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Find Articles: Multidisciplinary Indexes and Databases

Many of the indexes and databases to which the Mount Allison Libraries subscribe are discipline-specific. However, many are multidisciplinary -- that is, they cover more than one subject area. Each of the databases and indexes listed on this page covers a wide array of subjects.

(R) = Restricted to authorized MTA University users
(FT) = Includes or links to Full Text articles
 
Adam Matthew Digital (FT) (R)
Description and Access:

Eight collections offering manuscripts and rare printed sources:

1. China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980
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2. Defining Gender, 1450-1910, Online
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3. Eighteenth Century Journals I & II
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4. Empire Online
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5. Mass Observation Online
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6. Medieval Travel Writing
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7. Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007
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Alt-PressWatch (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: Full-text access to over 210 publications of the alternative and independent presses. Good source for book reviews.
Years indexed: 1970 to present. Varies by title.
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ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (Swetswise)(FT) (R)
Description: A collection of journals published by members of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). Access is delivered through Swets. The collection is comprised of 696 journal titles by 52 publishers. This is a multidisciplinary collection covering subject areas in the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences.
Years indexed: Varies by title
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Knowledge) (R)
Description: Indexes over 1,140 arts and humanities journals, covering archaeology, art, classics, drama, film, folklore, history, language, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, religion and others.
Years indexed: 1989 to present. Citation searching from 1975.
Updated weekly (Friday a.m.)
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On-campus | Off-campus | Journal List
Blackwell Synergy merged with Wiley Interscience 1 July 2008 (FT) (R)
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See Wiley Interscience below.
Book Review Digest
Description: Provides a summary of English-language fiction and non-fiction books published in Canada, U.S. and Great Britain, in the humanities, social sciences and general science, with excerpts of reviews from journals and magazines.
Years indexed: 1905 to present. Updated monthly, with annual cumulation.
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Z 1035 A1 B73 REF
Cairn (FT) (R)
Description: Collection of French-language periodicals in the social sciences and humanities disciplines. The primary subject areas covered by the collection are history, psychology, economics, political science and sociology.
Years indexed: 2001 - current
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Cambridge Journals Online (FT) (R)
Description: Over 220 peer-reviewed journals published by Cambridge University Press and covering all subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences. 
Years indexed: Varies by title
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Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: CBCA Complete is Canada's largest database of articles and other publications from a broad range of Canadian sources.  Covers current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information on a wide range of topics, produced in Canada. Includes over 500 periodicals and daily news sources (over 480 of which are Canadian), plus indexing to an additional 1,100 other titles (over 95% Canadian).
Years indexed: 1971 - present (full-text 1985 - present). Varies by title.
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Canadian Periodicals (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: Periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues in arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, and current affairs. Includes several key Canadian literature journals.
Years indexed: Varies by title
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Directory of Open Access Journals ( FT )
Description: Directory of free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals covering all subjects and languages.
Years indexed: Varies by title.
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http://www.doaj.org
HighWire Press - Stanford University Library ( FT )
Description: A division of the Stanford University Libraries. Hosts the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content. Covers the life sciences, medical sciences, physical sciences and social sciences. Now includes 29 Humanities and Social Science Duke UP titles.
Years indexed: Varies to present. Updated continuously.
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Humanities Index ( R )
Description: Indexes over 350 scholarly journals and some specialized magazines in the fields of archaeology and classical studies, art and photography, folklore, history, journalism and communications, language and literature, performing arts, philosophy, and religious studies.
Years indexed: 1907 to present. Updated quarterly.
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1907-1984: AI 3 S673 REF
1984 to present: Licence cancelled - September 30, 2009
Ingenta (formerly CARL Uncover) ( FT )
Description: A multidisciplinary index to over 5,000,000 articles from over 11,000 publications in all fields.
Years indexed: Varies by title
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InteLex Past Masters (FT) (R)
Description: Past Masters includes 117 full-text humanities databases that make available cohesive collections of editions, in both original language and in English translation, of seminal figures in the humanities and social sciences. Past Masters titles are usually comprised of the complete works of individual authors.
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JSTOR (Arts & Sciences Collections I - VIII) (FT) (R)
Description: Full-text archive of journals in the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences. Current and recent volumes (last 2 to 5 years) not available for most titles. 
Years indexed: Varies by title; complete run for most titles excluding last 2-5 years.
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LexisNexis Academic (FT) (R)
Description: Includes U.S., Canadian and international news, magazines and journals, business, medical, and legal information, polls and surveys, country profiles, biographical information and more.
Years indexed: Varies by Title
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Oxford Journals Online (FT) (R)
Description: Fulltext access to 170+ scholarly journals published by Oxford University Press.
Years indexed: Varies by titles (all have archives to 2002; some titles to 1995)
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Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) (FT) (R)
Description:

PAO provides access to international, scholarly literature in the humanities and social sciences disciplines from 1802 to 1995 in thirty-seven subject areas. The database combines six separate collections (I - VI) together comprising 500 full-run titles (including over 60 non-English titles) spanning 200 years. Please note that Collection 7 is not included.

Years indexed: 1802 - 1995 (varies by title)
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Project Muse (FT) (R)
Description: Full-text access to the Project Muse Standard Collection of peer-reviewed journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Also serves as an index to addtional Humanities and Social Sciences journals not included in the Standard Collection.
Years indexed: 1963 - present (varies by title, emphasis on recent years).
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On-campus | Off-campus | List of journals
ProQuest Databases (all) (FT) (R)
Description: Search all ProQuest databases simultaneously (ABI, AltPress Watch, Canadian Newsstand Atlantic and Major Dailies, Canadian Periodicals, Canadian Research Index, CBCA Complete, Philosopher's Index and Research Library), covering a wide variety of subjects from academic journals, popular press magazines and newspapers.
Years indexed: Varies by title
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Research Library (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: Broad coverage of a wide range of subject areas, including arts, business, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Includes scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers.
Years indexed: 1971 - present. Varies by title.
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Sage Journals Online (FT) (R)
Description:

SAGE Journals Online provides online access to the full text of more than 560 SAGE journals. The SAGE Full-Text Collections, SAGE's discipline-specific research databases, are now integrated into SAGE Journals Online.

Years indexed: varies by title
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Science Direct (FT) (R)
Description: Index to over 2,500 peer-reviewed journals in science, social science and humanities. Includes over 9 million full text articles. To search full text titles only, select "Subscribed sources" from the "Source" drop down menu (please note: full text is not available for all years or all journals. If you are asked for a user name and password, the article you are requesting is not available via Science Direct).
Years indexed:

Varies by title.

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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Knowledge) ( R )
Description: Indexes over 1,725 journals in the social sciences covering anthropology, history, industrial relations, law, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, political science, sociology, women's studies, etc.
Years indexed: 1989 to the present. Citation searching from 1956.
Updated weekly (Friday a.m.)
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On-campus | Off-campus | Journal list
Social Sciences Index
Description: Formerly Social Sciences & Humanities Index, International Index, etc.). Index to over 350 English-language journals in the social sciences.
Years indexed: 1907 to 1984
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AI 3 .S672 REF
Taylor & Francis Online (SSH Collection) (FT) (R)
Description: Includes all Taylor & Francis Social Sciences and Humanities journals.  Covers Arts and Humanities, Business and Management, Economics, Education and Social Sciences. 
Years indexed: January 1997 - present
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WEB of KNOWLEDGE ( R )
Description: Indexes 8,500 journals cover to cover. Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. See entries for individual Indexes for more details.
Years indexed: 1989 to present. Weekly updates.
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Wiley Interscience (now includes Blackwell titles) (FT) (R)
Description: Wiley Interscience provides access to the electronic journals published by Wiley (1997 onwards) and also includes titles that used to be published by Blackwell Synergy which recently merged Wiley.   Subject areas covered include:  business, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental science, education, engineering, humanities, law, the life sciences, mathematics and statistics, medicine and healthcare, physics and astronomy, polymers and materials science, psychology, and the social sciences.
Years indexed: Indexing coverage varies. Fulltext articles are generally available for 1997-present. Updated continuously.
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WorldCat Local
Description:

WorldCat Local is a discovery tool that allows you to search for books, journals, magazines, newspapers, videos and DVDs, and musical recordings and scores available at the Mount Allison Libraries and at Libraries around the world. WorldCat Local also permits simultaneous book and article searching (searching some, but not all, library databases).

Note: WorldCat Local does not offer all of the same search functionality available in the Library Catalogue. It also does not provide access to all ebooks or to all of the online content (such as online government publications) accessible through the library catalogue. Please see WorldCat FAQs page for more details

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