes full-text journals and other sources in linguistics, covering all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

Summon / Databases A-Z

Two other ways to access articles and online library resources:

1. Search all our databases at once with Summon.

Summon provides a single unified search across journals, magazines, newspapers, eBooks, streaming video, images, and research guides. Note: it does not provide access to our physical collections; to find a print book or DVD, search the library catalog. For more about Summon and how to use it, click here.

2. Access individual databases

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