Dissertations at Sam Houston State UniversityProvides full text of dissertations from Sam Houston State University produced after 1996. Does not include SHSU master's theses. Authorized users from SHSU may download copies free.
JSTORHuge collection of full-text articles in back issues of journals in most subject areas. Review dates and journals included by subject and alphabetically.
Project MUSEFull-text journals in many disciplines across the sciences and humanities. SHSU subscribes to "Project Muse Premium."
PsycINFOPsycINFO(R) contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.
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SciFinder provides access to databases of chemical abstracts; organic and inorganic substances and biosequences; reactions from journal literature and patents; compounds developed from state, national and international regulatory lists; international commercial suppliers; references from currently published journals; and patent information from active patent-issuing authorities.
SciFinder Scholar was developed for academic institutions by the Chemical Abstract Service and provides access to:
- CAplus, the Chemical Abstracts database back to 1900
- CAS Registry, the database of organic and inorganic substances and bio-sequences
- CASREACT, information on reactions from journal literature and patents
- CHEMLIST, database of compounds developed from state, national and international regulatory lists
- CHEMCATS, lists of international commercial suppliers
References to over 9,500 published journals and patent information from over 50 active patent issuing authorities
Biological Abstracts (part of Web of Science)The premier database for biology, botany, and related topics world-wide. Provides primarily citations, but does have some linking to full text articles.
FORENSICnetBASE (part of CRCnetBASE)FORENSICnetBASE provides online access to e-books on forensic science, criminal justice, and law enforcement published by CRC Press.
MEDLINEHuge database of bio-medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing, dentistry, pre-clinical sciences, and other allied health science disciplines. Provides some full text via open access titles.
General Science Full TextGeneral Science Full Text is a database that provides the full text of selected periodicals. Coverage includes popular science magazines as well as professional journals in the sciences.
ScienceDirectScienceDirect is the world's largest scientific database. ScienceDirect provides full-text access to journals in various science disciplines. Note: Does not support IE 8 or older versions.
Web of ScienceWeb of Science provides cover-to-cover indexing in journals from a full range of disciplines, from 1984 to the present. Made up of Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, each index is a true cited reference index, with citation counts and the ability to trace research forward or backward in time. Links are provided when full-text access is available.
Science OnlineScience magazine (1997-current issue), plus ScienceNOW and additional news, multimedia, and other content.
Reference UniverseSimultaneously search articles in over 50,000 specialized subject encyclopedias and scholarly compendia, both print and digital. This resource gives you full access to the library's authoritative collection of introductory content, helping you to save time and obtain a full grounding in your topic.
EndNote is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.
Primary Criminal Justice Databases
Criminal Justice (CJ) AbstractsIndex with abstracts of the major scholarly journals, books, and reports in criminology and related disciplines. This is the best place to search for scholarly article citations.
Criminology CollectionThe Criminology Collection includes the full-text of volume one to the present for select journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Articles cover such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, and Forensic Psychology.
ProQuest Criminal JusticeProvides information on criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal law. Contains full text of selected scholarly journals.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)The National Criminal Justice Reference Service is the research library of the Department of Justice. This database provides summaries of criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. Many of the publications from 1995 forward are full-text.
Primary Legal & Journal Article Databases
Legal SourceIncludes scholarly law journals, scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews, and more. Covers topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical law, labor & human resource law, ethics, the environment, and more. International scope covers U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Westlaw NEXTWestlaw provides access to cases from the courts of all 50 states and the federal courts, statutes from all 50 states and federal statutes. Contains full text of American Law Reports and numerous law reviews. This is the best place to start legal research.
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