Periodical Databases: General

An article you find in an online database also exists in a journal in print. It's just delivered via the Web by the library to facilitate research.

General periodical databases cover a variety of topics from popular sources:

Academic Search Complete

Article abstracts and full text from over 4400 periodicals published worldwide. Includes:

• social sciences
• humanities
• education
• sciences
• engineering
• language and linguistics
• arts
• literature
• medical sciences
• ethnic studies

SIRS Researcher

Full-text articles on:

• social sciences
• sciences
• health
• history
• economics
• business
• politics
• world issues

Also includes excerpts from The World Almanac and 300 maps from around the world.

InfoTrac Newspapers

Over 100 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including several Texas newspapers.

Most of the newspapers have articles dating back to 1996, with a 90 day rolling file of the New York Times.