Databases for finding journal articles
Which database should you choose? Review the descriptions we have listed multidisciplinary tools first, these should produce results for most topics.
- ProQuest CentralCovering more than 160 subjects areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical content. This award-winning online reference resource features a highly-respected, diversified mix of content including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, books, newspapers, reports and videos.
- Discovery (EBSCO)Discovery is a major library tool. Discovery combines the information from the library catalogue, the digital repository and many databases into a single database. However, for a comprehensive search it is recommended that you also search individual databases
- Google Scholar(With University of Melbourne authentication) Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts : LLBA (Proquest)Featured database : indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. Subject coverage includes: Anthropological linguistics; Applied linguistics; Descriptive linguistics; discourse analysis; language; learning disabilities; nonverbal communication; phonetics; phonology.
- Scopus (Elsevier)
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
- Web of Science
Web of Science Core Collection provides quick, powerful access to the world's leading citation databases. Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings. You'll find current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage to 1900.
- InformitInformit provides access to unique specialist content through its collection of over 90 databases. These cover a wide range of subjects, including health, engineering, business, education, law, humanities and social sciences. Informit's products contain content sourced from publishers, associations and peak professional bodies as well as international authors.
- Emerald JournalsEmerald Journals cover a broad range of subjects, most notably in the areas of business management, economics and education. Content is selected for original contribution to the subject field, as well as practical relevance to policy making and future inquiry.
