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List of academic databases and search engines

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This page contains a representative list of major databases and search engines useful in an academic setting for finding and accessing articles in academic journals, or in repositories, archives, or other collections of scientific and other articles. As the distinction between a database and a search engine is unclear for these complex document retrieval systems, see:
  • the general list of search engines for all-purpose search engines that can be used for academic purposes
  • bibliographic databases for information about databases giving bibliographic information about finding books and journal articles.
Note that "free" or "subscription" can refer both to the availability of the database or of the journal articles included. This has been indicated as precisely as possible in the lists below.
Name↓Discipline(s)↓Description↓Access Cost↓Provider(s)↓
Academic Publications eJournalMultidisciplinary science (student based)Student driven research abstracts, posters, articles, science specific search engine, public forum [1]FreeAPeJ search[2]
Academic SearchMultidisciplinarySeveral versions: Complete, Elite, Premier, and Alumni Edition[3]SubscriptionEBSCO Publishing [4]
Aerospace & High Technology DatabaseAerospace, Aeronautics, AstronauticsSubscriptionProQuest[5]
AJOL: African Journals OnLineMultidisciplinaryAfrican journalsFree abstracts; Subscription full-textAfrican Journals OnLine[6]
AgeLineSociology, GerontologyIncludes information on aging-related topics, including economics, public health and policy.SubscriptionEBSCO Publishing[10]
AGRICOLA: Agricultural Online AccessAgricultureFree & SubscriptionProduced by the United States National Agricultural Library. Free access provided by NAL.[7] Subscription access provided by Proquest,[8] OVID.[9]
AGRIS: Agricultural databaseAgricultureCovers agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences and fisheries, human nutrition, extension literature from over 100 participating countries.Material includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more.FreeProduced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://agris.fao.org AGRIS
Airiti IncMultidisciplinaryChina, Taiwan.SubscriptionAiriti Inc[10]
Analytical AbstractsChemistrySubscriptionRoyal Society of Chemistry[11]
Analytical sciences digital libraryAnalytical sciencesFreeNational Science Digital Library and the Analytical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society[12]
Anthropological Index OnlineAnthropologyIndex only (no abstracts or full-text).FreeRoyal Anthropological Institute [13]
Anthropological LiteratureAnthropologySyllaba Press [14]Free to Harvard faculty, staff and students. Subscription for non-Harvard access.Maintained by Harvard University. Non-Harvard access provided by OCLC[15]
eLum Index OnlineAnthropology, Archaeology, SociologyInclude full access to electronic documents (eBooks and eJournals) about Anthropology, Archaeology & Sociology Research in Latin America(full-text).Subscription
ArachneArchaeology, Art historyGerman languageFreeGerman Archaeological Institute & the University of Cologne, administered by Reinhard Foertsch[16]
ArnetminerComputer ScienceOnline service used to index and search academic social networksFreeTsinghua University[17]
Arts & Humanities Citation IndexArts, HumanitiesPart of Web of ScienceSubscriptionThomson Reuters[18]
arXivPhysics, Mathematics, Computer science, Nonlinear sciences, Quantitative biology and StatisticsFreeCornell University[19]
Association for Computing Machinery Digital LibraryComputer Science, EngineeringSubscriptionAssociation for Computing Machinery[20]
Astrophysics Data SystemAstrophysics, Geophysics, PhysicsFreeHarvard University[21]
ATLA Religion DatabaseReligious studiesProvides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issuesSubscription[22]
AULIMP: Air University Library's Index to Military PeriodicalsMilitary ScienceFreeAir University[23]
BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search EngineMultidisciplinaryFreeBielefeld University [24]
Beilstein databaseOrganic chemistrySubscriptionAvailable from Elsevier under the product name Reaxys [25]
Biological AbstractsBiologyA complete collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 journals internationally.SubscriptionAvailable from Thomson Reuters[26]
BioOneBiology, Ecology, and Environmental ScienceAn aggregation of over 78,000 peer-reviewed, full-text articles on current research in Biodiversity Conservation, Biology, Ecology, Plant Sciences, Entomology, Ornithology, and Zoology.Free Abstract & References, Subscription Collections, and an Open Access CollectionAvailable from BioOne[27]
Bioinformatic HarvesterBiology, BioinformaticsA meta search engine for 50 major bioinformatic databases and projects.FreeAvailable from Liebel-Lab [11] KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology [12]
Book Review Index OnlineBook reviewsSubscriptionThomson Gale[28]
Books In PrintBooksSubscriptionR.R. Bowker[29]
Chemical Abstracts ServiceChemistrySubscriptionAmerican Chemical Society[30]
ChemXSeerChemistryFreePennsylvania State University[31]
Chinese Social Science Citation IndexSocial sciencesSubscriptionNanjing University[32]
Cochrane LibraryMedicine, HealthcareIncludes reviews of research to promote evidence-based healthcare.SubscriptionWiley Interscience[33]
CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied HealthNursing, Allied HealthSubscriptionEBSCO[34]
CHBD: Circumpolar Health Bibliographic DatabaseMedicineFreeUniversity of Calgary[35]
Citebase SearchMathematics, Computer science, PhysicsSemi-autonomous citation index of free online researchFreeUniversity of Southampton[36]
CiteSeerComputer ScienceReplaced by CiteSeerX.FreePennsylvania State University[37]
CiteSeerXComputer ScienceFreePennsylvania State University[38]
CogPrints: Cognitive Sciences Eprint ArchivesScience (General)FreeUniversity of Southampton[39]
The Collection of Computer Science BibliographiesComputer scienceFreeAlf-Christian Achilles[40]
CompendexEngineeringElectronic version of Engineering Index.SubscriptionElsevier[41]
Current Index to StatisticsStatisticsLimited free search[42]SubscriptionAmerican Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[43]
Current ContentsMultidisciplinaryPart of Web of Knowledge. Contains 7 discipline-specific subsets.SubscriptionThompson Reuters[44]
Directory of Open Access JournalsJournalsFreeLund University[45]
DBLPComputer scienceComprehensive list of papers from major computer science conferences and journalsFreeUniversity of Trier, Germany
Dotec-ColombiaEconomicsWorking papers and articles about economics in Colombia. More than 5,000 documents from more than 50 institutions in the country. Dotec-Colombia automatically links all documents in RepecFreeDotec-Colombia [46]
EconLitEconomicsThe American Economic Association's electronic database, the world's foremost source of references to economic literature.SubscriptionProduced by the American Economic Association.[47] Available from CSA, DIALOG, OCLC, OVID, and AEA.[48]
EMBASEBiomedicine, PharmacologyBiomedical database with a strong focus on drug and pharmaceutical research.SubscriptionElsevier[49]
ERIC: Educational Resource Information CenterEducationEducation literature and resources. Provides access to over 1.3 million records dating back to 1966.FreeProduced by the United States Department of Education.[50] Also available by subscription from OCLC, CSA.
Food Science and Technology AbstractsFood science, Food technology, NutritionThe world's leading database of information on food science, food technology and nutritionSubscriptionProduced by the International Food Information Service. Access provided by OVID, Web of Knowledge, Dialog, DataStar and STN International[51]
FOREASt: Free Open Resources for East Asian StudiesEast Asian StudiesCovers over 300 free and open access resources for studying China, Japan, and Korea, including online databases, digital collections, and open access journals.FreeInternet East Asian Library[52]
FuseBusiness research papersA business research engine, indexing 728 open-access ejournals and similar open sources. Does not search press releases or trade magazines.FreeFuse[53]
GENESISWomen's historyDescriptions of women's history collections from sources in the UK, as well as women's history websites.FreeLondon Metropolitan University[54]
German Education IndexEducationA bibliographical database that provides comprehensive references to all areas of education.FreeCoordinating Office of the German Education Index[55]
Google ScholarMultidisciplinaryFreeGoogle[56]
GoPubMedMedicineFreeTransinsight GmbH [57]
HubMedMedicineAn alternative interface to the PubMed medical literature databaseFreeAlf Eaton[58]
IEEE XploreComputer Science, Engineering, ElectronicsSubscriptionIEEE [59]
Information Bridge: Department of Energy Scientific and Technical InformationMultidisciplinaryThe Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information provides free public access to over 266,000 full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature. Documents are primarily from 1991 forward and were produced by DOE, the DOE contractor community, and/or DOE grantees. Legacy documents are added as they become available in electronic format.FreeUnited States Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information[60]
InformitMultidisciplinaryAustralasian aggregator of bibliographic databases and journalsN/ARMIT Publishing[61]
InfotopiaMultidisciplinaryUnited States search engine of academic sites approved by librarians, teachers, and consortiaFreeDr. Michael Bell[62]
IngentaConnectMultidisciplinaryFree searching; Subscription full-textIngenta[63]
Indian citation Index (ICI)MultidisciplinarySubscription Bibliographical, full-textICI[64]
InspecPhysics, Engineering, Computer ScienceThe leading bibliographic database providing abstracts and indexing to the world's scientific and technical papers in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computing, information technology, manufacturing, production, and mechanical engineering.SubscriptionIET[65]
Interred educational search engineMultidisciplinaryIs a semantic web search engine for education.FreeInterred[66]
InTechOpenMultidisciplinaryOpen access books and journals in science, technology and medicine.FreeInTech[67]
International Directory of PhilosophyPhilosophyContains information on university philosophy departments and programs, philosophical societies, research centers, journals, and philosophy publishers around the world.SubscriptionPhilosophy Documentation Center[68]
IntuteMultidisciplinaryServes students, teachers, and researchers in UK further education and higher education, offering a selection of around 300,000 academic websites which have been hand-picked and described by subject specialists.FreeIntute[69]
IntwineArts and HumanitiesAllows the searching of the full-text of all academic websites catalogued by the Intute arts and humanities service from 2005–2010.FreeIntwine[70]
JournalSeekMultidisciplinaryOpen access journals in different languageLinks to journal's home page and publishersJournalSeek[71]
JSTOR: Journal StorageMultidisciplinary (Historical)SubscriptionJSTOR[72]
JURNArts and HumanitiesSearch and retrieve the full-text of over 3,600 scholarly ejournals in the arts and humanities.FreeJURN[73]
MathSciNetMathematicsAvailable in print as Mathematical ReviewsSubscriptionAmerican Mathematical Society[74]
MedlinePlusMedicineFreeProduced by the United States National Library of Medicine, the United States National Institutes of Health, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services[75]
MendeleyMultidisciplinaryThe Mendeley research catalog is a crowdsourced database of research documents. Researchers have uploaded nearly 100M documents into the catalog with additional contributions coming directly from subject repositories like Pubmed Central and Arxiv.org or web crawls.FreeMendeley[76]
Merck IndexChemistry, Biology, PharmacologyAlso available in print.SubscriptionProduced by Merck & Co.. Available from CambridgeSoft Corporation, Dialog, Knovel, MedicinesComplete, STN International[77]
Meteorological and Geoastrophysical AbstractsMeteorology, Astrophysics, GeologySubscriptionProduced by the American Meteorological Society. Available from Dialog[78] and CSA.[79]
Microsoft Academic SearchComputer Science and a limited extent on information scienceProvides many innovative ways to explore scientific papers, conferences, journals, and authors[80]FreeMicrosoft
NBER: National Bureau of Economic ResearchEconomicsFreeNational Bureau of Economic Research[81]
National Criminal Justice Reference Service[82]Criminology, SociologyAbstracts of scholarly journal articles, agency and NGO reports, and conference proceedingsFreeUnited States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs[83]
National Diet Library CollectionMultidisciplinaryJapanese. Catalog for the National Library of Japan.N/ANational Diet Library[84]
OAIsterMultidisciplinaryFreeOCLC [85]
Odysci Academic SearchComputer Science, Electrical Engineering and related research topicsA web portal for academic search and rank and technical collaboration, in the computer science, electrical engineering and related research topics.FreeOdysci [86]
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE)MultidisciplinaryProvides Searching and Browsing of Open Access JournalsFreeOpen Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE).[87]
Open J-GateJournalsIndex of open access journalsFreeInformatics India Ltd.[88]
OpenSIGLEGrey literatureIndexes European grey literature.FreeInstitut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique[89]
Philosophy Documentation Center eCollectionApplied ethics, Philosophy, Religious studiesJournals, series, conference proceedings, and other works from several countries.SubscriptionPhilosophy Documentation Center[90]
Philosophy Research IndexPhilosophyIndex of books, journals, disserations, and other documentsSubscriptionPhilosophy Documentation Center[91]
PhilPapersPhilosophyFreePhilPapers[92]
POIESIS: Philosophy Online SerialsPhilosophyJournals and seriesSubscriptionPhilosophy Documentation Center [93]
PsycINFOPsychologyThe largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.6 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the early 19th century.SubscriptionProduced by the APA.[94] Available from several database vendors.[95]
PubMedMedicineFreeNational Institutes of Health and the U.S. National Library of Medicine[96]
PubChemChemistryFreeNational Center for Biotechnology Information and the U.S. National Library of Medicine [97]
Readers' Guide to Periodical LiteratureJournals and MagazinesCoverage: 1983–present.SubscriptionH. W. Wilson Company[98]
Reader's Guide Retrospective: 1890–1982Journals and MagazinesSubscriptionH. W. Wilson Company[99]
RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsEconomicsFreeVolunteer Collaboration [100]
Rock's BackpagesMusicPrimary documents from the history of rock and rollSubscription. Limited free access with registration.Backpages Limited[101]
SafetyLit[102]MultidisciplinaryCitations and abstracts of journal articles and reports from researchers working in the more than 35 distinct professional disciplines (architecture - zoology) relevant to preventing unintentional injuries, violence, and self-harm.FreeSan Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health[103] and the World Health Organization, Department of Violence and Injury Prevention[104]
Science.govMultidisciplinaryA gateway to government science information and research results. Science.gov provides a search of over 45 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information with just one query, and is a gateway to over 2000 scientific Websites.FreeScience.gov Alliance, 18 scientific and technical organizations from 14 federal agencies that contribute to Science.gov. United States Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information serves as the operating agent for Science.gov.[105]
Science AcceleratorMultidisciplinaryA gateway to results of DOE research and development and major R&D accomplishments of interest to DOE.FreeUnited States Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information.[106]
Science Citation IndexScience (General)Part of Web of ScienceSubscriptionThompson Reuters[107]
ScienceDirectMultidisciplinarySubscriptionElsevier[108]
ScirusScience (General)FreeElsevier[109]
ScopusMultidisciplinarySubscriptionElsevier[110]
SearchTeamMultidisciplinaryStudents search together collaboratively for scholarly articles and resourcesFreeZakta[111]
SeDiCI UNLP [112]MultidisciplinaryJournal articles, conferences' proceedings, theses, pictures and all the Intellectual Creation from the National University of La PlataFreeNational University of La Plata[113]
Social Science Citation IndexSocial sciencePart of Web of ScienceSubscriptionThompson Reuters[114]
Socol@r: SocolarMultidisciplinaryScholarly open access resources in different languageFree abstracts; Links to full-textSocolar[115]
SSRN: Social Science Research NetworkSocial scienceContains an abstracts database and a electronic paper collection, arranged by discipline.FreeSocial Science Electronic Publishing, Inc.[116]
SSRRN: Social Science Research Resources NetworkSocial scienceIndexes datasets and statistical codesFreeSocial Science Research Resources Network =[117]
SPIRES-HEPPhysics, (High Energy)FreeStanford Linear Accelerator Center & partners [118]
SpringerLinkMultidisciplinaryFree abstract & preview; Subscription full-textSpringer [119]
TDG ScholarComputer science scholarly articlesFreeThe Distributed Group[120]
UdemyMultidisciplinaryAllows anyone to teach and learn online through videos, webinars, forums, and more.FreeUdemy
Ulrich's Periodicals DirectoryPeriodicals]SubscriptionProquest[121]
VADLOBiomedicine, Life scienceCategories indexed: Protocols, Online tools, Powerpoints, Databases, SoftwareFreeVADLO[122]
Web of KnowledgeMultidisciplinaryIncludes other products, such as Web of Science, Biological Abstracts & The Zoological RecordSubscriptionThomson Reuters[123]
Web of ScienceScience (General)Includes other products, such as Social Science Citation Index & Science Citation Index.SubscriptionThomson Reuters[124]
WestLawLaw (General)SubscriptionThomson Reuters
WorldCatMultidisciplinaryUnified catalog of member libraries' catalogsFree & SubscriptionOCLC[125]
WorldWideScienceMultidisciplinaryWorldWideScience is a global science gateway composed of national and international scientific databases and portals. WorldWideScience accelerates scientific discovery and progress by providing one-stop searching of databases from around the world. Multilingual WorldWideScience provides real-time searching and translation of globally dispersed multilingual scientific literature.FreeThe WorldWideScience Alliance, a multilateral partnership, consists of participating member countries and provides the governance structure for WorldWideScience. United States Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information serves as the operating agent for WorldWideScience.[126]
Zasshi Kiji Sakuin: Japanese Periodicals IndexJournalsJapanese.N/ANational Diet Library's Online Catalog,[127] MagazinePlus,[128] CiNii[129]
Zentralblatt MATHMathematicsFirst three records free without subscription.SubscriptionSpringer Science+Business Media[130]
The Zoological RecordZoologyUnofficial register of scientific names & papers in Zoology. Coverage 1864–present.SubscriptionThompson Reuters[131]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ List of EBSCO databases
  4. ^ Academic Search Complete
  5. ^ Aerospace & High Technology Database
  6. ^ African Journals Online (AJOL)
  7. ^ AGRICOLA (NAL Catalog)
  8. ^ AGRICOLA (Proquest)
  9. ^ AGRICOLA (Ovid)
  10. ^ Airiti Inc
  11. ^ Analytical Abstracts
  12. ^ Analytical Sciences Digital Library
  13. ^ Anthropological Index Online
  14. ^ eLum Index Online
  15. ^ Anthropological Literature
  16. ^ Arachne
  17. ^ Arnetminer.org
  18. ^ Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  19. ^ arXiv.org
  20. ^ Association for Computing Machinery
  21. ^ Astrophysics Data System
  22. ^ ATLA Catalog
  23. ^ AULIMP
  24. ^ BASE
  25. ^ [3]
  26. ^ Biological Abstracts at Thomson Reuters
  27. ^ [4]
  28. ^ Book Review Index Online
  29. ^ Books In Print
  30. ^ Chemical Abstracts Service
  31. ^ ChemXSeer
  32. ^ Chinese Social Science Citation Index (in English)
  33. ^ Cochrane Library
  34. ^ CINAHL
  35. ^ Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database
  36. ^ CiteBase
  37. ^ CiteSeer
  38. ^ CiteSeerX
  39. ^ Cogprints
  40. ^ The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
  41. ^ Compendex
  42. ^ Current Index to Statistics: Limited Free Search
  43. ^ Current Index to Statistics
  44. ^ Current Contents
  45. ^ Directory of Open Access Journals
  46. ^ www.dotec-colombia.org
  47. ^ EconLit
  48. ^ EconLit access providers
  49. ^ EMBASE
  50. ^ ERIC
  51. ^ Food Science and Technology Abstracts
  52. ^ [5]
  53. ^ FUSE
  54. ^ GENESIS
  55. ^ [6]
  56. ^ Google Scholar
  57. ^ GoPubMed
  58. ^ HubMed
  59. ^ IEEE Xplore
  60. ^ Information Bridge
  61. ^ Informit
  62. ^ Infotopia
  63. ^ IngentaConnect
  64. ^ [7]
  65. ^ INSPEC
  66. ^ Interred
  67. ^ InTech
  68. ^ [8]
  69. ^ Intute
  70. ^ Intwine
  71. ^ [9]
  72. ^ JSTOR
  73. ^ JURN
  74. ^ MathSciNet
  75. ^ MedlinePlus
  76. ^ Mendeley Research Catalog
  77. ^ Online versions of the Merck Index
  78. ^ Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts at DIALOG
  79. ^ Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts at CSA
  80. ^ Microsoft Academic Search Help
  81. ^ National Bureau of Economic Research
  82. ^ NCJRS Library
  83. ^ NCJRS
  84. ^ Japanese National Diet Library Collection in English
  85. ^ OAIster
  86. ^ Odysci Academic Search
  87. ^ Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE)
  88. ^ Open J-Gate
  89. ^ OpenSIGLE
  90. ^ Philosophy Documentation Center
  91. ^ Philosophy Documentation Center
  92. ^ PhilPapers: Philosophy Online
  93. ^ Philosophy Documentation Center
  94. ^ PsycInfo
  95. ^ PsycINFO vendors list
  96. ^ PubMed
  97. ^ PubChem
  98. ^ Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
  99. ^ Reader's Guide Retrospective: 1890–1982
  100. ^ RePEc
  101. ^ Rock's Backpages
  102. ^ SafetyLit
  103. ^ SDSU-GSPH
  104. ^ World health Organization
  105. ^ Science.gov
  106. ^ Science Accelerator
  107. ^ Science Citation Index
  108. ^ ScienceDirect
  109. ^ Scirus
  110. ^ Scopus
  111. ^ PRWeb.com. "SNew Social Search Engine Lets People Search the Web Together With Friends". http://www.prweb.com/releases/SearchTeam/CollaborativeSearch/prweb8594099.htm/. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  112. ^ SeDiCI
  113. ^ UNLP
  114. ^ Social Science Citation Index
  115. ^ Socolar (Socol@r)
  116. ^ Social Science Research Network
  117. ^ SSRRN: Social Science Research Resources Network
  118. ^ SPIRES-HEP
  119. ^ SpringerLink
  120. ^ TDG Scholar
  121. ^ Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
  122. ^ VADLO
  123. ^ Web of Knowledge
  124. ^ Web of Science
  125. ^ WorldCat
  126. ^ WorldWideScience
  127. ^ Zasshi Kiji Sakuin (at NDL)
  128. ^ Zasshi Kiji Sakuin (at MagazinePlus)
  129. ^ Zasshi Kiji Sakuin (at CiNii)
  130. ^ Zentralblatt MATH
  131. ^ Zoological Record
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