Databases for Research
Explore available databases below. Access links are contained within the descriptions.
- All EBSCOhost Databases (EBSCOhost) - Full Text
All EBSCOhost Databases (EBSCOhost)
Gateway to all Robert F. Kidd Library's EBSCOhost databases through WV Library Commission College Consortium - cross-searchable, providing coverage for journal articles and other information in academic disciplines. Databases included are described on the database selection page.
Resource Types: Database Gateway
Subjects: General and Multidisciplinary- ArtistWorks (Instruments) - Full Text
ArtistWorks provides tutorials on numerous musical instruments in genres such as Blues, Bluegrass, Jazz, Rock, Classical, and more.
Resource Types: Reference
Subjects: Music; Reference- Britannica Online Academic Edition (Britannica) - Full Text
Britannica Online Academic Edition (Britannica)
Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools providing comprehensive, relevant materials for thorough research for college-level learners, researchers and faculty.
Resource Types: Reference
Subjects: General and Multidisciplinary; Reference- Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search (Google) - Full Text
Google Scholar Advanced Scholar Search (Google)
Search for court cases, journals, and books. Fees apply for some items but court cases are free. Books may frequently be obtained via interlibrary loan; see a librarian for details.
Resource Types: Database Gateway
Subjects: General and Multidisciplinary- IPA Source (International Phonetic Alphabet)
IPA Source (International Phonetic Alphabet) Note: Full Text Access on Campus Only Currently
The web’s largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of aria and art song texts.
Resource Types: Database Gateway
Subjects: Music- JSTOR (Jstor) - Full Text
GSU's JSTOR collections provide access to 2,862 full text journals. Our JSTOR collections are: Arts and Sciences I-XV; Business IV; Hebrew Journals; Ireland; Life Sciences; Lives of Literature; Public Health Journals; Security Studies; Sustainability. These collections cover a large number of disciplines.
Global Plants is the world’s largest database of digitized plant specimens and a locus for international scientific research and collaboration.
Primary source collections currently available on JSTOR are multidisciplinary and discipline-specific and include select monographs, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, oral histories, government documents, images, 3D models, spatial data, type specimens, drawings, paintings, and more.
Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles, Botany Database, Primary Source Documents, and Archival Items
Subjects: Art, Architecture, and Applied Arts; Biology; Business and Economics; Criminal Justice; Education; Environmental Sciences; Forestry and Agriculture; General and Multidisciplinary; Geography; Health, Medicine, and Nursing; History; Journalism; Languages and Literature; Marketing and Advertising; Music, Dance, Drama, and Film; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Psychology; Social Sciences; West Virginia- LearningExpress Library (WV Library Commission) - Full Text
LearningExpress Library (WV Library Commission)
Practice Tests/Tutorial Courses/Writing Improvement. Provided courtesy of the West Virginia Library Commission's WV Info Depot. Offers study guides, e-books, and practice tests for major standardized exams like the GRE, Praxis, ASVAB, and many others.
Resource Types: Test Preparation
Subjects: Biology; Business and Economics; Criminal Justice; Education; General and Multidisciplinary; Geography; Health, Medicine, and Nursing; History; Languages and Literature; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Science and Technology; Social Sciences- Newspaper Archives of United States (Library of Congress) - Full Text
Newspaper Archives of United States (Library of Congress)
Provided courtesy of the Library of Congress. Contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages dating as far back as the 1789.
Resource Types: News and Newspapers
Subjects: General and Multidisciplinary; History; Journalism; Social Sciences- New York Times Online - Full Text
Access provided by Glenville State University to all students and faculty.
Resource Types: News and Newspapers
Subjects: General and Multidisciplinary; History; Journalism; Social Sciences- Project MUSE Humanities Collection - Full Text
Project MUSE Humanities Collection
Access provided by Glenville State University to all students and faculty.
Resource Types: Journals and Books
Subjects: General and Multidisciplinary; Literature; Social Sciences- Proquest Criminal Justice (Proquest) - Full Text
Proquest Criminal Justice (Proquest)
Covers all areas of criminal justice with full text scholarly journals, trade publications, crime reports, crime blogs and other relevant materials for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and other related fields.
Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles
Subjects: Criminal Justice; Social Sciences- Pubmed Central (US National Institutes of Health) - Full Text
Pubmed Central (US National Institutes of Health)
PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Resource Types: Journal and Magazine Articles
Subjects: Criminal Justice; Health, Medicine, and Nursing- West Virginia Encyclopedia Online
West Virginia Encyclopedia Online
The West Virginia Encyclopedia is the comprehensive reference resource for the Mountain State of West Virginia. Based on the best-selling West Virginia Encyclopedia, e-WV offers thousands of articles on West Virginia's people and places, history, arts, science and culture.
Resource Types: Reference
Subjects: West Virginia- WorldCat (FirstSearch)
OCLC catalog of books, videos, web resources, and other library items in libraries worldwide.
Resource Types: Books; Reference
Subjects: Reference- WV Info Depot (WV Library Commission) - Full Text
WV Info Depot (WV Library Commission)
Databases available from the West Virginia Library Commission including Learning Express Library and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Call 304-462-4109 or ext. 6160 for log on information.
Resource Types: Database Gateway
Subjects: General and Multidisciplinary