JHS Library: Academic Databases: Home

Academic Databases

Start with the following databases to find peer-reviewed, scholarly works.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier is a comprehensive, scholarly, and multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 12,000 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,700 peer-reviewed journals.
Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

Academic Search Engines

Boost your search by using the following tools. They will link to all open access articles on your topic. If you come across a title they do not provide access to, search for it in the above databases.

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar allows you to search across all subject areas to find articles, books, or citations of scholarly literature and related resources on the web.

Consensus
Consensus is an AI-powered search engine designed to provide you with the most relevant academic titles. Along with other features, Consensus will also give you brief, AI-written summaries of each article so that you can assess which articles are the most worth your time.