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Journal Indexes: Alphabetical list of journal article indexes

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Journal Index Name
Vendor
Full-text?

Brief Description

Academic Search Premier
Ebsco
50%
General coverage index covering over 8000 journals with about 4600 journals in full-text.
Academic Universe LexisNexis
Much
News, business, and legal information - mostly from newspapers. Mostly full-text, including New York Times.
ACS Journal Search
ACS
100%
Journal articles in all journals of the American Chemical Society.
AGRICOLA
Web
No
Citation index with abstracts. Covers plant & food science, environment, agriculture.
Anthropological Index
Web
No
Covers journals carried by the Museum of Mankind library in London.
ArticleFirst
FS
Little
Very large index - 15,000+ journals covered. All subjects.
Business Source Elite
Ebsco
100%
Covers about 1000 journals - all aspects of business, accounting, management, and economics.
CINAHL w/ Full-Text
Ebsco
20%
Premier index for nursing and allied health fields.
DOAJ
Web
No
"Directory of Open Access Journals." Most disciplines. Full-text of 310 journals.

ERIC

Ebsco
Some
Covers educational literature from journals and other sources.
GreenFILE
Ebsco
Some
Information sources focusing on human effects on the environment. Some full-text.
Health Source Elite: Nursing Academic Edition

Ebsco

Much
Full-text of 265 journals + 430 journals with abstracts only; 1000+ medical pamphlets; drug info & guidance from USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II.
LISTA
Ebsco
Some
Indexes over 600 journals in the area of library and information science. 
Looksmart FindArticles
Web
100%
About 700 mostly non-scholarly general interest magazines. All subject areas. Full-text.
Medline
FS
Little
Covers 4300 bioscience journals. From the National Library of Medicine.
Micromedix
PW
100%
Nursing - clinical info. Req. password from nursing dept.
MLA Bibliography
Ebsco
Some
Language & literature. Journal articles plus books, chapters from edited works, dissertations.
Newspaper Source
Ebsco
Much
150+ U.S. & foreign newspapers, incl. NY Times. Mostly full-text.
Philosopher's Index
Ebsco
Little
Indexes 570 journals in all areas of philosophy.
Primary Search
Ebsco
100%
More than 60 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
Professional Development Collection
Ebsco
100%
For professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 750 full text journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.
PsycARTICLES
Ebsco
100%
 
PsychINFO
Ebsco
Some
Covers journals in psychology and related fields back to 1887.
Regional Business News
Ebsco
Mostly
Covers 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas
TOCS-IN
Web
No
Indexes classics journals in the classics from 1992 forward.
ViVa
Web
No
Bibliography of women's history in historical and women's studies journals


Click here to see a subject arrangement of these indexes.

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