Databases
General
- Academic Search Complete Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study. Off-campus access is also available.(Available to Kent State authorized users)
- ArticleFirst (OCLC) Index to articles from over 12,000 journals. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Book Review Digest Plus, Book Review Digest Retro Book reviews dating back to the early 20th century. Off-campus access is also available. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Books in Print Provides complete bibliographic information for more than 7.5 million in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming book, e-book, audio, and video titles. Includes some tables of contents, annotations, publisher reviews, cover images, and author biographies. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- CHOICE Reviews Online Publishes reviews of books, electronic media, and internet sources in all disciplines. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Dissertations & Theses Full Text The most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world dating back to 1743 with full text from those added since 1997. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Dissertations and Theses A&I Index to doctoral dissertations and master's theses from North America and Europe. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Fiction Connection Provides summaries and book reviews (from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, etc.) for works of fiction. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Foundation Directory Online Provides information on grantmakers and their grants. Includes nearly 100,000 foundations, corporate giving programs, and grant making public charities in the U.S.; information on more than 1.9 million recently awarded grants; and a keyword-searchable data. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Humanities Full Text Humanities Full Text™ includes access to articles from over 300 academic journals in the humanities dating back to 1995, and high-quality indexing for almost 700 journals—of which 470 are peer-reviewed—dating as far back as 1984. The database provides coverage of feature articles, interviews, bibliographies, obituaries, and original works of fiction, drama, poetry and book reviews, as well as reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, radio and television programs, plays, operas, and more. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- ISI Web of Knowledge Portal to Web of Science, the renowned citation database, and other high quality, diversified scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- MasterFILE Premier Provides full text for over 1,900 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more. Off-campus access is also available. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online Historical primary sources (newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets, maps, etc.) from the 19th century with current collections on diplomacy and cultural exchange, politics and society, theater, music, literature, and popular culture. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Non-Fiction Connection Provides summaries and book reviews (from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, etc.) for non-fiction works. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Complete one-stop source for information on social issues, providing the pros and cons for topical issues. Off-campus access is also available. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Oxford Bibliographies Offers bibliographies (research guides) in the fields of American Literature, Medieval Studies, Renaissance and Reformation, and Victorian Literature. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Periodicals Archive Online Contains the full text for hundreds of arts, humanities, and social sciences journals. The library currently has access to collections 7 and 8. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Points of View Reference Center Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments, and writing position papers. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Publishers Directory U.S. and Canadian publishing operations. Includes contact information and descriptions of publishers and distributors of books, classroom materials, prints, reports, and databases. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Readers' Guide Full text, Readers' Guide Retro Provides indexing to articles in popular journals dating back to the early 1880s and full text from the early 1990s. Off-campus access is also available. (Available to Kent State authorized users).
- SAGE Research Methods Online SAGE Research Methods Online (SRMO) is a research tool supported by a newly devised taxonomy that links content and methods terms. It provides the most comprehensive picture available today of research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) across the social and behavioural sciences. (Available to Kent State authorized users).
- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory Contains information on currently published as well as discontinued periodicals. Includes magazines, journals, newsletters, newspapers, conference proceedings, and electronic publications. (Available to Kent State authorized users).
Subject-Oriented
(These are a few important resources. For a breakdown of all resources by subject area please see our Subject Guides webpage)
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index (ISI Web of Science) Index and cited references for articles in the arts and humanities. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Business Source Complete Provides full text for over 2,710 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- ComAbstracts Contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field. No other electronic resource on the world wide web provides more comprehensive coverage of the communication discipline's scholarship. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Dictionary of Literary Biography Includes essays on more than 6,000 authors and presents bibliographic information about each author's writings as well as sources for further reading. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Education Abstracts Covers 400 international periodicals, yearbooks, and book series in education addressing a wide variety of topics. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Oxford Music Online Includes full-text of the the Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.), Grove Music Online, the Oxford Companion to Music (2002 revision) and the Oxford Dictionary of Music (2nd ed. rev.). (Available to KSU authorized users)
- Humanities International Complete Index and abstracts to articles from diverse subject areas within the humanities. (Available to authorized Kent State Stark users)
- Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe An important service providing News, Business, Legal Research, and Medical information. Off-campus access is also available. (Available to Kent State authorized users)
- Lexis/Nexis Congressional Universe Comprehensive service for U.S. legislative information.
- Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys Provides industry information and economic trends on 52 major U.S. industries and quick reviews of conditions and the current investment perspective on more than 115 market sectors. (Available to authorized Kent State Stark users)
- WestlawNext Campus Research Contains legal research materials for federal and state laws, case law, law reviews, as well as news, including access to a dozen Ohio newspapers and journals. (Available to authorized Kent State Stark users)