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Best Databases to Start Your Research

Start your research with these databases or explore the guide for more in-depth information. Contact your librarian with any questions or for a personalized introduction to the library!
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SLUth - Search Plus This link opens in a new window
A multi-disciplinary "one-search" discovery search tool covering over 50 databases, the SLU Library Catalog, and journal content from multiple publishers.
ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry and ABI/INFORM Dateline. Indexes and abstracts thousands of journals, trade publications, and regional and local business publications in all areas of business and management, many with an international focus. Some full text is available for many of the publications. This database is part of the Brepolis Latin Complete database collection. 3 simultaneous users.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
1991-present. Excellent source for theory and research in international affairs. Includes scholarly journal articles, policy briefs, conference proceedings, working papers from university research institutes, videos, and more.
Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
1910-present. Search for topics such as criminal justice, criminal law, corrections, prisons, police, policing, and more from important criminal justice magazines and journals.
GeoRef This link opens in a new window
Covers the geology of North America from 1666 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present.
Global Health This link opens in a new window
1973-present. This international public health database brings together content from several sources to cover developed and developing countries on topics of concern to public health.
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) This link opens in a new window
Primarily 2002-present with some earlier. Search over 100,000 full-text documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management from a wide variety of sources.
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Search the premier database for research in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science and related disciplines for articles, proceedings, and standards.
Military and Intelligence Database Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs.
Public Affairs Index This link opens in a new window
1937-present. Search indexing and abstracts for public affairs topics such as banking & public finance, criminal justice, education, emigration & immigration, environment, natural disasters, poverty, and politics & elections.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Some 1788-present. Search one of the largest abstract and citation databases for materials on science, engineering, technology, and medicine along with some social sciences and humanities.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
1990-present. Search by topic in peer-reviewed social science journals or do a cited reference search by cited author, cited article, and more. One of four databases that make up Web of Science Core Collection.

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