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Phone: 966-6019
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Consult the appropriate Subject page for your specific research area for a more extensive list of recommended journal article databases.

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Academic Search Complete (ASC) 1887 - present Bookmark and Share
Interdisciplinary database covering subjects such as biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion, sociology, etc. [details]
America: History & Life with Full Text (AHL) 1964 - present; selected titles include retrospective coverage back to v. 1, issue 1. Bookmark and Share
History, anthropology and culture of the United States and Canada from pre-contact to the present. Excellent database for academic resources [details]
Arctic & Antarctic Regions 1800 - present Bookmark and Share
A collection of international polar databases covering research from multiple disciplines on cold regions anywhere, from temperate regions with cold winters to the Himalayas of Tibet. [details]
Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) 16th C. - present Bookmark and Share
Bibliographic database covering all aspects of native culture, history and life in North America, Greenland, and eastern Siberia, including: archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. [details]
BIOSIS Previews® Includes BIOSIS Previews Archives 1926 - present Bookmark and Share
A comprehensive abstract database indexing nearly 6000 journals in the life sciences. It covers original research reports and reviews in traditional biological and biomedical areas, patents, and literature on vital biological research, medical research findings, and discoveries of new organisms. [details]
CBCA Complete Canadian Business & Current Affairs Index: 1971 - present; full text: 1985 - present. Bookmark and Share
Abstract and indexing database covering more than 1,665 scholarly journal articles, trade publications, dissertations, books, newspapers, news services and magazines, including 600 full text titles, covering current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information produced in Canada. Combines full text and indexed content from all four CBCA database subsets (Business, Current Events, Education, and Reference). [details]
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly) Indexing: 1980 - present; full text 1983 - present Bookmark and Share
A full text database of articles from Canadian and International journals, magazines and reference content from Gale, all with a Canadian focus. Includes Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers. [details]
GeoRef & GeoRef in Process (Legacy PQ Platform) 1693 - present (North America coverage); 1933 - present (Worldwide coverage) Bookmark and Share
Index and abstract database covering geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. Also includes GeoRef in Process, a pre-publicaton database [details]
Historical Abstracts with Full Text (HA) 1955 - present; selected retrospective coverage back to v. 1, issue 1 Bookmark and Share
Comprehensive full text database of the literature covering the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada, covered in America: History & Life with Full Text) from 1450 forward, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and much more. HA provides selective indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955, and access to the full text of more than 316 journals and more than 138 books. [details]
Inspec® & Inspec Archive 1896 - present Bookmark and Share
A bibliographic database providing access to the world's scientific literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering. See also EI Engineering Village [details]
ScienceDirect Academic Press (AP): 1993- present; Elsevier: 1995 - present; selected complete backfiles from volume 1, issue 1 Bookmark and Share
Portal to scholarly journals, book series, and ebooks published by Elsevier, Academic Press and affiliated publishers primarily covering science, technology, and medicine and the social sciences. The University of Saskatchewan Library has a current license to the full text of over 1742 of the journal titles back to 1995 (1993 for Academic Press titles) as well as access to several subject backfile collections with coverage from from volume 1, issue 1. Also includes several major reference works and ebook collections. [details]
SciFinder Scholar (Client/Server Edition) SciFinder Scholar & Substructure Module Chemical Abstracts & CAS REGISTRY: 1907 - present; CASREACT: 1840 - present

Client-server application/software provinding access to the CAS databases: CAplus (Chemical Abstracts™ and patents), CAS Registry, CHEMCATS, and to the Substructure Module, a chemical structure drawing tool. Scholar requires client software loaded on the individual workstations (PC or Mac) of authorized users or it can be accessed from designated University of Saskatchewan Library public workstations. An online version is now available: see the SciFinder (Web Edition) details page for important access information.

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Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest) 1952 - present Bookmark and Share
A bibliographic database, abstracting and indexing "the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers." [details]
Web of Science® with Conference Proceedings WOS SCI: 1899 - present; SSCI: 1956-present; A&HCI: 1975-present ; CPSI-S: 1990-present; CPSI-SSH: 1990-present Bookmark and Share
Collection of three citation databases, providing abstracts and indexing and cited reference searching to approximately 10,000 high impact scholarly research journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 110,000 conference proceedings, and covering topics in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Access Note: By default all five sub-databases are searched. To select one or more databases, change the default by clicking on [Change Limits and Settings] . [details]
Zoological Record® & Zoological Record® Archive (ZR) 1864 - present Bookmark and Share
A bibliographic index and abstract database produced by BIOSIS, a non-profit organization, with extensive coverage of the world's zoological and animal science literature, covering all research from biochemistry to veterinary medicine. It provides an easily searched collection of references from over 5,000 international serial publications, plus books, meetings, reviews and other non serial literature from over 100 countries. [details]