Research Databases

Access these databases from off-campus 

CREDO Reference

A great place to start your research, Credo General Reference is a completely customizable general reference solution for learners and librarians. Find information in 100 titles covering major subject areas, then continue your search in other resources including the library catalog, periodical resources, specialized databases and more.

Academic OneFile

Academic OneFile, part of the Vermont Online Library, is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With over 8,000 journals, the majority in full-text, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily. Need help? Try the Introduction to Vermont Online Library.

AGRICOLA: National Agricultural Library

Provides the most comprehensive database of bibliographic information available in agricultural research from 1979 to the present. AGRICOLA indexes over 1,400 international journals, as well as books, theses, patents, translations, computer software, audio-visual materials, and technical reports related to all aspects of agriculture.

Britannica Online

Includes an integrated search that pulls results from articles within the Encyclopedia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia, as well as the Internet Guide, 150 full-text periodicals, and a daily news archive offering current events coverage; as well as many other features.

Encyclopedia of Global Warming

This is the online searchable version.  The print version is available in the library’s Reference section.

ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center

The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information, with more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.

Gale PowerSearch

Use PowerSearch to search across all of the Gale databases, including Academic OneFile, Custom Newspapers, Professional Collection, Opposing Viewpoints, Educator's Reference Complete, Reference Center Gold, Virtual Reference Library, and more.  If you decide to focus on specific databases, just click on Change Databases in the top menu bar.  Need help?  Try the Introduction to Vermont Online Library.

Google Scholar

Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

JSTOR

*Arts & Sciences I Collection includes the complete back runs of 119 scholarly journals in fifteen disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
*Biological Sciences Collection will include over 130 scholarly journals when completed. This collection brings together the twenty-nine journals available in the Ecology & Botany Collection with more than 100 titles new to JSTOR. Coverage in this collection offers greater depth in fields such as biodiversity, conservation, paleontology, plant science, cell biology and zoology.
Need help? Try the JSTOR Tutorials.

JSTOR Plant Science
JSTOR Plant Science strives to be a comprehensive online research tool for aggregating and exploring the world's botanical resources, thereby dramatically improving access for students, scholars, and scientists around the globe. It is useful for those researching, teaching or studying botany, biology, ecology, environmental and conservation studies. 
Need help?  Try the JSTOR Tutorials.

ProQuest

This ProQuest database package includes National Newspapers, Biology Journals, Computing, Education Journals, Health Management, Nursing & Allied Health Source, Psychology Journals, Science Journals, and Social Science Journals. Search multiple databases or select each database individually. Need help? Try the ProQuest Training Tutorials.

ScienceDirect

*Health & Life Sciences Journals Collection
Contains over 950 full-text peer reviewed journals. Covers titles in the Health and Life Sciences, including Medicine, Pharmacology, Environmental and Biological Sciences. Need help? Try the ScienceDirect Interactive Tutorials.

SPIN

SPIN is a funding opportunities database designed to provide up-to-date information on current national and international government and private funding sources.  All of the data in SPIN is obtained directly from the sponsoring agencies to ensure the integrity of the information.