A-Z Databases

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

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Covers more than 500 years of the African-American experience and explores the full spectrum of African-American history and culture.

American Indian History

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Offers fast access to more than 15,000 years of culture and history, covering more than 600 Native American Groups.

Docuseek

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Docuseek streams essential independent, social-issue and environmental films to colleges, universities and K-12 schools, providing exclusive access to content from renowned leaders in documentary film distribution.

Good Starting Point Databases

Don't know which database to choose? Try one of these multidisciplinary databases, which cover a variety of topics, as your starting point.

Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window Academic OneFile provides extensive coverage to full text articles from a variety of academic disciplines.
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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window This combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more.
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (BadgerLink) This link opens in a new window Complete online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Additional features include videos, magazine and journal articles, dictionary, thesaurus, notable quotations, and relevant Web links.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window Films on Demand is a database that provides access to over 6,000 streaming videos appropriate for academic research.
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Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (BadgerLink) This link opens in a new window Encyclopedia for college-level and adult researchers.
Global Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window The most recent global news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring content from newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. Provides one of the largest collections of news from the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia, and allows easy access to multiple perspectives, resources, and languages on topics.
Nexis UNI (formerly LexisNexis) This link opens in a new window Database of full text online news, business, financial, legal, medical, biographical, government and domestic and international newspaper resources.
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MasterFILE Complete (BadgerLink) This link opens in a new window Popular full-text magazines, reference books and other sources from the world's leading publishers.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1990-Current) This link opens in a new window Find Milwaukee metropolitan, state and national issues and events including business, education, government, politics, sports and more.
America's News (Newsbank) This link opens in a new window Research current and archived news content for information on topics, events, issues, people, businesses, and more through this in-depth resource of more than 6,000 resources, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Newspaper Source Plus (BadgerLink) This link opens in a new window Full-text coverage of today's major newspapers, for students and researchers. Includes 1570 full-text newspapers made up of US regional and national, international (mostly British Commonwealth) and campus papers; newswires; and TV/radio news transcripts (including ABC, CBS, NPR, CNN and others).
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window One-stop source for information on social issues. Provides current event topics and the facts as well as the arguments of each topic's proponents and detractors.
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Oxford English Dictionary (OED) This link opens in a new window The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. Keywords: Language, Etymology

Help / Tutorials

See these guides and tutorials for help doing research and searching the databases for articles.

List of All Research Guides

Research: Getting Started
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Choosing a Topic
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Searching Tips
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How to Find a Book
by Shelley Peschel Last Updated May 25, 2023 1053 views this year
How to Find a Journal Article
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Article Source Types: Scholarly, Academic, Peer-reviewed & Other Sources
by Diane Kercheck Last Updated May 25, 2023 752 views this year
How to Find Newspapers
by Shelley Peschel Last Updated Mar 24, 2023 162 views this year
How to Evaluate Web Resources
by Shelley Peschel Last Updated Jul 14, 2023 147 views this year
Fake News / Deepfakes
by Shelley Peschel Last Updated Jul 14, 2023 636 views this year
How to Avoid Plagiarism
by Jeff Beder Last Updated Mar 14, 2023 1562 views this year
How to Cite Your Resources
by Lisa Quintero Last Updated Jul 14, 2023 3840 views this year
Videos and Tutorials
by Shelley Peschel Last Updated Jul 14, 2023 139 views this year

Specific Database Video Tutorials:

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