About Quick Search

Quick Search provides a single interface for searching the library catalog (books, e-books, media, special collections, etc.), digital collections, and several key databases including full-text journal articles, article citations, book chapters, and more. Databases included in Quick Search are listed below.

The Library provides access to many additional databases not included in Quick Search. For more focused searching, browse our list of specialized subject databases or other search tools.

All Databases in Quick Search

Academic Search Ultimate
This is a multidisciplinary collection of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and other sources.  [More about Academic Search Ultimate] 

AGRICOLA
Article database for agriculture, food, and nutrition from the US Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library.  [More about AGRICOLA] 

Alt-HealthWatch
Full Text academic journals on alternative approaches to health care. Includes both peer-reviewed, academic journals and magazine, consumer newsletters type articles.  [More about Alt-HealthWatch] 

America: History and Life
Citations to the literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the early 20th century.  [More about America: History and Life] 

APA PsycArticles
Provides articles from journals of the American Psychological Association.  [More about APA PsycArticles] 

Art Full Text/Art Index Retrospective
Featuring full-text articles, indexing and abstracts from an international array of publications, this database is a comprehensive resource covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, folk art, film, architecture and much more. This international database indexes hundreds of peer-reviewed journals and art dissertations and offers full text of articles dating back to 1995.  [More about Art Full Text/Art Index Retrospective] 

Artstor
The Artstor Digital Library provides over 1.6 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible collection of software tools for organizing and presenting research, with contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates.  [More about Artstor] You must create an individual account to download images. See special terms for important information on use restrictions.

Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic
Medical research database. [More about Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic] 

Communication & Mass Media Complete
A key resource for scholarly research in communication studies and mass media.  [More about Communication & Mass Media Complete] 

Computer Source
Full-text articles from more than 300 journals and magazines covering computer science, programming, information systems, and software.  [More about Computer Source] 

Education Source
A large, online digital library focused on a broad range of educational topics in scholarly articles, news, magazines and trade journals.  [More about Education Source] 

ERIC via EBSCOhost
A large, online digital library of education research and information, inlcuding scholarly journals and education related documents, including reports, policy papers, dissertations, conference papers and others.  [More about ERIC via EBSCOhost] 

Fuente Academica
Scholarly journals from renowned Latin American and Spanish publishers. [More about Fuente Academica] 

Gale Academic OneFile
Full-text journal articles in the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects. [More about Gale Academic OneFile] 

Health Source: Consumer
Provides access to consumer-health magazines like American Fitness, Vegetarian Times, and Muscle & Fitness. [More about Health Source: Consumer] 

Health Source: Nursing Academic
A full text, scholarly database on health and medicine. [More about Health Source: Nursing Academic] 

Humanities International Complete
Abstracts and some full text covering diverse subject areas of the humanities.  [More about Humanities International Complete] 

IEEE Electronic Library (IEL)
Search IEEE publications. [More about IEEE Electronic Library (IEL)] 

JSTOR
Multidisciplinary journal collection, including the social sciences, humanities, and sciences.  [More about JSTOR] 

Legal Collection
Legal research, primarily in full text. [More about Legal Collection] 

Legal Information Reference Center
This database provides full-text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, hundreds of publications, and thousands of multi-state legal forms. [More about Legal Information Reference Center] 

Literary Reference Center
This database covers a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes, combining information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals, and original content from EBSCO. [More about Literary Reference Center] 

MAS Complete
Designed for high school libraries; full text of general-interest publications. [More about MAS Complete] 

MathSciNet
MathSciNet indexes reviews of more than 119,000 online articles in over 190 journals. [More about MathSciNet] 

MEDLINE
A key resource for journal articles in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care, and the preclinical sciences. [More about MEDLINE] 
PubMed is the free version of Medline.

Military and Government Collection
Current news database pertaining to all branches of the military. [More about Military and Government Collection] 

Newspaper Source Plus
This collection offers full text from major US newspapers including: The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The San Jose Mercury News. International coverage includes The News (Mexico), The Hong Kong Standard, and much more.  [More about Newspaper Source Plus] 

Project MUSE
Multidisciplinary e-journal collection for humanities and social sciences. [More about Project MUSE] 

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Includes information on a broad range of topics in psychiatry, psychology, and anthropology. Some example topics are mental processes, emotional & behavioral characteristics, and observational & experimental methods.  [More about Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection] 

Regional Business News
Includes business journals, newspapers, and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. [More about Regional Business News] 

Religion and Philosophy Collection
Full-text bibliographical database of religion and philosophy, with more than 300 full-text journals for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies.  [More about Religion and Philosophy Collection] 

ScienceDirect
Access to articles and book chapters published by Elsevier organized into broad categories of Physical Sciences & Engineering, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences & Humanities. [More about ScienceDirect] 

Scopus
Database of peer reviewed journal articles. Full text is not included, but Article Linker provides access to full text articles when available.  [More about Scopus] 

SPORTDiscus with Full Text
A full text, scholarly physical education and kinesiology database.  [More about SPORTDiscus with Full Text] 

Vocational and Career Collection
Index to professional and trade publications relating to career guidance. [More about Vocational and Career Collection] 

Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide
This database includes a global perspective on wild mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. [More about Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide]