A-Z Databases

Popular Databases

The most frequently-used databases

Academic Search Complete

Popular

Index to articles of general academic interest. Some full text.

Google Scholar

Popular

Scholarly results from Google, including citation counts and journal metrics. Link is proxy-enabled to access journal articles in the MSU collections from off-campus (when available).

JSTOR

Popular

Collection of multidisciplinary academic journals, books and primary sources. Recent issues not always available. Full text.
JSTOR Tutorial

ProQuest Central

Popular

Multidisciplinary database covering many subject areas. Includes scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports & videos.

ScienceDirect

Popular

Database of more than 1400 scientific journals. Recent years of about half of the journals are available in full text.

New / Trial Databases

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

IBISWorld

Trial

Trial available until May 15th.
Detailed reports on over 1,300 US industries that include: supply chain information, historical and forecasted revenue data, operating strengths and weaknesses, analysis of external drivers, the competitive landscape and major players, and industry ratios.

World Politics Review

Trial

Contains articles written by a network of more than 400 contributors from around the world, including subject-matter experts from journalism, research organizations, academia, government, and elsewhere. This database currently has thousands of articles in its archives, and produces more than 75,000 words of original content per month.