Articles
Find Periodicals
Most of the periodicals that the library receives are electronic and can be found in our research databases.
If you know a specific article you want to find, you can use the catalog’s article search. Otherwise, begin by using the resources listed here.
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Research Databases
The research databases contain information on a wide range of subjects.
They include articles from peer-reviewed journals, popular magazines, and newspapers.
A–Z Database List
This dropdown menu contains an alphabetical list of the available databases.
To see a complete description of each database, use this link:
- Research Databases
See our entire suite of available research databases.
Quick Links
These links will help you find specific types of database or specific journal titles.
- Current Events Databases
See a list of research databases containing sources such as newspapers and news blogs.
- Multidisciplinary Databases
These databases contain a wide range of subject matter and may be useful for almost any research project.
- Search Journals
Looking for a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper title? Search here to find out if NWOSU provides full-text coverage.
Database Providers
These links will take you to the online platforms of our major database providers, from which you can get direct access to their resources.
- All EBSCOhost Databases
Use this to search multiple EBSCO databases at once.
EBSCOhost is an intuitive online research platform used by thousands of institutions and millions of users worldwide. With quality databases and search features, EBSCOhost helps researchers of all kinds find the information they need fast.
- JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library for scholars, researchers, and students.
We subscribe to three multidisciplinary collections through JSTOR. Select See more info to learn about these collections. - Mometrix eLibrary
Put simply, our Mometrix eLibrary delivers the most comprehensive list of study guides and practice questions on the market, all at your fingertips. Mometrix eLibrary is a cloud-based web application that gives your organization access to our entire database of test preparation materials.
Open-Access Databases
These scholarly databases are freely available on the internet.
- Directory of Open Access Journals
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high-quality open-access, peer-reviewed journals.
- Elsevier Open Access
All articles in open-access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
- Project Euclid Open Access
Project Euclid’s mission is to provide powerful, low-cost online hosting and publishing services for theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics scholarship worldwide.
- Project MUSE Open Access
Project MUSE offers complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals and books from many of the world’s leading university presses and scholarly societies.
- PubMed Central
PubMed Central (PMC) is a free, full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). In keeping with NLM’s legislative mandate to collect and preserve the biomedical literature, PMC serves as a digital counterpart to NLM’s extensive print journal collection.
- Retraction Watch
Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process.
Retraction Watch is an open-access database of peer-reviewed articles that have been retracted, or about which concern has been formally expressed. Database entries contain citation information, the article’s current status, and the reasons why the article has been retracted or is considered questionable.
