Research Databases

This comprehensive, multidisciplinary database provides access to articles from thousands of journals, magazines, and other periodical sources in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and medicine. Full-text articles are available as well as abstracts (article summaries for older or brand-new articles) which may be available in full text via external links or interlibrary loan from the HFU library. Full-text coverage is generally from 1975 forward.

APA Style Central is the official and ultimate resource on APA Style. Their goal is to help you think and write like a seasoned professional. Consult their digital library of APA Style quick guides and tutorials to refine your writing. Learn how to plan sound research with their research tools and build a reference library with customized APA Style reference templates. Translate your research into concise, powerful articles that are formatted for style and, when your work is ready, use their browse and search features to identify the best journals for publication.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It includes 2.7 million searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world. Full text is available for most dissertations published after 1997 and for many older works. Search for full-text Open-Access dissertations at this site: PQ Open Dissertations

This collection of ebooks covers a diverse array of topics, including business, natural and health sciences, humanities, education, psychology, criminal justice, and information science.

Google search restricted to academic and government resources, with links to full-text articles in Holy Family University databases where available.

Provides full-text of journals in education, social sciences, sciences, and humanities. No current journals, only those 2-5 years old or older.

This general subject database covers a variety of topics from the arts, humanities, technology, social sciences, and more. Full text from scholarly and consumer-related publications from 1994 to present, with indexing from 1982 to present.

Articles from general interest, popular magazines with full-text articles from 1994 to the present.

Provides full text from 1999 through the present from hundreds of leading peer-reviewed journals. SAGE journals cover business, humanities, social science, criminology, science, technology, and medicine. Browse our complete list of titles.

Journals and magazine articles in business and industry. Full-text coverage from 1982 to the present, with abstracts from 1981.

This database includes current and back-issues from 2,300 management, marketing, finance, and business administration trade and scholarly journals, with full text from about 1965 to present. You can also search more than 10,000 company profiles, market research reports, and SWOT analyses.

Mergent Archives Digitized Corporate Manual Collection is an online database featuring a vast, indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. The database contains hundreds of thousands of reports covering over 100 countries and industries.

First Research is an Internet-based tool that allows users to easily understand the challenges, opportunities, and operations of more than 900 Industry Segments.

Mergent Online Premium is an Internet-based suite of information resources that enables in-depth business and financial research.

Provides comprehensive, full-text coverage from 80 business publications from major metropolitan areas.

This online video collection covers the following subject areas: psychotherapy, psychology, psychiatric counseling, and social work. The collection currently includes 331 videos along with the Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy and is searchable by therapy types, therapists, presentation type, and by subject.

Descriptions of articles from key academic journals in marriage, divorce, family therapy and other related topics from 1979 -. Includes full text where available in other library subscriptions.

Contains links to the full text of articles from journals published by American Psychological Association and its affiliates, from 1894 to the present.

Contains over 55,000 chapters in PDF from over 3,500 books published by APA and other distinguished publishers, plus the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.

Includes articles, book chapters, dissertations and reports from psychology literature in over 1,500 journals, from 1880's to the present.

Descriptions of articles from key academic journals in family and domestic violence, sexual and emotional abuse, and other related topics. Includes full text where available in other library subscriptions.

References to journal articles and books related to education. Provides indexing from 1983 and selected full-text articles dating from 1996 forward.

Authoritative collection of education journals covering all levels, interests, and specialties. Includes almost 2,000 journals in full-text and abstracts from thousands more.

Covers topics such as educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other subject areas related to educational administration. Includes over 190,000 abstracts from education journals with coverage dating back to 1966. Despite the title, this database does include full-text articles and links to full text in other library subscriptions.

This comprehensive database offers abstracts of journal articles, conferences, reports and more. Covers all fields of educational research from 1966 to the present. ERIC contains more than 1.3 million records and links to selected full-text documents.

Provides original, up-close profiles of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of book readings, guides to thousands of titles and a wealth of resources on children's and young adult literature.

This database includes articles on art, art history, design, craft, cinematography and other related topics. Full-text articles from 1977, with abstracts dating back to 1972.

Journal Articles in art, history, literature, music, and religion, with full-text available from 1995 to the present, and article descriptions back to 1910.

Descriptions of articles from key academic journals in discrimination, immigration, ethnic studies, and other related topics from 1975 -. Includes full text where available in other library subscriptions.

Articles concerning all aspects of the social sciences, including psychology, sociology, social work, criminology, addiction studies, family studies, anthropology and related fields. Full-text articles from 1972 to the present.

Topical database on current issues, presenting opposing points of view.

CINAHL includes articles and abstracts from the leading nursing and allied health journals in the United States and around the world. Includes selected full-text articles from 1937 to present and also links to full-text articles, where available, in other Holy Family library journal subscriptions.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases containing quality information to assist healthcare professionals in making evidence-based decisions. Reviews and protocols, healthcare trials, technology assessments, and economic evaluations are included.

MEDLINE with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for more than 1,450 of the 4,800+ journals indexed. Subjects include nursing, radiology and radiography, general medicine, the health care system, and more. Full-text coverage is from 1934 -.

Our Ovid Medical Journals provide full-text access to over 30 research journals and 10 practitioner-oriented journals in the fields of medicine and nursing. Full-text articles date from 1995 to the present; article descriptions back to 1950.

Journals indexed in PubMed are selected for quality and significance by the National Library of Medicine and include scholarly/research journals as well as other sources dating back to the 1950s.
*NOTE: This link now requires an HFU login, and offers links to full-text articles in other databases. Click on the University logo where displayed to connect to full-text articles.

R2L Digital Library is an electronic digital library of key health science publishers who offer a large medical collection of eBooks that is "focused and cross-referenced." It is a database service that provides access to the top publishers in medicine, nursing, and allied health. With its vast array of eBooks, a person can search across many titles and types of publications in all areas of the health sciences.
*NOTE: This link now requires an HFU login, and offers links to full-text articles in other databases. Click on the University logo where displayed to connect to full-text articles.

This database includes articles on engineering, computer technology, energy, fire prevention, physics, and much more. Full-text articles available from 1992, with abstracts dating back to 1983.

Full-text articles from scholarly and technical periodicals in biology, biochemistry, agriculture, and food science topics. Full-text coverage from 1986 to the present, abstracts beginning in 1982.

Journal and magazine articles in biology, chemistry, earth science, health, math, physics and related fields, with full-text articles from 1995 to present and article descriptions back to 1984.