Database List

Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.

African American Music Reference brings together text reference, biographies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes and discographies that chronicle the history and culture of the African American experience through music. Coverage includes blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression.

This resource covers many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers full-text articles for more than 180 international journals and reports plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research, and book excerpts.

ACS provides access to the 120 years of the most cited chemistry research. The database allows searching of the full text of all titles published by ACS from 1879 to the present. 

Searches all Annual Reviews with full-text for Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Nuclear and Particle Science, Physical Chemistry and Psychology.

This resource provides access to nearly a million descriptions of detailed archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives worldwide.

Offers full text and indexing of journals in art and art history, including coverage of non-Western art, contemporary art, theatre art, and exhibition reviews. Indexing from 1984 to the present, and select full text available from 1997 to the present.

arXiv is a free online database of academic papers in the fields of physics, mathematics, and computer science.

The Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) contains over 680,000 citations to journal articles and books on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.

Bloom’s Literary Reference Online features content from Facts On File’s extensive print literature collection, hundreds of Harold Bloom’s essays examining the lives and works of great writers throughout history and the world, and thousands of critical articles published by noted scholars.

Alternative search interface for Business Source Premier.

This authoritative and accessible dictionary offers current content provided by over 400 contributors. Topics covered include: major contemporary and historical philosophers, newly developing fields within philosophy, global perspectives on philosophy, and much more.

OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of 24 prominent museums including The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Walker Art Center. 

Checkpoint provides ways to find answers to tax research questions from federal and state cases, codes, rulings, regulations and more.

Full-text book reviews from the journal Choice.

This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).  

The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) is an authoritative source of information for the professional literature of nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and health care. 

The Clase indexes documents published in Latin American journals specializing in the social sciences and humanities while Periodica covers journals specializing in science and technology. Together, these databases contain 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English languages. 

CLIO Notes provides chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes in history. Use this tool to explore historical periods and to learn about topics, events, and issues in the context of what you are studying.

Granger's has been the definitive source in English for locating poems in anthologies on library shelves. Includes nearly 220,000 full text poems, 450,000 poem citations, and several critical context essays.

The Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare presents a thorough and up-to-date review of this rapidly evolving and growing field.

This resource is designed to support the information needs of patients and to foster an overall understanding of health-related topics from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine. 

The CQ Weekly is known as the pre-eminent resource of legislative news and analysis. Includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983. 

Cross-disciplinary resource that supports history, social studies, English, and language students, Daily Life Online moves seamlessly from past to present, providing context for contemporary life and culture.

DRAM provides streaming access to CD-quality audio, complete original liner notes and essays from independent record labels and sound archives. One of DRAM's primary focuses is the preservation and dissemination of important recordings that have been neglected by the commercial marketplace, recordings that may otherwise become lost or forgotten. Currently DRAM's collection contains more than 3,000 albums worth of recordings containing American music from folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond.

EBooks from EBSCO, including former netLibrary collection.

News for educators. 

This collection includes electronic journals in consumer behavior and marketing.

A version of the standard work created for PK-12 readers.

The ERIC database is the premier resource for educational-related literature. It provides access to some 14,000 documents from Resources in Education and over 20,000 journal articles from Current Index to Journals in Education per year. 

Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. Content covers political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.

Films on Demand is a streaming video collection created by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (FFH&S). This collection includes many academic and educational programs on a wide variety of topics. 

Gale Directory Library is a searchable directory for National and International Associations and includes links to association web sites.

An online collection of reference works. 

A comprehensive, cross-curricular database for schools and libraries featuring current, relevant, organized, and easy-to-read information covering science, biographies, authors, multicultural topics, and people and places. 

Kids InfoBits meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface to magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, and more.

Includes the Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases. More than 696,750 records of books, articles, and Web sites with coverage spanning from 1972 and earlier to present. 

GoingGlobal is an international job and career seeker’s guide! Includes country-specific information from more than 80,000 resources for finding international employment at home and abroad. 

This resource covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates and records, judiciary materials, and documents issued by executive departments. 

Written by leading specialists and contributors throughout Spain, this full-text, Spanish-language encyclopedia focuses on the diverse peoples and history of Spain and the country's historical presence in other territories of the world.

Provides access to scholarly, government, and general interest publications on humans' effects impacts on the environment. Includes topics such as climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, and recycling. 

A source for information about Central & South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Hispanics/Latinos in the US. Contains citations to articles, book reviews, and literature in more than 500 journals published worldwide. Coverage: 1970-present. 

This resource provides access to nearly 550 scholarly full-text journals focusing on many medical disciplines, including strong coverage of nursing and allied health. 

Information about ongoing health services research and public health projects.

INFORUM is the newspaper for Fargo, North Dakota. Recent articles are free. Ask a reference librarian about accessing the full-text archive (1995-current) in the library. 

Designed for secondary school students, providing instant access to screened, age-appropriate content from magazines, newspapers, and reference books. It includes over 1,000 full-text curriculum related and general interest magazines, 17 full-text ready reference books, historical images and 300+ full-color Rand McNally maps, and broadcast transcripts.  

Index to materials from and about the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. 

Elementary and middle school magazines as well as encyclopedias, newspapers, and dictionaries. Includes Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, and Science Reference Center databases

Library Literature & Information Science Full Text provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting of over 400 journals, including key library and information science periodicals, and full-text coverage of over 170 journals. Coverage reaches as far back as 1980. 

Multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, full text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags.  

Full text for popular magazines in all subject areas. Includes reference books, book reviews, biographies, primary source documents, and images. Excellent coverage of consumer information, education, health, science, social science, arts, current events, and more. Includes Consumer Reports, Parenting, Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, People, and thousands of other titles. Searches across Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, and MasterFile. Updated daily.  

Provided by the Twin Cities Public Television (TPT), the vault provides access to hundreds of videos and TPT productions. 

Search library catalogs across the State of Minnesota. 

Cross search: Classical Scores Library, Classical Music Library, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, African American Music Reference 

NCES collects, collates, analyzes, and reports complete statistics on the condition of American education; conducts and publishes reports; and reviews and reports on education activities internationally. 

Use this link to create a playlist. 

Article index for scholars, clergy and students of the New Testament. Contains 40,000+ article abstracts and 1,200 review abstracts. Coverage 1985 to present. 

National Library of Medicine (NLM) Gateway provides searching across multiple resources including Medline, MedlinePlus, Toxnet and more.

The North Dakota Studies regional website offers resources on the people, places, events, and fascinating history of North Dakota and the region for teachers, students, and lifelong learners. This resource was created through a collaboration of the North Dakota Humanities Council (NDHC), the North Dakota Center for Distance Education, and the North Central Council for School Television in partnership with Prairie Public. In addition, you will find photographs, maps, and other primary documents, well-researched and authoritative articles, as well as audio and video clips on the history, culture, and life of the region. 

  

This database provides an index of papers presented at conferences worldwide.

This database provides access to records of the dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries.  

eBooks available for reading online in Minnesota.

Nursing journals, some full-text archived journals available.

The Oxford English Dictionary provides history of words and their use in the English Language. 

A comprehensive bilingual dictionary that includes Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish dictionaries. 

The PAIS International database contains references to journal articles, books, research reports, publications of international agencies, and more. PAIS International includes publications from over 120 countries. 

A bibliographic database covering scholarly research in the fifteen fields of philosophy, published in journals and books since 1940. 

Communicates to the general public the importance of contemporary physics. There are weekly updates on advances in physics, descriptions of new research, and brief biographies of people engaged in research and teaching.  

Full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of over 250 current issues.  

Project MUSE is a searchable article database covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, and many others. Over 300 journals are available in full-text. 

This database provides full text access to national and international newspapers. 

This database covers the academic, research and practice literature in psychology. PsycINFO includes citations from journals, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports, and other documents from 1887 to the present.

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News includes 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. 

Resources for College Libraries. 

A multi-disciplinary collection of scholarly, peer-reviewed full-text journals. Special collection searches are available for Communication, Criminology, Education, Health Science, Management & Organizations, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Urban Studies. 

This resource provides alternative access to the information contained in several of the reference works available in print at the Concordia College library. 

Salem Literature is a robust online database that provides access to a growing number of reference works in its renowned literary content. 

This resource provides full text access to hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources covering the areas of biology, chemistry, environmental and life sciences, and more. Each article is correlated to state and national curriculum standards.  

ScienceDirect is one of the best resources for scientific information. It is also an important source for research in Business, Computer Science, Economics, and more. Access over 1,200 peer reviewed academic journals and over 30 million abstracts. 

Create a user name and password to access SciFinder Scholar.

Science journals including some full-text which Concordia subscribes to from the American Institute of Physics.

 Offering a unique, interdisciplinary approach to U.S. and global history and culture, this full-text, online reference collection explores the broad range of events, people, movements, and political, social, economic, and cultural issues that have shaped the nation and the world from earliest times to the present day.

SnagFilms.com was founded in 2008 with a mission to bring the world of independent film to a broader audience. SnagFilms.com offers thousands of great independent movies and documentaries for free. The company's films are intended to entertain and inform, engage and inspire, satisfy every taste, encourage discovery, and create community.  

Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database indexes over 1,406 journal titles. 

The State of Working America includes a wide variety of data on family incomes, wages, jobs, unemployment, wealth, and poverty that allow for a clear, unbiased understanding of the economy’s effect on the living standards of working Americans. 

Middle School to High School - Magazine, journal, and encyclopedia articles, plus multimedia files for middle and high school students. Includes Health Source-Consumer Edition, MAS Ultra-School Edition, Middle Search Plus, and Science Reference Center databases 

K-12 resource materials and programs (short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides, and more) that add a multimedia dimension to reading in the classroom, library, and home.  

Legislative information from the Library of Congress. 

Bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,000 periodicals of all types — academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more from around the world. 

Search the Video Librarian database of over 22,000 full-text reviews of special-interest, documentary, and video movie titles. Includes reviews published from 1986 to 2008. 

Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs. Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics. 

WorldandI Homeschool includes a broad range of thought-provoking reading in the areas of current affairs, the arts, science, literature, global culture studies, philosophy, religion, economics, social commentary, and more. Schooling at Home page features 2,000 columns discussing practical issues and teaching methods for home schooling families. Topics range from hands-on activities to current news to the social aspects of homeschooling.  

WorldandI School has global and cultural images and articles.

The ZMATH Database contains over 2 million entries drawn from about 3500 journals and 1100 serials dating from 1868 to present.