Article Databases and Other Reference Sources Listed Alphabetically
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Academic Search Ultimate
Covers a wide range of academic disciplines and provides full-text access to almost 4,000 journals.
Academic Search Premier Tutorial
African American Historical Serials Collection New!
An archive of periodicals that document the history of African American religious life and culture between 1829 and 1922.
Agricola
Includes materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science. From the National Agricultural Library.
Alt HealthWatch
Focuses on the perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
America: History & Life
Covers the history, culture, area studies, and current affairs literature of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
Applied Science & Technology Source
Covers the applied sciences and computing disciplines — from acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering, and more. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
ArchiveGrid
Contains detailed, archival collection descriptions written by archivists that are from more than 1,000 libraries, museums, and archives worldwide. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
ArticleFirst
Contains bibliographic citations that describe items listed on the table of contents pages of more than 13,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social science, business, and the humanities. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Artstor on JSTOR New!
The JSTOR platform is now the official home for the complete Artstor Digital Library, an unmatched collection of rights-cleared images and media for use in teaching and research, comprising over 2 million images, videos, panoramas, and audio files contributed by museums, galleries, and other cultural organizations around the world. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
Images on JSTOR
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Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology [Ebook] New!
One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla.
Britannica Academic
A comprehensive reference product including the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, a World Atlas, and a Compare Countries tool. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Britannica Fundamentals
For Pre K-2 early learners.
Britannica School Edition
For teachers and students. Offers high-quality online learning materials developed by teachers and curriculum experts. Designed for elementary, middle, and high school students.
Business Source Complete
Provides researchers with essential business journals. With access to 1,811 active full-text journals, it supports research in key business areas such as accounting, finance, management, marketing, and beyond.
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CINAHL Complete
Indexes thousands of journals from the fields of nursing and allied health with full-text access to many of these journals. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
Civil War Primary Source Documents New!
An archive of unique manuscripts chronicling the American Civil War. Providing both Northern and Southern perspectives, it covers all aspects of the war, including reactions and impressions from the home front.
ClasePeriodica
CLASE indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities. PERIÓDICA covers journals specializing in science and technology. Together they offer access to bibliographic citations from 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English languages. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer-oriented health content designed to help users gain an overall understanding of key topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine.
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Dissertations & Theses @ Minot State University
Searches only MSU theses. Coverage begins in 2017. [Paid for by fees assessed by MSU graduate students who upload their theses to this product.]
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Educator's Reference Complete
A complement to the ERIC database, providing additional full-text content covering education from preschool to college. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience
Multi-volume reference covering foundational knowledge in Behavioral Neuroscience. [Olson Library's individual one-time purchase]
ERIC
Consists of the Resources in Education (RIE) document citations and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) article citations from over 980 professional journals. Includes full-text. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
Small, non-fulltext database that searches one publication: European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Exploring Race in Society
Contains scholarly journals and essays about current issues and the actions and policies of the past. Each topic includes an overview article and three essays suggesting potential solutions.
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
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Gale Academic OneFile Select
Consists of scholarly journals and general interest titles that cover a broad range of topics. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Gale In Context: College
An interdisciplinary database that contains both scholarly and popular resources. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Gale In Context: Elementary
Designed for students at the elementary school level. Includes books, magazines, news, videos, images, and graphs.
Gale in Context: Middle School
Created specifically for middle schoolers, this resource combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and more.
Gale OneFile: High School Edition
This database provides high school students with access to magazines, newspapers, books, and other reference content. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Gale OneFile: Informe Académico (En Español)
Provides access to a wide range of full-text Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines both from and about Latin America. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
GeoRef
Provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. 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. Contains geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
GeoRef in Process
A database of bibliographic records that are currently being edited and reviewed for inclusion in GeoRef.
GPO
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
GreenFILE
Provides scholarly, government, and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations, and governments. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
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Health Source: Consumer Edition
A collection of consumer health information covering topics such as the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine, and more. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Features the AHFS Consumer Medication Information resource (published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists). [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Historical Abstracts
Covers world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th century to the present. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
Homeland Security Digital Library Collection
Full text of homeland security-related documents collected from sources including federal, state, tribal, and local government agencies, professional organizations, think tanks, academic institutions, and international governing bodies. [free with the STEM program of the Office of Naval Research]
Humanities Source Ultimate
Access to key content covering literary, scholarly, and creative thought, including hundreds of scholarly full-text journals cited in leading subject indexes. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
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IPAsource
Library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. [Music Division's subscription]
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JSTOR Upgraded!
Provides access to full-text articles from academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
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Kanopy
An on-demand video streaming service that provides access to a wide variety of classic, indie, documentary, and educational films. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Subjects covered include librarianship, classification, cataloging, information retrieval and management, and more. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
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MAS Complete
Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Complete is a full-text database of hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books.
MasterFILE Complete
A large collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, and other sources from leading publishers. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection
Contains titles covering general reference topics. Examples include biography, careers, health, history, sports, etc. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Medline
Covers journal articles in the life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. Produced by the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
MegaFILE
Multidisciplinary database comprised of Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, and Regional Business News databases. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Middle Search Plus
Designed specifically for middle school libraries, contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).
Middle Search Reference eBook Collection
This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for middle school students.
MLA
The Modern Language Association International Bibliography covers international scholarly materials on language, literature, linguistics, folklore, film, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
MLA Directory of Periodicals
Offers detailed information on over 6,000 journals and book series that are indexed in the MLA International Bibliography, including editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices, and submission guidelines. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
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National Geographic Kids
Includes books, videos, magazines, and pictures produced by National Geographic for children.
New York Times
Includes full access to current articles as well as a full-page, digital archive (the "TimesMachine") which runs from 1851 through 2002. Search and view images of articles, advertising, photos, and more.
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News (Gale OneFile)
Contains the full text of major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as a certain amount of titles from around the world. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Newspaper Source
Provides full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international, and regional newspapers. It also offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Newsstream, US
Includes current U.S. news content, as well as archives dating back to the 1980s. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
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OAIster
Contains digital resources from open archive collections, including digitized books and articles, born-digital texts, audio files, movies, datasets, theses, technical reports, research papers, and image collections. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
The primary search tool for DOE science, technology, and engineering research and development results, and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information. [free from the U.S. Dept. of Energy]
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PapersFirst
An index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
PebbleGo
A curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students. Packed with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy support for students of all abilities, it boosts engagement and fosters independent learning in core subject areas.
PebbleGo Next (Click the purple "PebbleGo Next" tab)
Covers content appropriate to grades 3-6; curriculum content at a reading level geared to those students.
Points of View Reference Center
Covers many topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), and counterpoint (opposing argument). [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Primary Search
Contains full text for more than 70 popular elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, the American Heritage® Childrens Dictionary, and an Image Collection of over 460,000 photos, maps and flags.
Primary Search Reference eBook Collection
This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering a broad range of general reference subjects for primary school students.
Proceedings
An index of worldwide conference proceedings. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database focuses on children's health, development, and current topics in education. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
PsycArticles
APA PsycArticles is a collection of more than 225,000 full-text, peer-reviewed articles from 119 APA-published and affiliated journals.
PsycINFO
Covers material in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
PubMed Central (PMC)
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
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Regional Business News
Provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
Revolutionary War Era Orderly Books New!
From the New-York Historical Society, this unique archive of Orderly Books from between 1748 and 1817 includes thousands of pages of primary source material providing valuable information about soldiers' lives.
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Science (Gale OneFile)
Provides access to several hundred science journals that cover a broad subject area. The database General Science Collection has been folded into Science (Gale OneFile). [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
ScienceDirect
Provides full-text access to a wide range of scholarly academic journals and ebooks from the publisher Elsevier covering the physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
Science.gov
Hosted by the Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). Provides access to U.S. government science research and development (R&D) results and scientific and technical information from scientific organizations across 13 federal agencies. [free from the U.S. Dept. of Energy]
Science Reference Source
A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full-text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc.
Science Reference eBook Collection
This ebook reference collection offers a rich selection of eBook titles covering Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
SciFinder
First-time users of SciFinder must first register using their @minotstateu.edu email address. For help, read the SciFinder instruction sheet or explore training materials. If you are already a registered user, go to SciFinder-n to search the database. Provides access to the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases including Chemical Abstracts, CAS Registry, CASREACT, CHEMCATS, and CHEMLIST.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Covering concepts, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences, this full-text database includes the most important English-language social science journals. [Olson Library's individual subscription]
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Teacher Reference Center
Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines designed to assist professional educators. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]
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World Politics Review
Searches one publication (World Politics Review). Articles are typically short and cover the subjects of international politics and foreign affairs. [part of the ODIN consortial statewide package]