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PhilPapers
A comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. PRI (Philosophy Research Index) is now consolidated with PhilPapers.
Philosopher's Index
The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, logic, and metaphysics, as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Provides extensive coverage, including over 300 full-text journals, of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Social Theory
Offers documents that explore the nature of social behavior and organization. Content by such major theorists as Theodor Adorno, Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Émile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Jürgen Habermas, Robert Merton, Dorothy E. Smith, and Talcott Parsons.
Arts & Humanities Database
Features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies. It is designed to complement the following indexes: ABM, Avery, BHA, BHI, DAAI, Index Islamicus, MLA, Philosopher's Index and RILM.
Humanities Index
(Formerly BHI: British Humanities Index). International abstracts and index for research in the humanities, indexes respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English-speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK.
Humanities International Complete
Full text content of interest to humanities scholars with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
IBZ Online (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature)
A leading international and interdisciplinary bibliography of academic periodical literature in the humanities, social sciences, and related fields.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
The Psychology + Behavioral Sciences Collection is a comprehensive database with nearly 470 full text titles. This database covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry + psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, in psychology. Also includes psychological aspects of related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law.
Historical Abstracts
Scholarship on the history of the world (excluding the US and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Includes world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
MLA International Bibliography
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The leading international index of journals, books, dissertations, and more on literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, and dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.
Essay and General Literature Index
Reference source for records contained in collections of essays, anthologies and other works published in the US, Great Britain, and Canada. Access nearly essays published beginning in 1985 covering the entire range of the humanities and social sciences.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
A full-text collection of major religion and theology journals selected by some of the major religion scholars in the United States. Coverage begins in 1949.
Religion & Philosophy Collection
Provides extensive coverage, including over 300 full-text journals, of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Brepolis Latin Complete
Consists of the Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature, Aristoteles Latinus Database, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Cross Database Search tool, Library of Latin Texts - Series A, and Library of Latin Texts - Series B.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages
Index for resources covering the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400 - 1700).

JSTOR Advanced Search
A trusted archive of scholarly journals, primary sources, and books. Content spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. The most recent 3-5 years of journals are generally not available; this is known as a "moving wall."
Project MUSE
Access full-text, high-quality scholarly content (journals and books) in the humanities and social sciences as published by select leading university presses and scholarly societies.