Seton Hall University Libraries A-Z Databases

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The most frequently-used databases

Academic Search Premier

Popular

Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary database designed specifically for academic institutions. With a large collection of peer-reviewed full-text journals, the database offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.

Credo Reference

Popular

Provides background information from over 4000 academic reference sources and create mindmaps for your research topic. Access this link https://library.shu.edu/ld.php?content_id=56141107 to view 200+ ebook titles.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)

Popular

Covers today’s hottest social issues, from offshore drilling to climate change, health care to immigration. This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes.

ProQuest Databases (Multi-disciplinary database)

Popular

Multi-disciplinary full-text database that searches: ABI/INFORM; Dissertations & Theses; Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW); GenderWatch (GW); Hoover's Company Records; Education Journals; Health Management; ProQuest Newspapers; Nursing & Allied Health Source; Psychology Journals; Social Science Journals.

New / Trial Databases

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

African American Newspapers – Series 1 & 2

New

Explore the nation's past in unprecedented ways. Search and browse American newspapers published across three centuries.

African American Periodicals: 1825-1995

New

Explore African American history, culture and society in the 19th and 20th centuries.

African Americans and Jim Crow

New

African Americans and Jim Crow: Repression and Protest, 1883-1922. Crucial documents covering the lives of African Americans during the rise of segregation and Jim Crow.

African Americans and Reconstruction Hope and Struggle (1865-1883)

New

Crucial documents covering the lives of African Americans in the years following the Civil War.

Civil Rights in America: From Reconstruction to the Great Society

New

Premier archive of official publications and primary source material related to civil rights in the United States from the 19th century through the 20th century.

Documentary +

New

Resource includes a mix of feature-length titles and short-form programs from both renowned directors and up-and-coming filmmakers. Documentary+ features a range of docs in categories like music, politics, culture, true crime, science & nature, icons, sports, comedy, and cults. The streaming platform houses everything from Academy Award-winning films to festival favorites.

HathiTrust Digital Library

New

HathiTrust is a not-for-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries preserving 17+ million digitized items. SHU's subscription to HathiTrust offers full-text reading access to the fullest extent allowable by U.S. copyright law, computational access to the entire corpus for scholarly research, and other emerging services based on the combined collection.