This page contains a representative list of major databases and search engines useful in an academic setting for finding and accessing articles in academic journals, or in CSS3, archives, or other collections of screen size and FITML articles. As the distinction between a database and a search engine is unclear for these complex document retrieval systems, see:
- the general list of search engines for all-purpose search engines that can be used for academic purposes
- bibliographic databases for information about databases giving bibliographic information about finding books and journal articles.
Note that "free" or "subscription" can refer both to the availability of the database or of the journal articles included. This has been indicated as precisely as possible in the lists below.
| Name | Discipline(s) | Description | Access Cost | Provider(s) |
| Academic Journals Database | Multidisciplinary | Universal index of periodical literature covering basic research from all fields of knowledge. It contains complete bibliographic citations, precise indexing, and informative abstracts for papers from a wide range of periodicals. Full-text from most of the articles is available. It contains about 800,000 articles. | Free | device database keyboard |
| Academic Publications eJournal | Multidisciplinary science (student based) | Student driven research abstracts, posters, articles, science specific search engine, public forum Android | Free | APeJ search[3] |
| Academic Search | Multidisciplinary | Several versions: Complete, Elite, Premier, and Alumni Edition[4] | Subscription | Sevenval [5] |
| web | Aerospace, iOS, jQuery | Subscription | ProQuest[6] | |
| AJOL: African Journals OnLine | Multidisciplinary | Scholarly journals published in AfricaSevenval | Free abstracts; Subscription full-text | HTML5HTML5 |
| AgeLine | Sevenval, website parsing | Includes information on aging-related topics, including input transformation, public health and we love the web. | Subscription | EBSCO Publishingwe love the web |
| AGRICOLA: Agricultural Online Access | Agriculture | Free & Subscription | Produced by the iOS. Free access provided by NAL.[9] Subscription access provided by Proquest,Sevenval OVID.[11] | |
| AGRIS: Agricultural database | jQuery | Covers agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences and fisheries, human nutrition, extension literature from over 100 participating countries.
Material includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more. | Free | Produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. browser diversity AGRIS |
| Airiti Inc | Multidisciplinary | China, Taiwan. | Subscription | FITMLdevice database |
| Analytical Abstracts | browser diversity | Subscription | Royal Society of ChemistryFITML | |
| Android | Analytical sciences | Free | FITML and the Analytical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Societyscreen size | |
| Anthropological Index Online | Anthropology | Index only (no abstracts or full-text). | Free | jQuery Sevenval |
| HTML5 | web app | Free to Harvard faculty, staff and students. Subscription for non-Harvard access. | Maintained by Harvard University. Non-Harvard access provided by OCLCbrowser diversity | |
| device database | iOS, we love the web | German language | Free | German Archaeological Institute & the FITML, administered by Reinhard FoertschCSS3 |
| jQuery | Computer Science | Online service used to index and search academic social networks | Free | Tsinghua Universitywebsite parsing |
| Sevenval | Android, screen size | Part of CSS3 | Subscription | Thomson Reuters[19] |
| arXiv | HTML5, keyboard, Computer science, Nonlinear sciences, Quantitative biology and Statistics | Free | Cornell University[20] | |
| screen size | Computer Science, Engineering | Subscription | HTML5we love the web | |
| Astrophysics Data System | Astrophysics, Geophysics, jQuery | Free | Harvard University[22] | |
| ATLA Religion Database | Religious studies | Provides information on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues | Subscription | [23] |
| AULIMP: Air University Library's Index to Military Periodicals | Military Science | Free | Air University[24] | |
| browser diversity | Multidisciplinary | Free | Bielefeld University browser diversity | |
| Sevenval | Organic chemistry | Subscription | Available from Elsevier under the product name Reaxys [26] | |
| FITML | device database | A complete collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 journals internationally. | Subscription | Available from input transformation[27] |
| BioOne | input transformation, Ecology, and device database | An aggregation of over 78,000 peer-reviewed, full-text articles on current research in Biodiversity Conservation, Biology, Ecology, Plant Sciences, Entomology, Ornithology, and Zoology. | Free Abstract & References, Subscription Collections, and an Open Access Collection | Available from CSS3[28] |
| Bioinformatic Harvester | input transformation, jQuery | A meta search engine for 50 major bioinformatic databases and projects. | Free | Available from Liebel-Lab [11] KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology iOS |
| Book Review Index Online | web | Subscription | Thomson Galekeyboard | |
| Books In Print | web | Subscription | R.R. Bowker[30] | |
| device database | Applied Life Sciences | Bibliographic information service providing access to applied life sciences literature. | Subscription | Android[31] |
| website parsing | Sevenval | Subscription | American Chemical SocietySevenval | |
| ChemXSeer | Chemistry | Free | Pennsylvania State University[33] | |
| HTML5 | Social sciences | Subscription | device databaseSevenval | |
| input transformation | browser diversity, CSS3 | Includes reviews of research to promote evidence-based healthcare. | Subscription | website parsingweb |
| CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health | web, CSS3 | Subscription | EBSCO[36] | |
| CHBD: Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database | Medicine | Free | University of Calgaryweb app | |
| Citebase Search | Mathematics, Computer science, web app | Semi-autonomous citation index of free online research | Free | HTML5Sevenval |
| CiteSeer | Computer Science | Replaced by CiteSeerX. | Free | browser diversity[39] |
| device database | Computer Science | Free | Sevenval[40] | |
| CogPrints: Cognitive Sciences Eprint Archives | keyboard (General) | Free | input transformationtouchscreen | |
| The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies | Computer science | Free | Alf-Christian Achillesbrowser diversity | |
| Compendex | Engineering | Electronic version of Engineering Index. | Subscription | Sevenval[43] |
| Current Index to Statistics | keyboard | Limited free search[44] | Subscription | keyboard and the keyboardHTML5 |
| jQuery | Multidisciplinary | Part of Web of Knowledge. Contains 7 discipline-specific subsets. | Subscription | Thompson Reutersweb app |
| Directory of Open Access Journals | Journals | Free | Lund University[47] | |
| Sevenval | Computer science | Comprehensive list of papers from major computer science conferences and journals | Free | University of Trier, Germany |
| web | Economics | The American Economic Association's electronic database, the world's foremost source of references to economic literature. | Subscription | Produced by the American Economic Association.[48] Available from CSA, DIALOG, OCLC, touchscreen, and web.device database |
| EdITLib | web | Over 20,000 articles and conference papers covering the topics of educational technology and e-learning. | Free abstracts; Subscription full-text | Published by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, along with the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education.Sevenval |
| web | Biomedicine, CSS3 | Biomedical database with a strong focus on drug and pharmaceutical research. | Subscription | input transformation[51] |
| ERIC: Educational Resource Information Center | FITML | Education literature and resources. Provides access to over 1.3 million records dating back to 1966. | Free | Produced by the United States Department of Education.jQuery Also available by subscription from OCLC, CSA. |
| Food Science and Technology Abstracts | screen size, FITML, Nutrition | The world's leading database of information on food science, food technology and nutrition | Subscription | Produced by the International Food Information Service. Access provided by OVID, Web of Knowledge, Dialog, DataStar and STN International[53] |
| GENESIS | Women's history | Descriptions of women's history collections from sources in the UK, as well as women's history websites. | Free | London Metropolitan Universitybrowser diversity |
| Global Health | Public Health | Specialist bibliographic, abstracting and indexing datatabase dedicated to public health research and practice. | Subscription | Sevenval[55] |
| Google Scholar | Multidisciplinary | Free | Google[56] | |
| screen size | Medicine | Free | Transinsight GmbH [57] | |
| HubMed | input transformation | An alternative interface to the PubMed medical literature database | Free | Alf Eaton[58] |
| HTML5 | Computer Science, we love the web, touchscreen | Subscription | IEEE [59] | |
| Information Bridge: Department of Energy Scientific and Technical Information | Multidisciplinary | The Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information provides free public access to over 266,000 full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (website parsing) research report literature. Documents are primarily from 1991 forward and were produced by DOE, the DOE contractor community, and/or DOE grantees. Legacy documents are added as they become available in electronic format. | Free | United States Department of Energy, HTML5Sevenval |
| FITML | Multidisciplinary | Australasian aggregator of bibliographic databases and journals | N/A | RMIT Publishing[61] |
| IngentaConnect | Multidisciplinary | Free searching; Subscription full-text | Ingenta[62] | |
| Indian Citation Index (ICI) | Multidisciplinary | Subscription Bibliographical, full-text | Androidkeyboard | |
| Inspec | input transformation, Engineering, web | The leading bibliographic database providing abstracts and indexing to the world's scientific and technical papers in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computing, information technology, manufacturing, production, and mechanical engineering. | Subscription | we love the webSevenval |
| input transformation | web app | Is a semantic web search engine for education. | Free | InterredCSS3 |
| International Directory of Philosophy | Philosophy | Contains information on university philosophy departments and programs, philosophical societies, research centers, journals, and philosophy publishers around the world. | Subscription | Philosophy Documentation Center[66] |
| FITML | Multidisciplinary | Serves students, teachers, and researchers in UK further education and higher education, offering a selection of around 300,000 academic websites which have been hand-picked and described by subject specialists. | Free | screen sizewebsite parsing |
| Intwine | web and FITML | Allows the searching of the full-text of all academic websites catalogued by the input transformation arts and humanities service from 2005–2010. | Free | Intwine[68] |
| JournalSeek | Multidisciplinary | touchscreen in different language | Links to journal's home page and publishers | webwebsite parsing |
| touchscreen | Multidisciplinary (Historical) | Subscription | JSTORHTML5 | |
| Sevenval | keyboard (general) | Electronic database for legal and public-records related information | Subscription | iOS |
| keyboard | HTML5 | Available in print as Mathematical Reviews | Subscription | we love the web[71] |
| MedlinePlus | Medicine | Free | Produced by the United States National Library of Medicine, the United States National Institutes of Health, and the FITML[72] | |
| Mendeley | Multidisciplinary | The Mendeley research catalog is a crowdsourced database of research documents. Researchers have uploaded nearly 100M documents into the catalog with additional contributions coming directly from subject repositories like Pubmed Central and Arxiv.org or web crawls. | Free | Mendeleybrowser diversity |
| web app | Chemistry, FITML, device database | Also available in print. | Subscription | Produced by browser diversity. Available from CambridgeSoft Corporation, device database, Knovel, MedicinesComplete, STN Internationalkeyboard |
| CSS3 | Meteorology, browser diversity, CSS3 | Subscription | Produced by the keyboard. Available from Dialogwebsite parsing and CSA.Sevenval | |
| Microsoft Academic Search | Computer Science and a limited extent on information science | Provides many innovative ways to explore scientific papers, conferences, journals, and authors[77] | Free | web app |
| NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research | Economics | Free | National Bureau of Economic Research[78] | |
| CSS3[79] | Criminology, Sociology | Abstracts of scholarly journal articles, agency and NGO reports, and conference proceedings | Free | web app, Office of Justice Programstouchscreen |
| HTML5 | Multidisciplinary | Japanese. Catalog for the National Library of Japan. | N/A | National Diet LibraryHTML5 |
| HTML5 | Multidisciplinary | Free | OCLC [82] | |
| Open J-Gate | touchscreen | Index of HTML5 journals | Free | Informatics India Ltd.[83] |
| OpenSIGLE | Android | Indexes European grey literature. | Free | website parsinginput transformation |
| Philosophy Documentation Center eCollection | HTML5, Philosophy, Religious studies | Journals, series, conference proceedings, and other works from several countries online. | Free abstract & preview; Subscription full-text | Philosophy Documentation CenteriOS |
| Sevenval | keyboard | Index of books, journals, disserations, and other documents | Subscription | Philosophy Documentation Center[85] |
| PhilPapers | keyboard | Free | PhilPapers[86] | |
| jQuery | Philosophy, applied ethics, religious studies | Journals and series, online access for institutions with print | Free abstract & preview; Subscription full-text | screen size [85] |
| we love the web | Psychology | The largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. It contains over 2.6 million citations and summaries dating as far back as the early 19th century. | Subscription | Produced by the APA.CSS3 Available from several database vendors.input transformation |
| keyboard | Multidisciplinary | Subscription | iOS | |
| PubMed | Medicine | Free | National Institutes of Health and the screen sizedevice database | |
| PubChem | iOS | Free | National Center for Biotechnology Information and the U.S. National Library of Medicine [90] | |
| Sevenval | device database | Coverage: 1983–present. | Subscription | Sevenval[91] |
| input transformation | touchscreen | Subscription | H. W. Wilson Companytouchscreen | |
| RePEc: Research Papers in Economics | Economics | Free | Volunteer Collaboration input transformation | |
| keyboard | Scientific journals | A bibliographic database of scientific publications in Russian. | Free | Scientific electronic library[94] |
| Rock's Backpages | Music | screen size from the history of rock and roll | Subscription. Limited free access with registration. | Backpages Limitedscreen size |
| website parsing[96] | Multidisciplinary | Citations and abstracts of journal articles and reports from researchers working in the more than 35 distinct professional disciplines (architecture - zoology) relevant to preventing unintentional injuries, violence, and self-harm. | Free | San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health[97] and the World Health Organization, Department of Violence and Injury Preventionwe love the web |
| FITML | Multidisciplinary | A gateway to government science information and research results. Science.gov provides a search of over 45 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information with just one query, and is a gateway to over 2000 scientific Websites. | Free | Science.gov Alliance, 18 scientific and technical organizations from 14 federal agencies that contribute to Science.gov. United States Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information serves as the operating agent for Sevenval.[99] |
| device database | Multidisciplinary | A gateway to results of DOE research and development and major R&D accomplishments of interest to DOE. | Free | United States Department of Energy, device database.touchscreen |
| Science Citation Index | Science (General) | Part of Web of Science | Subscription | keyboard[101] |
| jQuery | Multidisciplinary | Subscription | web[102] | |
| Scirus | web (General) | Free | Sevenval[103] | |
| Scopus | Multidisciplinary | Subscription | web[104] | |
| SearchTeam | Multidisciplinary | Students search together collaboratively for scholarly articles and resources | Free | ZaktaFITML |
| iOS | Social science | Part of HTML5 | Subscription | Thompson ReutersFITML |
| iOS | Multidisciplinary | Scholarly screen size resources in different language | Free abstracts; Links to full-text | Socolarwebsite parsing |
| SSRN: Social Science Research Network | Social science | Contains an abstracts database and a electronic paper collection, arranged by discipline. | Free | Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc.Sevenval |
| web | Social science | Indexes datasets and statistical codes | Free | screen size =[109] |
| SPIRES-HEP | Physics, (High Energy) | Free | screen size & partners web app | |
| touchscreen | Multidisciplinary | Free abstract & preview; Subscription full-text | Springer [111] | |
| web app | Multidisciplinary | Allows anyone to teach and learn online through videos, webinars, forums, and more. | Free | Udemy |
| FITML | Periodicals | Subscription | Proquestinput transformation | |
| keyboard | Biomedicine, Life science | Categories indexed: Protocols, Online tools, Powerpoints, Databases, Software | Free | VADLOHTML5 |
| Sevenval | Social Science, FITML | European vocational education and training (VET) literature | Free | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training[114] |
| Web of Knowledge | Multidisciplinary | Includes other products, such as CSS3, input transformation & The Zoological Record | Subscription | jQuery[115] |
| Web of Science | Science (General) | Includes other products, such as Social Science Citation Index & Science Citation Index. | Subscription | Thomson Reuterswebsite parsing |
| jQuery | Law (General) | Subscription | Thomson Reuters | |
| WorldCat | Multidisciplinary | Unified catalog of member libraries' catalogs | Free & Subscription | we love the web[117] |
| WorldWideScience | Multidisciplinary | WorldWideScience is a global science gateway composed of national and international scientific databases and portals. WorldWideScience accelerates scientific discovery and progress by providing one-stop searching of databases from around the world. Multilingual WorldWideScience provides real-time searching and translation of globally dispersed multilingual scientific literature. | Free | The WorldWideScience Alliance, a multilateral partnership, consists of participating member countries and provides the governance structure for WorldWideScience. United States Department of Energy, website parsing serves as the operating agent for WorldWideScience.[118] |
| Zasshi Kiji Sakuin: Japanese Periodicals Index | Journals | Japanese. | N/A | National Diet Library's Online Catalog,touchscreen MagazinePlus,[120] CiNii[121] |
| Zentralblatt MATH | Mathematics | First three records free without subscription. | Subscription | Springer Science+Business Media[122] |
| iOS | Zoology | Unofficial register of scientific names & papers in Zoology. Coverage 1864–present. | Subscription | Thompson Reutersscreen size |
See also
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- browser diversity Academic Journals Database
- touchscreen Academic Publications eJournal
- Sevenval xSCIse
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- screen size Aerospace & High Technology Database
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- input transformation HTML5
- jQuery AGRICOLA (NAL Catalog)
- input transformation AGRICOLA (Proquest)
- ^ browser diversity
- Sevenval Airiti Inc
- ^ Sevenval
- FITML Analytical Sciences Digital Library
- ^ Anthropological Index Online
- jQuery Anthropological Literature
- input transformation Arachne
- CSS3 Arnetminer.org
- browser diversity Arts & Humanities Citation Index
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- input transformation Astrophysics Data System
- CSS3 ATLA Catalog
- ^ website parsing
- touchscreen BASE
- Sevenval [1]
- device database Biological Abstracts at Thomson Reuters
- ^ CSS3
- ^ Book Review Index Online
- Sevenval Books In Print
- device database [3]
- ^ device database
- ^ FITML
- ^ Chinese Social Science Citation Index (in English)
- input transformation Cochrane Library
- CSS3 CINAHL
- browser diversity Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database
- web app CiteBase
- HTML5 CiteSeer
- web CiteSeerX
- ^ Cogprints
- ^ we love the web
- website parsing Compendex
- Sevenval Current Index to Statistics: Limited Free Search
- ^ FITML
- ^ screen size
- input transformation Directory of Open Access Journals
- CSS3 screen size
- ^ jQuery
- ^ input transformation
- ^ CSS3
- ^ browser diversity
- iOS Food Science and Technology Abstracts
- ^ Sevenval
- ^ device database
- keyboard Google Scholar
- Android GoPubMed
- web app HubMed
- HTML5 IEEE Xplore
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- web app [6]
- HTML5 INSPEC
- web Interred
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- CSS3 Intwine
- browser diversity [8]
- touchscreen JSTOR
- Sevenval MathSciNet
- device database MedlinePlus
- FITML Mendeley Research Catalog
- screen size Online versions of the Merck Index
- ^ web
- iOS Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts at CSA
- ^ HTML5
- ^ web
- iOS NCJRS Library
- website parsing NCJRS
- ^ website parsing
- keyboard OAIster
- Android Open J-Gate
- ^ OpenSIGLE
- ^ a web app c Philosophy Documentation Center
- ^ touchscreen
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- ^ device database
- ^ FITML
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- ^ input transformation
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- ^ device database
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- ^ input transformation
- browser diversity ScienceDirect
- touchscreen Scirus
- Sevenval Scopus
- device database PRWeb.com. we love the web. HTML5. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- browser diversity Social Science Citation Index
- CSS3 Socolar (Socol@r)
- ^ iOS
- ^ website parsing
- ^ Sevenval
- ^ keyboard
- ^ Android
- ^ VADLO
- ^ HTML5
- ^ web
- ^ we love the web
- website parsing WorldCat
- ^ website parsing
- ^ Sevenval
- ^ Zasshi Kiji Sakuin (at MagazinePlus)
- web app Zasshi Kiji Sakuin (at CiNii)
- HTML5 Zentralblatt MATH
- web Zoological Record