School for Professional Studies

A multi-disciplinary discovery tool that searches over 130 research databases, the SLU Library Catalog, SLU Digital Collections, and journal content from multiple publishers. Find articles, books, videos, and more.

1880-present. This major education database indexes and abstracts thousands of journal articles and hundreds of books relating to all aspects of education from pre-K through higher education.

1966-present. A major education database for locating articles, technical reports, policy papers, curriculum guides, lesson plans, research reports, and more about all levels of education.

Provides access to full-text of local, national, and international news sources; business, financial, and company information; legal sources for state and federal levels.

Contains over 200 articles on various themes and topics in education, each written by a scholar in the field to provide reliable, selective, and authoritative resources to help locate the best sources in that area.

1700-present. Search a growing collection of North American and international dissertations and masters' theses. Full text is available for approximately half of those indexed.

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.

1990-present. WOS consists of three citation databases. The one most appropriate for Education is Social Sciences Citation Index. Do a Cited Reference search or a Topic search. ....more.

Search the index and abstracts in this database for the professional and academic literature of psychology and related disciplines. Content includes journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations in English. 

1965-present. Another business database to search if your topic is related to the business side of K-12 education or higher education. Includes articles from scholarly business journals, trade journals, and general business magazines....more.

1937-present. Search the primary index for nursing and allied health literature including health education, medical records, occupational therapy, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, physician's assistant, and more. Max: 8 simultaneous users.

1905-present. This is the primary database for communication with journal articles on topics related to communication, mass media, film, and television studies.

1961-present. Search article abstracts from hundreds of periodicals published worldwide on all aspects of language study including phonetics, child language acquisition, speech and hearing, and bilingualism.

A centralized resource for business research. Includes scholarly and news articles, e-books, streaming video, dissertations, as well as business cases, and market, company, and country reports.

Using this unique link will display the “Find It @ SLU” full-text link for all articles. The definitive database for medical research and drug studies provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. 1809-present. Freely available online.

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.

1980-present. Indexes and abstracts articles from over 1,400 journals and magazines in the social services in addition to social work dissertations.

1965-present. Indexes and abstracts articles in over 850 social work and related human services journals as well as books and dissertations. 12 simultaneous users.

1952-present. Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related social and behavioral science disciplines. Covers journals, book, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.