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Research Databases are search tools for finding articles from sources like academic, scholarly, and peer-reviewed journals, as well as from magazines, newspapers, trade publications, newsletters, and more.
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This link opens in a new windowIndex, abstracts, and full text for journals in communication and mass media.
This link opens in a new windowCovers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
This link opens in a new windowFull text for 50 of the most important and historically significant LGBTQ+ journals, magazines, newspapers, and monographs.
This link opens in a new windowIndex and abstracts for publications covering Womens Studies.
This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary database featuring peer-reviewed journals as well as other journals, magazines, newspapers, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
This link opens in a new windowComprehensive coverage for film and television studies.
Search the Bluffton and OhioLINK library catalogs and many research databases together in one search tool.
Database lists
Link to subject-specific lists of databases from some of the most common topic areas.
Learn how to use our most popular research database, Academic Search Complete, to find both scholarly and popular articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers. This tutorial will also help you decode the parts of an article citation and show you options for reading the full text of any articles you find in your searching.
