Databases A-Z
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A
- A.M. Best’s Member Center
- A-R Music Anthology
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
- AccessMedicine (McGraw-Hill)
- AccessPharmacy (McGraw-Hill)
- ACLS Humanities E-Book Collection
- Advertising America (Adam Matthew)
- African American Music Reference
- African American Police League Records (1961-1988)
- African Diaspora (1860-Present)
- AGRICOLA (ProQuest)
- Alexander Street Cross Platform Search
- Alt HealthWatch (EBSCO)
- Alt-Press Watch (ProQuest)
- Alternative Press Index (EBSCO)
- AMA Manual of Style
- American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications
- American Newsreels in Video
- Annual Reviews
- AP Stylebook
- Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940 (Gale)
- Art and Architecture Archive (ProQuest)
- ARTFL-FRANTEXT
- Artforum Archive (ProQuest)
- Asian American Drama
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (EBSCO)
- Atlantic Magazine Archive (EBSCO)
- AtoZ Databases
- AtoZ International Business
- Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection
- AVON-Academic Video Online (Alexander Street)
B
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale)
- Biography Reference Bank (EBSCO)
- Biography Reference Center (EBSCO)
- Biological Sciences (ProQuest)
- Biomedical Reference Collection (EBSCO)
- BioOne Complete
- BizMiner
- Black Drama: Third Edition
- Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century
- Border and Migration Studies Online
- Britannica Online
- Browzine
- Business One (ProQuest)
- Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
C
- Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion & Culture
- Cambridge Core
- Cambridge Histories Online
- Caribbean Newspapers (1718-1876)
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (1976 – present)
- Checkpoint – To register for a personal account: Checkpoint Student Registration
- Chicago Defender – Historical Edition (1909-2010) (ProQuest)
- Chicago Manual of Style Online
- Chicago Tribune – Historical Edition (1849-1998)(ProQuest)
- Choice Reviews
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Classical Music Reference Library
- Classical Scores Library
- ClinicalKey
- Clinical Pharmacology powered by ClinicalKey
- Cochrane Library (Wiley)
- ComDisDome (ProQuest)
- Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
- Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties
- Consumer Health Complete (EBSCO)
- Contemporary World Drama
- CQ Researcher
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
D
- Dance Online: Dance Studies Collection
- Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete (Gale)
- Digital Theatre+ (DT+)
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Directory of Open Access Repositories (DOAR)
- Disability in the Modern World
- Docuseek2
- DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
- DynaMed Plus
E
- Early American Newspapers
- Ebook Central (ProQuest)
- Ebooks on EBSCOhost
- EconLit with Full Text (EBSCO)
- Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (EBSCO)
- Education Week
- Entrepreneurial Studies Source (EBSCO)
- Environmental Issues Online
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) (EBSCO)
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) (Ed.Gov)
- Essay & General Literature Index (EBSCO)
- Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
- Ethnographic Sound Archives Online
- European Views of the Americas; 1493-1750 (EBSCO)
F
- Facts & Comparisons 4.0
- Feature Films for Education
- Film & Television Literature Index – Full Text (EBSCO)
- Films on Demand
- First Research
- FirstSearch (WorldCat advanced searching)
- Fonte Academica (EBSCO)
- Food Studies Online
- Fortunoff Video Archive NOTE: Each user must register a personal account, and request access to a testimony to gain access to the video archive
- Fuente Academica Premier (EBSCO)
- Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
G
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
- GenderWatch (ProQuest)
- Gerritsen Women’s History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs (ProQuest)
- Global Issues in Context (Gale)
- Global Road Warrior
- Goodman & Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
- Google Scholar
- Government, Politics & Law (HeinOnline)
- GovInfo
- GreenFILE (EBSCO)
- Grove Art Online
- Grove Music Online
- GuideStar Pro
H
- Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (CRC)
- Health Business Full Text (EBSCO)
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCO)
- HeinOnline
- Historical Statistics of the United States (Cambridge)
- Historical Chinese Newspaper Collection (ProQuest)
- Historical U.S. Newspapers (ProQuest)
- History Reference Center (EBSCO)
- Hollywood, Censorship, and the Motion Picture Production Code, 1927-1968 (Gale)
- Hoosier State Chronicles
- Hoover’s NOTE: Hoover’s data is also available in Mergent Intellect
- Human Rights Studies Online
- Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (EBSCO)
- Humanities Full Text (EBSCO)
- Humanities International Index (EBSCO)
I
- IBISWorld
- Indianapolis Star (1903-2004) (ProQuest)
- Indianapolis Star (1991 – present) (ProQuest)
- Indianapolis Star eEdition
- Indy.Gov (Public Records) – Contact the Information Commons Desk for a username and password
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (ProQuest)
- International Bibliography of Theater and Dance Full Text (EBSCO)
- IPA Source
J
- Japanese American Incarceration: Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1942-1946
- Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers
- JoVE- Basic Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology
- JSTOR
K
L
- Latin American Drama
- Latino Civil Rights during the Carter Administration
- Latinx Thought and Culture: The NPR Archive, 1979-1990 (ProQuest)
- LearningExpress Library
- Legal Information Reference Center (EBSCO)
- Lexi-Comp Online
- LGBT Magazine Archive (ProQuest)
- LGBT Thought and Culture
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) (EBSCO)
- Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (EBSCO)
- Life Magazine Archive (EBSCO)
- LinkedIn Learning Note: Login with your Butler University email address
- Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
- Literary Sources (Gale)
- Literature Criticism Online (Gale)
- Literature Resource Center (Gale)
- Loeb Classical Library
- LWW Health Library – PA Rotations/Specialties
M
- MagillOnLiterature Plus (EBSCO)
- Margaret Sanger Papers
- MAS Complete (EBSCO)
- Mass Incarceration and Prison Studies
- MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO)
- MathSciNet (AMS)
- MathSciNet (EBSCO)
- McClatchy-Tribune Newspaper Collection (EBSCO)
- The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
- Medici.tv
- MEDLINE Plus (Consumer Health)
- MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)
- Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print (EBSCO)
- Mergent Archives
- Mergent Intellect
- Mergent Online
- Met Opera on Demand
- Micromedex Healthcare Series
- Middle Search Plus (EBSCO)
- Mideast Wire
- Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)
- Mintel Reports
- MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCO)
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
- Morningstar Investment Research Center
- Music Periodicals Database (ProQuest) – NOTE: Formerly called IIMP with Full Text
- Music Periodicals of the 19th Century
N
- NAACP Papers
- NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
- National Geographic Magazine Archive 1888-2015
- National Theatre Collection
- Natural Medicines
- Natural Science Collection (ProQuest)
- Naxos Music Library – limited to 15 concurrent users
- Nexis Uni – NOTE: Previously called LexisNexis Academic
- New York Times Site License – use this link to register for individual access to NYT.com; Setup Instructions
- The New York Times – Historical Edition (1851 – 3 years ago) (ProQuest)
- News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive (ProQuest)
- Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
- Newswires (EBSCO)
- Nineteenth Century Newspapers (Gale)
- North American Indian Drama, 2nd Edition
- North American Women’s Drama, 2nd Edition
O
- One Business (ProQuest)
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
- Oxford Art Online
- Oxford Bibliographies: Islamic Studies
- Oxford Bibliographies: Music
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford History of Western Music
- Oxford Journals Online
- Oxford Music Online
- Oxford Reference Online
- Oxford Scholarship Online eBooks
P
- Passport (Euromonitor)
- Performance Design Archive Online
- Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
- Pharmacist’s Letter – Mobile app available; users must register and create an account before setting up the PL app on devices
- Philosopher’s Index (ProQuest)
- Play Index (EBSCO)
- Plumb’s Academic
- Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)
- PressReader
- Primary Search (EBSCO)
- Primary Sources (Gale)
- PrivCo – NOTE: Users can create an individual account with their Butler email address
- Professional Development Collection (EBSCO)
- Project MUSE
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
- PsycArticles (ProQuest)
- PsycINFO (ProQuest)
- PsycTests (ProQuest)
- PubMed
R
- Race Relations in America
- Readers’ Guide Full Text Select (EBSCO)
- Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890 – 1982 (EBSCO)
- Recent Researches in Music Online (RRIMO)
- Referencia Latina (EBSCO)
- Regional Business News (EBSCO)
- Religion & Philosophy Collection (EBSCO)
- Reverend J. H. Jackson and the National Baptist Convention, 1900-1990
- Revolution and Protest Online
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature 1967-present (EBSCO)
- RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (EBSCO)
- RKMA Market Research Reports
- Rolling Stone Archive (ProQuest)
- Rosetta Stone – level one for personal use (EBSCO) – Must create an account with an email address and password
S
- SAGE Business Cases
- SAGE Journals
- SAGE Research Methods: Datasets
- SAGE Research Methods: Market Research Videos
- SAGE Video
- Sanford Guide Web Edition
- Scholars Resource Art Images
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
- Science Reference Center (EBSCO)
- SciFinder-n – First time users please register here
- Scopus
- Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen (2008-2015)
- Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen 2 (2016-2018)
- Short Story Index (EBSCO)
- Simmons Insights – limited to 15 concurrent users
- SimplyAnalytics – limit to 3 concurrent users NOTE: Choose “Sign in as guest” to access without creating an account.
- Slavery, Abolition & Social Justice
- Slavery & Anti-Slavery (Gale)
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law (HeinOnline)
- Small Business Reference Center (EBSCO)
- Social Sciences Full Text (EBSCO)
- SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
- SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCO)
- Sports Illustrated Magazine Archive (EBSCO)
- Sports Market Analytics – NOTE: Also called Sports Business Research Network (SBRnet)
- Sports Medicine & Education Index (ProQuest)
- SpringerLink
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Statista
- Struggle for Women’s Rights
- Student Resources in Context (Gale)
- Swank Digital Campus
T
- Taylor & Francis eBooks
- Taylor & Francis Journals
- Teacher Reference Center (EBSCO)
- Teachers College Record Book Reviews
- TeachingBooks.net
- Theatre in Context
- Thesaurus Linguae Latinae
- Time Magazine Archive (EBSCO)
- Times Digital Archive (Gale)
- Times of India – Historical Edition (1838-2010) (ProQuest)
- TOPICSearch (EBSCO)
- Twentieth Century North American Drama, 2nd Edition
U
- Ulrichsweb
- UpToDate Online – NOTE: After signing in via this link, users may create a personal login to access content anywhere, but they must re-verify the personal account every 90 days.
- U.S. History in Context (Gale)
- USP-NF – Contact the Science Library or Information Commons desks for a username and password
V
- Vente et Gestion (EBSCO)
- Visible Body NOTE: Click the “Don’t have Account? Sign Up” link to sign up for a personal account
- Vocational and Career Collection (EBSCO)
- Vocational Studies Premier (EBSCO)
- Vogue Archive (ProQuest)
W
- Wall Street Journal Site License – use this link to register for individual access to WSJ.com; Setup Instructions (Butler login required; using a separate Google account will result in denied access to the instruction page)
- Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) (ProQuest)
- Wall Street Journal – Historical Edition (1889-2011)(ProQuest)
- Web News (EBSCO)
- Wiley Online Library
- Women & Social Movements: Development and the Global South, 1919-2019
- Women & Social Movements in the United States: 1600-2000 (Alexander Street)
- Women & Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
- Women at Work during World War II
- Women’s Issues and Identities (Gale)
- Women’s Magazine Archive (ProQuest)
- Women’s Studies Manuscript Collections from the Schlesinger Library
- World History in Context (Gale)
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