A-Z Databases

General Databases

Don't know which database to choose? The databases listed below are very good general resources that should help you get started with any topic.

Academic Search Premier
contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
JSTOR Arts & Sciences
JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1 and include previous and unrelated titles.
ScienceDirect
Science Direct is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 3,900 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books. There are currently more than 9.5 million articles/chapters on subjects in the Health & Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social & Behavioral Sciences.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Capital IQ

New

must create your own username and password using your Belmont email address in order to access data

replaces Compustat Research Insight; The S&P Capital IQ platform combines deep and broad global financial intelligence with an array of tools for analysis, ideation, and efficiency.

Tennessean

New

Full Text of the Tennessean from 1812 - current

Transparent Language [TEL]

New

Transparent Languages is an online language learning program and includes audio, video, and interactive activities. More than 25 languages are available, and English Language Learner resources are also available for 10 languages.

A free account is required in order to access this resource.

Popular Databases

The most frequently-used databases

Academic Search Premier

Popular

contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

CINAHL Complete

Popular

Searchable citations for over 5,400 nursing and allied health journals with full text available for more than 1,400. For a full list of the titles available, click here

JSTOR Arts & Sciences

Popular

JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1 and include previous and unrelated titles.

ScienceDirect

Popular

Science Direct is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 3,900 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books. There are currently more than 9.5 million articles/chapters on subjects in the Health & Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social & Behavioral Sciences.

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