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These are great databases to start with, they cover a variety of article types (from popular to newspaper to scholarly) and give you cross-disciplinary results.
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Full-text databases and popular databases ranging from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Multidisciplinary collection of scholarly and trade journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports.
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Access to The New York Times (1980 - present), Washington Post (1987 - present), Los Angeles Times (1985 - present), Chicago Tribune, (1985 - present), and Wall Street Journal (1984 - present).
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.
Open access repository for research and scholarly output by Pepperdine University departments and centers, includesFaculty Open Access Publications, Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Undergraduate Student Research, and Pepperdine Journals.
Practical tool for access to books, journals, videos and reference material for help understanding and choosing methods, designing research projects and writing up findings.
Scholarly publications covering the humanities, social sciences and life and physical sciences.
Find course specific information in the American Studies Research Guides.
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century including historical periodicals and books; eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, business advertisements, and genealogical records.
Foundational books in the humanities and social sciences, selected by scholars.
Series I offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Digital access to Series 1-5 of the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
Includes detailed firsthand descriptions of historical characters, glimpses of daily life in the army and at home, anecdotes about key events and personages.
Access to 20th century primary source materials including selected speeches, letters, legal decisions, government documents, lyrics, advertisements, literary scripts, recipes, scrapbooks, and cartoons. Continued in American Decades: 2000-2009.
Leading source of up-to-date demographic data about the United States people and economy.
Digitized archival materials from the Library of Congress, including legal and historical materials.
Covers over 140,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses.
Access to portraits of more than 18,700 men and women, updated quarterly, features hyperlinked articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History.
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
The Library of Congress American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture; traditional culture from around the world.
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Includes every issue published in volumes 1-9, from March 12, 1871 through February 22, 1880. The Capital is a primary record of the American Reconstruction Period.
Documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, compiled by top scholars and experts.
Historical books, pamphlets and broadsides from 17th and 18th century America.
Access to more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876.
Personal accounts, such as diaries and letters, of people in North America from 1534-1850, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials.
Essays by subject experts on foreign policy concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.
Essays tracing the major religious families and traditions, plus directory of individual churches, religious bodies, and spiritual groups.
Articles and bibliographies related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present.
Multilingual, primary source European works relating to the Americas.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Autobiographical testimonies and biographical data from the forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic during the slave trade era from the 16th to the 19th century.
Covers today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, and important legal documents.
Entries on specific cultural and ethnoreligious groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on religions, holidays, customs, language, historical background and settlement patterns.
Academic journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets, and reports focused on women and gender issues. Some archival material as far back as 1974.
Entries on all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art.
Indexing and full-text access to the Los Angeles Times. Covers 1985 to now.
Every issue from 1881-1990 with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Primary sources on American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Free access to digitized images from NYPL's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photos.
Access to personal narratives including several thousand indexed and searchable pages of Ellis Island Oral History interviews, starting around 1840 to the present, focusing on 1920 to 1980.
Letters and diaries from colonial times to 1950 plus journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings
Open-access database of dissertations and theses from the early 20th century to now.
All issues of this American Civil War-era newspaper from November 1860 through December 1865.
Primary sources documenting the history of student organizing in the U.S.
Find course specific information in Art and Art History Research Guides
Titles published by the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Research Institute, including collection catalogues that highlight the Getty collections.
A virtual library of art history texts, digitized art history publications, rare books, and related literature.
Access to foremost scholarly art encyclopedia covering all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art, including the full text of The Dictionary of Art.
Entries on all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art.
Entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures including the qualities and historical uses of materials and definitions on art forms and styles.
Covers all aspects of Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Africa to Central, South, and East Asia, includes entries on artists, rulers, writers, ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, calligraphy, textiles, and more.
Historical and current uses of materials and techniques in a wide range of areas from painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art.
Free access to digitized images from NYPL's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photos.
Course specific information in Biology Research Guides.
Covers over 140,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses.
Free and open access to legacy literature in taxonomy and biodiversity.
Collection of peer reviewed journals in the fields of biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. This database is part of a trial access period that ends April 30, 2025.
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A free online archive for unpublished preprints in the life sciences.
Peer-reviewed open access scientific journal for the biomedical and life sciences.
Articles on the environment and its connection to a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Revised and updated edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world.
JAMA, published continuously since 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published 48 times per year.
Medicine, nursing, dentistry and the pre-clinical sciences research, includes bibliographic citations and author abstracts US and international journals.
PDFs of books in the physical and social sciences published by National Academies Press since 1980. Includes full-text searching capabilities.
Weekly journal of peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Access to journals and e-books published by Springer Nature in life and behavioral sciences.
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Find course specific information in Business (Seaver) Research Guides.
Leading source of up-to-date demographic data about the United States people and economy.
Digital subscription includes complete access to recent issues, print and video creative and DataCenter, featuring downloadable, exclusive rankings, profiles and analysis of agencies, marketers, marketing and industry jobs. First time users will need to create an account and verify pepperdine.edu email address.
Actual business plans compiled by, and aimed at, entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses.
Articles from peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics, including SWOT analyses and articles from Harvard Business Review.
Helps authors locate journals that might publish their article by providing information about journal submission guidelines, acceptance rates, review process and other pertinent information.
Full-text access to The Economist magazine, covering 1997 to present and related web content.
Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis links to scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.
A database with over hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from national, international, public, and private sources.
Market and industry research reports with key statistics, industry conditions, market share, industry performance, market drivers, key success factors, and revenue forecasts for each US industry. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Census and survey data from around the world for integrated and comparative research. Must create a free account profile to create data sets.
Economic statistics for 269 countries from the International Monetary Fund.
Refinitiv is now named LSEG Data & Analytics.
Financial news, financials, global pricing data and analytics, analyst research reports, bank investment reports and forecasts for publicly-traded companies.
This database is only available to Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial, academic research, and requires registration.
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Market research and industry reports with market share, consumer profiles, forecasting, driving forces, and distribution methods. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Articles on management practices, organizational operations and technology.
Market research reports on countries, consumers and industries from Euromonitor International. Historic data from 1997 plus up-to-date forecast models including industry reports and market share data. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed articles in psychology, behavioral science and mental health.
Descriptive summaries, articles and citations on the development and assessment of psychological tests, scales, instruments and measures used in psychology research and teaching.
Financial news, financials, global pricing data and analytics, analyst research reports, bank investment reports and forecasts for publicly-traded companies.
This database is only available to Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial, academic research, and requires registration.
Regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Access to research products including Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
For access, click Brand Catalyst at the top of the Simmons interface. Identifies the unique characteristics of over 8,000 brands to help define brand identity, differentiate against competitors, create unique personas, and drive effective media, creative, and partnership strategies.
Consumer survey data includes over 700 psychographic measures to understand target consumers' general attitudes, media usage, and shopping habits. Access restricted to five simultaneous users.
SimplyAnalytics is a mapping, analytics, and data visualization application that makes it easy for anyone to create interactive maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing variables.. Please note there is a limit of 5 concurrent users - if busy, try later
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Unbiased forecasts for the economies of California and the United States.
**Access requires logging in with a WSJ.com account. Register using your Pepperdine email address.** Get unlimited access to WSJ.com, WSJ mobile apps, curated newsletters and podcasts.
Access to databases in finance, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing and public policy. **Access limited to Pepperdine faculty, staff, and doctoral students. Users must apply for account access and be approved by the Pepperdine WRDS representative.**
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
Analysis and visualization tool for data regarding economic policy and debt, education, environment, financial sector, health, infrastructure, labor, poverty, and trade.
Course specific information in Chemistry Research Guides.
Covers over 140,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses.
The Pistoia Alliance Chemical Safety Library project shares inaccessible hazardous reaction information.
**You must register to use this resource**
The Pistoia Alliance Chemical Safety Library project shares inaccessible hazardous reaction information.
**You must register to use this resource**
Non-commercial subject specific open access repository for chemistry papers published in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemical Science journal.
Articles on the environment and its connection to a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
PDFs of books in the physical and social sciences published by National Academies Press since 1980. Includes full-text searching capabilities.
Weekly journal of peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology
Open-access, peer-reviewed journals across all areas of science and medicine.
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Electronic, full-text reports processed by the U.S. Department of Energy, topics include physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environment, energy, engineering, computer and information science, and renewable energy.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Find course specific information in Communication Studies Research Guides.
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
Coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Articles from peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics, including SWOT analyses and articles from Harvard Business Review.
Provides professionally fact-checked and footnoted reports on the most current and controversial issues of the day.
Non-biased pros and cons of debatable issues, plus reference information relevant to those issues.
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Digital subscription includes complete access to recent issues, print and video creative and DataCenter, featuring downloadable, exclusive rankings, profiles and analysis of agencies, marketers, marketing and industry jobs. First time users will need to create an account and verify pepperdine.edu email address.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research collection of social science data. First time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account.
Practical tool for access to books, journals, videos and reference material for help understanding and choosing methods, designing research projects and writing up findings.
Access to accurate, up-to-date media information including detailed ad rates, dates and contact data.
Market research and industry reports with market share, consumer profiles, forecasting, driving forces, and distribution methods. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
For access, click Brand Catalyst at the top of the Simmons interface. Identifies the unique characteristics of over 8,000 brands to help define brand identity, differentiate against competitors, create unique personas, and drive effective media, creative, and partnership strategies.
Consumer survey data includes over 700 psychographic measures to understand target consumers' general attitudes, media usage, and shopping habits. Access restricted to five simultaneous users.
A comprehensive overview of contemporary communication theory.
Coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas.
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed articles in psychology, behavioral science and mental health.
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Research reports on Children and Families, Education and the Arts, Energy and Environment, Health Care, Infrastructure and Transportation, International Affairs, Law and Business, National Security, Public Safety, Science and Technology.
Health-related advertisements from 1850 to 1920, illustrating relationship between modern medicine & modern advertising.
Find course specific information in Computer Science Resource Guides.
Books, public policy reports and conference proceedings on computers, information technology, and public policy.
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Electronic, full-text reports processed by the U.S. Department of Energy, topics include physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environment, energy, engineering, computer and information science, and renewable energy.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century including historical periodicals and books; eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, business advertisements, and genealogical records.
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
The Cambridge University Press currently publishes 370 peer-reviewed academic journals containing the latest research from a wide range of subject areas. Access is provided to volumes from 2000-2016.
Access to more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876.
Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Autobiographical testimonies and biographical data from the forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic during the slave trade era from the 16th to the 19th century.
Entries on specific cultural and ethnoreligious groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on religions, holidays, customs, language, historical background and settlement patterns.
Primary source documents on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Primary source documents on immigration and multiculturalism in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Includes full-text of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1934 to 2010.
Primary sources on American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
Endangered archival materials documenting the history of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic World.
Primary sources documenting the history of student organizing in the U.S.
Course specific information in Education (Seaver College) Research Guides.
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
Helps authors locate journals that might publish their article by providing information about journal submission guidelines, acceptance rates, review process and other pertinent information.
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, covers topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, and adoption.
Presents news and information for college and university faculty and students.
Compilation of statistical information on American education from prekindergarten through graduate school, including results of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) surveys.
Research about the application and use of information technology in higher education. To access the ECAR publications you will need to create an EDUCAUSE profile (username and password).
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Access leading digital magazines on your mobile device with Flipster, the digital magazine newsstand from EBSCO.
Designed for high school libraries, contains high school magazines, full text reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and a School Image Collection.
Comprehensive guide to contemporary testing instruments in areas of psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Open-access database of dissertations and theses from the early 20th century to now.
Projections to 2028 of key education statistics for elementary and secondary schools.
Descriptive summaries, articles and citations on the development and assessment of psychological tests, scales, instruments and measures used in psychology research and teaching.
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
Access to a country-by-country survey of educational systems of 233 countries.
Course specific information in English Resource Guides.
Provides up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and around the world.
Digital access to Series 1-5 of the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
Articles from major American authors including Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Ambrose Bierce, H.L. Mencken, Theodore Roosevelt, Ray Stannard Baker, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Henry Stanley, Ida Tarbell and Nellie Bly.
Twenty different versions of the English Bible, including 12 full Bibles, five New Testament texts, two versions of the Gospels only, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah, and the New Testament.
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Historical books, pamphlets and broadsides from 17th and 18th century America.
Full-text items published in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700.
Comprehensive, scholarly, authoritative, and critical overview of literature and theory comprising individual titles covering key literary genres, periods, and sub-disciplines.
Open-access, peer-reviewed resources, including full text plays & poems, information on the life and times of Shakespeare, production information, and recent reviews of Shakespeare performances.
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Greek and Latin texts with English translations. Requires profile sign-in.
First time users, to create profile and set password, visit https://www.loebclassics.com/
Free access to digitized images from NYPL's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photos.
Information about modern editions - in print and online - of medieval primary sources.
Authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium: the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over more than 600,000 words.
Full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.
Access to over sixty volumes of lyric poetry by Scottish women, written between 1789 and 1832.
Access to poetry, novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts, histories, and more of lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century.
Index, with citations, to the authorship of articles, and a bibliography of articles written by each contributor, and using each pseudonym, covering the period from the beginning of the Westminster Review in 1824 to the end of the century.
Course specific information in Film Studies Research Guides.
American feature and short films from 1893-1970, compiled by the American Film Institute. Includes information on cast, crew, plot summaries, subjects, genres and historical notes.
Source for breaking news in the entertainment industry.
Coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
The finding aid for the Ivan Goff collection of television scripts is now available on the Online Archive of California (OAC).
Library of Congress' vast moving image collection, designed to make otherwise unavailable movies, both copyrighted and in the public domain, freely accessible.
Introduction to film and film studies, covering production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory and film history.
Digital access to course-related films. Swank does not currently support Safari on Macs. Please see Swank System Requirements or the Swank help page for more details.
Course specific information in Sports MedicineResearch Guides.
JAMA, published continuously since 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published 48 times per year.
Health-related advertisements from 1850 to 1920, illustrating relationship between modern medicine & modern advertising.
Medicine, nursing, dentistry and the pre-clinical sciences research, includes bibliographic citations and author abstracts US and international journals.
Free online archive for preprints in the medical, clinical, and related health sciences.
Portal featuring DSM-V-TR, plus a collection of psychiatric references and journals from American Psychiatric Publishing, self-assessment tools, and clinical & research news.
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Mental health & psychology encyclopedia and companion to the DSM-5.
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
Course specific information in History Research Guides.
Digital access to Series 1-5 of the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
Series I offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Access to 20th century primary source materials including selected speeches, letters, legal decisions, government documents, lyrics, advertisements, literary scripts, recipes, scrapbooks, and cartoons. Continued in American Decades: 2000-2009.
Open-access database of dissertations and theses from the early 20th century to now.
Leading source of up-to-date demographic data about the United States people and economy.
Digitized archival materials from the Library of Congress, including legal and historical materials.
Covers over 140,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses.
Access to portraits of more than 18,700 men and women, updated quarterly, features hyperlinked articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History.
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Provides page images and searchable full text for approximately 500 British periodicals published from the 17th through the early 20th centuries (1681-1920).
Includes every issue published in volumes 1-9, from March 12, 1871 through February 22, 1880. The Capital is a primary record of the American Reconstruction Period.
Provides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age. CMOS includes the full contents of the 18th edition.
Documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, compiled by top scholars and experts.
Photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States.
Collection of all known official and unofficial documents pertaining to the First Federal Congress.
Historical books, pamphlets and broadsides from 17th and 18th century America.
Personal accounts, such as diaries and letters, of people in North America from 1534-1850, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials.
Full-text items published in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700.
Essays by subject experts on foreign policy concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.
Articles and bibliographies related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present.
Multilingual, primary source European works relating to the Americas.
Multilingual online collection of cultural items from European museums, libraries, archives and multi-media collections.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Autobiographical testimonies and biographical data from the forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic during the slave trade era from the 16th to the 19th century.
Search the Illustrated London News together with The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985.
Annotated bibliographic citations to articles and book reviews plus index of journals on history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding U.S. and Canada).
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
The Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers collection covers 1912 to 1949. The press of more than twenty cities is represented, spanning the Chinese mainland and the entire half century.
Provides more than 35 newspapers published between 1805 and 1922 from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere in Latin America.
Access to scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries, documenting the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states.
Includes full-text of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1934 to 2010.
Every issue from 1881-1990 with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Primary sources on American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Provides unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present.
Free access to digitized images from NYPL's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photos.
Full-text British 19th century periodicals: Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature (1806-1837), Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Northern Star (1838-1852), Leader (1850-1860), English Woman's Journal (1858-1864), Tomahawk (1867-1870), and Publisher's Circular (1880-1890).
Access to personal narratives including several thousand indexed and searchable pages of Ellis Island Oral History interviews, starting around 1840 to the present, focusing on 1920 to 1980.
Letters and diaries from colonial times to 1950 plus journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings
Endangered archival materials documenting the history of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic World.
Digital archive of travel guides, museum catalogs, travel narratives, photographic and hand-drawn images of Egypt, and historical maps of Egypt and Cyprus.
Course specific information in International StudiesResearch Guides.
Materials related to international affairs, starting from 1991, including working papers from universities and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Provides more than 35 newspapers published between 1805 and 1922 from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere in Latin America.
Access to scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries, documenting the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states.
Provides unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present.
National & international papers include: The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star
Regional papers include: The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News.
Television & radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, FOX News, NPR, and others.
Comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Digital archive of travel guides, museum catalogs, travel narratives, photographic and hand-drawn images of Egypt, and historical maps of Egypt and Cyprus.
Full-text as well as status of treaties filed with the U.N. Secretary-General.
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
Analysis and visualization tool for data regarding economic policy and debt, education, environment, financial sector, health, infrastructure, labor, poverty, and trade.
Information on 197 countries and dependencies on topics from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics.
Materials related to international affairs, starting from 1991, including working papers from universities and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Collection of all known official and unofficial documents pertaining to the First Federal Congress.
Coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Covers today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, and important legal documents.
Complete coverage of the most important English language legal information, with international coverage of scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews and more.
Annual surveys of the laws of a jurisdiction, surveys of the federal courts, yearbooks, annual institutes and reviews of the work in a given field or topic.
Provides access to historical legal publications from non-profit cooperative of libraries dedicated to preserving legal titles and government documents and making digital copies accessible.
Legal reference collections in the world, with links to almost every legal topic, constitutions and codes, court opinions, law by source or jurisdiction.
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Access to treatises on early American and British law published from 1800 to 1926.
Proceedings of London's Central Criminal Court from 1674 to 1913.
A legal encyclopedia that includes historical and contemporary comparisons of the world legal systems.
Encyclopedia of international law including diplomatic law, criminal law, and human rights.
Select compiled U.S. Congressional legislative histories.
Specialized research networks in the social sciences, covering accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship, marketing and management.
Find course specific information in Math Research Guides.
Archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance.
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Providing access to mathematical literature, reviews and bibliographic data from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications.
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Find course specific information in Music Research Guides.
Offers professionally crafted scores of art songs and arias as well as vocal repertoire from operas, choral works, and musical theatre in any key.
Streaming access to over classical music recordings. Includes the Music Library Association listing of essential sound recordings.
Access to articles and biographies from field of music, includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Video library of over productions, documentaries, workshops, interviews and analysis.
Contains all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music without charge.
Library of IPA transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.
Education videos on classical music, opera, and dance, plus live event broadcasts.
Over 1.45 million tracks of music from the Naxos and other independent music labels; includes background information.
Comprehensive collection of recorded Jazz music. Click "log out" icon in top left of screen to end your session.
Reference work on evolution of Western classical music by Richard Taruskin.
Includes the full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
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Series I offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
Includes every issue published in volumes 1-9, from March 12, 1871 through February 22, 1880. The Capital is a primary record of the American Reconstruction Period.
Access to selected newspaper pages from 1836 to 1922. Use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information on newspapers published between 1690-present.
Access to more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876.
Full-text access to The Economist magazine, covering 1997 to present and related web content.
Access leading digital magazines on your mobile device with Flipster, the digital magazine newsstand from EBSCO.
Search the Illustrated London News together with The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985.
World's first illustrated weekly newspaper, news coverage of British and world events, including war, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science.
Provides more than 35 newspapers published between 1805 and 1922 from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere in Latin America.
Includes full-text of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1934 to 2010.
Indexing and full-text access to the Los Angeles Times. Covers 1985 to now.
Every issue from 1881-1990 with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
The longest running newspaper in Malibu, California. Digital collection currently covers 1946-2010s.
Provides unique insights into the history of individual countries, as well as broad viewpoints on key historic events from the late nineteenth century through the present.
National & international papers include: The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star
Regional papers include: The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, The Miami Herald, Daily News (New York), San Jose Mercury News.
Television & radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, FOX News, NPR, and others.
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Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
All issues of this American Civil War-era newspaper from November 1860 through December 1865.
Primary sources documenting the history of student organizing in the U.S.
Complete digital edition of The Times (London), including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.
Access to The New York Times (1980 - present), Washington Post (1987 - present), Los Angeles Times (1985 - present), Chicago Tribune, (1985 - present), and Wall Street Journal (1984 - present).
Find course specific information in Nutrition Research Guides.
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed articles in psychology, behavioral science and mental health.
Access to journals and e-books published by Springer Nature in life and behavioral sciences.
Medicine, nursing, dentistry and the pre-clinical sciences research, includes bibliographic citations and author abstracts US and international journals.
JAMA, published continuously since 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published 48 times per year.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Find course specific information in Philosophy Research Guides.
Scholarly journal covering entire discipline of philosophy.
Reference work written, reviewed, and maintained by professional philosophers.
Greek and Latin texts with English translations. Requires profile sign-in.
First time users, to create profile and set password, visit https://www.loebclassics.com/
Greek literary texts from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Users and visitors must create an account with a user name and password to access the TLG site.
Open Access PDF version of the previously published volumes A - M and O - P.
Search ancient Greek inscriptions and papyri held at Duke University, the University of Michigan and Cornell University. Unicode 4 is used to display the Greek characters and the keyboard emulates an Ibycus keyboard.
Find course specific information in Political Science Research Guides.
Materials related to international affairs, starting from 1991, including working papers from universities and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Provides professionally fact-checked and footnoted reports on the most current and controversial issues of the day.
Documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, compiled by top scholars and experts.
Essays by subject experts on foreign policy concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Entries on specific cultural and ethnoreligious groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on religions, holidays, customs, language, historical background and settlement patterns.
Articles on the environment and its connection to a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research collection of social science data. First time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account.
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Access to scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries, documenting the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states.
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict.
CQ Roll Call's information on members of the U.S. Congress and their districts, including profiles, constituency data, apportionment, and redistricting.
Non-biased pros and cons of debatable issues, plus reference information relevant to those issues.
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Full-text as well as status of treaties filed with the U.N. Secretary-General.
Information on 197 countries and dependencies on topics from banking and securities to climate, from government data to demographic statistics.
Find course specific information in Psychology (Seaver College) Research Guides.
Includes access to the APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology, APA Handbook of Testing and Assessment in Psychology, and APA Addiction Syndrome Handbook.
Helps authors locate journals that might publish their article by providing information about journal submission guidelines, acceptance rates, review process and other pertinent information.
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, covers topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, and adoption.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Medicine, nursing, dentistry and the pre-clinical sciences research, includes bibliographic citations and author abstracts US and international journals.
Comprehensive guide to contemporary testing instruments in areas of psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Open-access database of dissertations and theses from the early 20th century to now.
Index of worldwide literature on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events.
Portal featuring DSM-V-TR, plus a collection of psychiatric references and journals from American Psychiatric Publishing, self-assessment tools, and clinical & research news.
Counseling and therapy streaming videos.
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed articles in psychology, behavioral science and mental health.
Descriptive summaries, articles and citations on the development and assessment of psychological tests, scales, instruments and measures used in psychology research and teaching.
Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Access to journals and e-books published by Springer Nature in life and behavioral sciences.
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Mental health & psychology encyclopedia and companion to the DSM-5.
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Materials related to international affairs, starting from 1991, including working papers from universities and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Provides professionally fact-checked and footnoted reports on the most current and controversial issues of the day.
Documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, compiled by top scholars and experts.
Essays by subject experts on foreign policy concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis links to scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.
A database with over hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from national, international, public, and private sources.
[Formerly GPO Access] A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office providing free electronic access to the information products produced by the Federal Government.
Articles on the environment and its connection to a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research collection of social science data. First time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account.
Census and survey data from around the world for integrated and comparative research. Must create a free account profile to create data sets.
Index and abstracts from political science periodicals published throughout the world since 2007.
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Working papers & international research from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Market research reports on countries, consumers and industries from Euromonitor International. Historic data from 1997 plus up-to-date forecast models including industry reports and market share data. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Non-biased pros and cons of debatable issues, plus reference information relevant to those issues.
Full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.
Select compiled U.S. Congressional legislative histories.
Research reports on Children and Families, Education and the Arts, Energy and Environment, Health Care, Infrastructure and Transportation, International Affairs, Law and Business, National Security, Public Safety, Science and Technology.
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Specialized research networks in the social sciences, covering accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship, marketing and management.
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Full-text as well as status of treaties filed with the U.N. Secretary-General.
Policy research working papers and pre-prints (not yet peer-reviewed).
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
Find course specific information in Religion Research Guides.
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Includes a book-by-book translation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Apocrypha.
Up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects, concepts and topics.
Twenty different versions of the English Bible, including 12 full Bibles, five New Testament texts, two versions of the Gospels only, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah, and the New Testament.
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Access to cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture.
Entries on persons and subjects related to Catholicism and the humanities, includes biographies of contemporary religious figures, photos, maps, and illustrations.
Entries on the Bible and its origins, development, and influence.
Overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel.
Open Access PDF version of the previously published volumes A - M and O - P.
Greek literary texts from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Users and visitors must create an account with a user name and password to access the TLG site.
Digital library of public domain books, periodicals, audio recordings and special collections on theology and religion.
Open access content in religious studies and related disciplines.
Resources focused on Greco-Roman world and classical Greek and Latin archaeology, atlas, texts and translations, text tools and lexica. Also includes Arabic, Germanic, 19th-century American, Renaissance, and Italian texts.
Search ancient Greek inscriptions and papyri held at Duke University, the University of Michigan and Cornell University. Unicode 4 is used to display the Greek characters and the keyboard emulates an Ibycus keyboard.
Digital access to Series 1-5 of the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
Greek and Latin texts with English translations. Requires profile sign-in.
First time users, to create profile and set password, visit https://www.loebclassics.com/
A comprehensive index of over 1 million hymn texts, hymn tunes, and hymnals.
Free access to the most authoritative religion statistics, data, and church membership reports from around the world.
Index to serials and lectureships published by the Christian College Librarians since 1975.
Find course specific information in the Physics Research Guides.
Covers over 140,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses.
Archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance.
PDFs of books in the physical and social sciences published by National Academies Press since 1980. Includes full-text searching capabilities.
Open-access, peer-reviewed journals across all areas of science and medicine.
Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
Electronic, full-text reports processed by the U.S. Department of Energy, topics include physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environment, energy, engineering, computer and information science, and renewable energy.
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Access to journals and e-books published by Springer Nature in life and behavioral sciences.
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
Find course specific information in Sociology Research Guides.
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, covers topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, and adoption.
Includes articles covering core issues such as race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy and abortion, the Internet, privacy and epidemiology.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
The American Psychological Association’s (APA) resource of peer-reviewed articles in psychology, behavioral science and mental health.
Open archive of working papers, preprints, and published papers in the social sciences.
Access to peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, dissertations and conference papers in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
Find course specific information in Theatre Arts Research Guides.
Streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering insight into theatre and performance studies.
Video library of over productions, documentaries, workshops, interviews and analysis.
Open-access, peer-reviewed resources, including full text plays & poems, information on the life and times of Shakespeare, production information, and recent reviews of Shakespeare performances.
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Access to peer reviewed journals covering Behavioral Science; Education; Business, Management & Economics; Media, Cultural & Communication Studies; Politics, International Relations; Sociology; Sport, Leisure & Tourism.
Access to the full text journals in Business, Communication, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Annotated bibliographic citations to articles and book reviews plus index of journals on history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding U.S. and Canada).
Provides up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and around the world.
Find course specific information in Women's & Gender Studies Research Guides.
Academic journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets, and reports focused on women and gender issues. Some archival material as far back as 1974.
Collection of Open Access Gender Studies E-Books, including gender development, environment and gender, women's suffrage, gender and the law, sexual & gender identity disorders, gender in culture and society, gender politics, and sport and gender.
Open Access E-Books in the humanities, education, social and behavioral sciences, covering women's and gender history from the 12th century to today.
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century including historical periodicals and books; eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, business advertisements, and genealogical records.
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Letters and diaries from colonial times to 1950 plus journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings
Access to poetry, novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts, histories, and more of lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century.
Access to personal narratives including several thousand indexed and searchable pages of Ellis Island Oral History interviews, starting around 1840 to the present, focusing on 1920 to 1980.
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
Annotated bibliographic citations to articles and book reviews plus index of journals on history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding U.S. and Canada).
Open access repository for international development research articles, reports and books.
Access to portraits of more than 18,700 men and women, updated quarterly, features hyperlinked articles from The Oxford Companion to United States History.
Up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects, concepts and topics.
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Articles on notable people who shaped British history worldwide, from the 4th century BC to the year 2012.
Overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel.
Essays by subject experts on foreign policy concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control.
Essays tracing the major religious families and traditions, plus directory of individual churches, religious bodies, and spiritual groups.
Articles and bibliographies related to the history and cultures of the United States, from pre-colonial days to the present.
A comprehensive overview of contemporary communication theory.
Information relating to the fields of cross-cultural, cultural, and indigenous psychology.
Coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.
Entries on wide-ranging philosophical topics plus biographical entries on notable thinkers in field of philosophy.
Entries cover all genres and periods of popular music from 1900 to the present day.
Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era.
Access to cross-cultural approach that emphasizes religion's role within everyday life and as a unique experience from culture to culture.
Entries on the Bible and its origins, development, and influence.
Comprehensive, scholarly, authoritative, and critical overview of literature and theory comprising individual titles covering key literary genres, periods, and sub-disciplines.
Covers today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, and important legal documents.
Entries on specific cultural and ethnoreligious groups in the U.S., with an emphasis on religions, holidays, customs, language, historical background and settlement patterns.
Clear and accessible presentation of wide-ranging psychological topics
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Entries on all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art.
Entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures including the qualities and historical uses of materials and definitions on art forms and styles.
Covers all aspects of Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Africa to Central, South, and East Asia, includes entries on artists, rulers, writers, ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, calligraphy, textiles, and more.
Historical and current uses of materials and techniques in a wide range of areas from painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art.
Revised and updated edition incorporates recent developments in the animal world.
Coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas.
Access to peer-reviewed reference source.
Multidisciplinary reference on families, marriages, and intimate relationships.
Entries on persons and subjects related to Catholicism and the humanities, includes biographies of contemporary religious figures, photos, maps, and illustrations.
Provides concepts and terms related to economics.
Authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium: the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over more than 600,000 words.
A legal encyclopedia that includes historical and contemporary comparisons of the world legal systems.
Comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict.
CQ Roll Call's information on members of the U.S. Congress and their districts, including profiles, constituency data, apportionment, and redistricting.
Access to a country-by-country survey of educational systems of 233 countries.
Pepperdine Libraries has licensed access to over half a million ebooks through a variety of platforms. Use the box below to search across all ebook platforms for relevant titles for your classes and research!
Foundational books in the humanities and social sciences, selected by scholars.
Includes access to the APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, APA Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology, APA Handbook of Testing and Assessment in Psychology, and APA Addiction Syndrome Handbook.
Includes a book-by-book translation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Apocrypha.
Up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects, concepts and topics.
Discovery tool for Open Access books.
Historical books, pamphlets and broadsides from 17th and 18th century America.
Full-text items published in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700.
Access leading digital magazines on your mobile device with Flipster, the digital magazine newsstand from EBSCO.
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Download free fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books.
Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Includes e-books formerly in Pepperdine's ebrary and EBL collections.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Streaming video titles spanning subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
Discover historic programs of publicly funded radio and television across America.
Video library of over productions, documentaries, workshops, interviews and analysis.
Multidisciplinary collection of curriculum-focused, streaming video titles.
An online streaming video service for universities with films, documentaries, and training videos.
Education videos on classical music, opera, and dance, plus live event broadcasts.
Library of Congress' vast moving image collection, designed to make otherwise unavailable movies, both copyrighted and in the public domain, freely accessible.
Streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material offering insight into theatre and performance studies.
Additional 20 high-quality video productions of classic theatre productions
Counseling and therapy streaming videos.
Digital access to course-related films. Swank does not currently support Safari on Macs. Please see Swank System Requirements or the Swank help page for more details.
Find more information on using Primary Sources and resources broken out by subject in the Primary Sources Research Guide.
Includes detailed firsthand descriptions of historical characters, glimpses of daily life in the army and at home, anecdotes about key events and personages.
Access to 20th century primary source materials including selected speeches, letters, legal decisions, government documents, lyrics, advertisements, literary scripts, recipes, scrapbooks, and cartoons. Continued in American Decades: 2000-2009.
Digitized archival materials from the Library of Congress, including legal and historical materials.
Articles from major American authors including Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Ambrose Bierce, H.L. Mencken, Theodore Roosevelt, Ray Stannard Baker, Jack London, Stephen Crane, Henry Stanley, Ida Tarbell and Nellie Bly.
The Library of Congress American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture; traditional culture from around the world.
The Archives at Indiana University cover a wide range of cultural and geographical areas, and include commercial and field recordings of vocal and instrumental music, folktales, interviews, and oral history, as well as videotapes, photographs, and manuscripts.
Provides page images and searchable full text for approximately 500 British periodicals published from the 17th through the early 20th centuries (1681-1920).
Includes every issue published in volumes 1-9, from March 12, 1871 through February 22, 1880. The Capital is a primary record of the American Reconstruction Period.
Documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, compiled by top scholars and experts.
Collection of all known official and unofficial documents pertaining to the First Federal Congress.
Access to more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876.
Personal accounts, such as diaries and letters, of people in North America from 1534-1850, including traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials.
Information and links to the best primary and secondary texts in 18th century studies available in digital form, either freely on the Web or by subscription.
Multilingual, primary source European works relating to the Americas.
Autobiographical testimonies and biographical data from the forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic during the slave trade era from the 16th to the 19th century.
Focus on social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries including speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art.
Primary source documents on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Primary source documents on immigration and multiculturalism in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Access to scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries, documenting the emergence of the Latin American colonies as independent states.
Includes full-text of the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper from 1934 to 2010.
Primary sources on American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
The longest running newspaper in Malibu, California. Digital collection currently covers 1946-2010s.
Health-related advertisements from 1850 to 1920, illustrating relationship between modern medicine & modern advertising.
Library of Congress' vast moving image collection, designed to make otherwise unavailable movies, both copyrighted and in the public domain, freely accessible.
Free access to digitized images from NYPL's collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photos.
Access to personal narratives including several thousand indexed and searchable pages of Ellis Island Oral History interviews, starting around 1840 to the present, focusing on 1920 to 1980.
Letters and diaries from colonial times to 1950 plus journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings
Information on social issues including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, interactive maps, videos, and streaming audio.
A complete and searchable digital collection of the Pepperdine University yearbook from 1939-2006, includes "Crest of a Golden Wave."
Historical science papers from the Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific publisher, includes the first edition of the 1665 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Endangered archival materials documenting the history of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic World.
Greek literary texts from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Users and visitors must create an account with a user name and password to access the TLG site.
Open Access PDF version of the previously published volumes A - M and O - P.
Complete digital edition of The Times (London), including all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.
The longest running newspaper in Malibu, California. Digital collection currently covers 1946-2010s.
Descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and the University of California (UC) campuses.
Open access repository for research and scholarly output by Pepperdine University departments and centers, includesFaculty Open Access Publications, Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Undergraduate Student Research, and Pepperdine Journals.
High-resolution digital renditions of thousands of photographic prints, slides, and negatives, capturing the history of Pepperdine University from its 1937 founding to the present.
A complete and searchable digital collection of the Pepperdine University yearbook from 1939-2006, includes "Crest of a Golden Wave."
Primary sources documenting the history of student organizing in the U.S.
Primary source material from 18th and 19th century including historical periodicals and books; eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, business advertisements, and genealogical records.
Over 450 prison newspapers from across the country in one collection representing penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.
The Cambridge University Press currently publishes 370 peer-reviewed academic journals containing the latest research from a wide range of subject areas. Access is provided to volumes from 2000-2016.
Coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history includes major figures, organizations and institutions, human rights events and crises, and human rights norms.
Provides background information on topics related to race, ethnicity, diversity and inclusiveness plus a collection of opinion essays offering solutions to issues related to race.
Focus on social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries including speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art.
Academic journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets, and reports focused on women and gender issues. Some archival material as far back as 1974.
Articles on the environment and its connection to a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Primary source documents on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Policy research working papers and pre-prints (not yet peer-reviewed).
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