LibGuides: Databases by Subject: General Resources

General Resources

Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Provides access to 8,000+ peer-reviewed journals, as well as newspapers, reference works, podcasts, and video content.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database from EBSCO, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
Commonwealth Catalog This link opens in a new window
Statewide catalog for library users to borrow books not owned by their local library. Suffolk University members can search ComCat for a book not owned by our libraries and have it delivered to the Sawyer Library. For more information, see the LibGuide.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
A collection of weekly research reports exploring current social and political issues.
Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
Full text access to thousands of peer reviewed, scientific and scholarly journals on a host of subjects.
EBSCOHost This link opens in a new window
Search across multiple EBSCO databases.
Endnote This link opens in a new window
Citation management software. Collect references by searching online databases or importing your existing collection. Organize and group references in any way that works for you. Then share your groups with colleagues. Use our plugin to format bibliographies and cite references while you write.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Use the power of Google to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, and technical reports from all broad areas of research
Home Improvement (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
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.
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary database covering virtually every subject area of general interest back to the mid-1970's. Contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an image collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags. Updated daily.
Nexis Uni
Notes: As of July 2023, Nexis Uni has been replaced by Westlaw Campus.
NoodleBib via NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
Research management/citation management tool.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
Covers today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana legalization.
Peterson's Career Prep (Gale Presents) This link opens in a new window
Explore career tools to help you get a handle on what you're interested in, the skills and training you'll need, and what you can expect from your career path. Discover which careers suit you best, research potential career options, and explore the requirements and outlooks for the occupations you're interested in. Search for jobs, create resumes and more.
Peterson's Test Prep (Gale Presents) This link opens in a new window
Used for standardized test preparation, researching and selecting college and graduate schools, finding tuition assistance, exploring careers, preparing for career certification exams, finding advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing and networking.
Popular Magazines (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Access the most searched magazines across Gale OneFile focusing on current events, sports, science, and health issues.
ProQuest Databases This link opens in a new window
Search across multiple ProQuest databases
RefWorks Proquest
Note: This system was retired October 2024. Consider an alternate tool, such as EndNote or NoodleTools.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Search the world’s leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities and navigate the full citation network. In addition to the Core Collection, searchable databases include Current Contents, MEDLINE, Preprint Citation Index, and others.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary academic publisher
WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new window
Search for books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Useful for discovering books you can borrow via interlibrary loan (ILLiad). Citations only, except for links to freely available e-books, government documents, and web sites.
Zotero This link opens in a new window
Saves and helps you to organize citations to articles, books, webpages, and more. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.

Country Information

Country Commerce (EIU) This link opens in a new window
Replaced by EIU Viewpoint
Produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
EIU Viewpoint This link opens in a new window
Successor to Country Commerce (EIU)
Assess global dynamics with insights into a country’s political, policy and economic outlook, and proprietary ratings on the business environment. Successor to Country Commerce (EIU)
Euromonitor International Passport (Passport GMID) This link opens in a new window
An online international market research tool that monitors industry trends and offers strategic analysis, as well as a market size and market share database for products in countries around the world.
Europa World This link opens in a new window
A reference database of political and economic information about 250+ countries and territories.
Global Issues (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Provides a variety of resources on global issues: news, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more.
IMF Statistical Database This link opens in a new window
Access to macroeconomic & financial data from the International Monetary Fund. Includes domestic and international financial data from 200 member countries from 1948.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Note: To be discontinued June 2025.
Contains current global business and financial information on over 15,000 domestic and international public companies. It includes access to SEC filings ("EDGAR"), six years of annual reports, and "portraits," which provide detailed financial data in a cleanly designed tabular format.
Nexis Uni
Notes: As of July 2023, Nexis Uni has been replaced by Westlaw Campus.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Provides access to books, papers, and data services from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
Open access to all World Bank data and statistics, covering databases, pre-formatted tables and reports on international economic and financial data.

eBooks

eBooks Databases

ABC-CLIO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary collection of over 6,000 encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and guides.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
Academic eBook publisher on range of historical topics
CQ Press Political Reference - Archive This link opens in a new window
Note: Access is not available to all components of the collection.
Search or browse resources on American government, current affairs, history, politics, public policy, and data analysis for the social sciences. Includes CQ Almanac, CQ Researcher Plus Archive, Politics in America, and Supreme Court Yearbook
eBooks on EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary eBook collection covering wide range of titles, authors, and subjects.
EBSCO eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter, and is a strong complement for any academic collection. The breadth of information available through this package ensures that users will have access to information relevant to their research needs.
eBook Central This link opens in a new window
Our largest collection of ebooks, with over 180,000 titles across all disciplines.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary eBook collection covering social sciences, history, business, literature, medicine, law and others.
Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
Full-text literary criticism articles covering works from the ancient world to the present, including poetry, short stories, drama, and children’s literature.
Oxford Books Online This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary academic publisher
PsycBOOKS This link opens in a new window
Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA). Includes chapters in PDF from books published by the APA and other distinguished publishers, and includes digitized content of historical significance from the Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) collection. It also contains classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s.
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
SAGE ebook collection supporting research in business and social science fields.
Salem Press This link opens in a new window
Online collections in literature, history, science, health, and careers & business

Multi-Volume Single Encyclopedias / Titles in Electronic Form

AccessScience This link opens in a new window
Covers all major scientific disciplines and contains thousands of encyclopedia articles, 115,000+ scientific definitions, 3.000+ biographies, and 18,000+ downloadable images and animations.
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology This link opens in a new window
Authoritative and up-to-date encyclopedia covering all aspects of sociology
Britannica Library Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Search or browse the encyclopedia alphabetically or by subject to find in-depth articles, related websites, video clips, and more.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
National and regional data from the 18th century to present day. Includes essays to contextualize historical data.
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences This link opens in a new window
Online encyclopedia covering the disciplines of sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, psychology and other fields. 2nd edition.
Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
Full-text literary criticism articles covering works from the ancient world to the present, including poetry, short stories, drama, and children’s literature.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
A long-standing authority on the English language, the OED provides the past and present meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words from across the English-speaking world.
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic conditions of the United States.

Journals and Citation Information

Cabell's Journalytics Academic This link opens in a new window
Directory of scholarly journals in business and associated fields that assists researchers with selecting publications for submission. Information includes journal impact factor, difficulty of acceptance, and links to submission guidelines. Not designed for use on mobile devices.
Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) Online This link opens in a new window
The 17th Edition to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. An indispensable reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice. 16th Edition also available within.
Endnote This link opens in a new window
Citation management software. Collect references by searching online databases or importing your existing collection. Organize and group references in any way that works for you. Then share your groups with colleagues. Use our plugin to format bibliographies and cite references while you write.
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive resource that allows users to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals from publishers in over 80 countries. It is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences.
NoodleBib via NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
Research management/citation management tool.
Pivot-RP This link opens in a new window
Sign up for a personal account while on campus so that you can use this resource from off campus.
RefWorks Proquest
Note: This system was retired October 2024. Consider an alternate tool, such as EndNote or NoodleTools.
Zotero This link opens in a new window
Saves and helps you to organize citations to articles, books, webpages, and more. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.

News

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Features thousands of full-text journals, industry reports, business and economic periodicals like The Economist and Sloan Management Review, and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal.
Boston Business Journal This link opens in a new window
Major source of business news for the Greater Boston area, with coverage from 1996 to present.
Suffolk University’s libraries have collaborated to provide free access to the Boston Business Journal for all Suffolk students, faculty, and staff. To create an account and log in to the BBJ site using Sawyer library's subscription:
1. Click on this link for Suffolk University users to create a BBJ account.
2. You must use your Suffolk University email address.
3. Create a password for your new BBJ account.
4. Complete the sign-up form.
5. Click "Start my membership".
6. On the "Group Subscriptions" page, check the box next to "Suffolk University".
You should receive a confirmation email once your account has been activated.
Boston Globe 1872-2007 This link opens in a new window
Updated: Full text and searchable digitized version of the Boston Globe from 1872 through 2007.
Boston Globe 1980-present This link opens in a new window
Searchable full text of the Boston Globe. Coverage runs from January 1, 1980 through the present day.
Boston Globe (ProQuest Recent Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Fully searchable digitized version of the print edition of the Boston Globe. Covers 2008-present, with some delay in article availability.
Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new window
Major source of higher education news and data. Full text content from 1989 to present.
Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2020 This link opens in a new window
Research global political and economic news and analysis with the source used by top leaders and thinkers.
News (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.
New York Times 1851-2018 This link opens in a new window
Full text and searchable digitized version of the New York Times from 1851 through 2018. (Current NYT content is available through our New York Times site license.)
New York Times Article Archive This link opens in a new window
Full text from 1980-present (does not include photos, video, or audio from online edition)
New York Times Online (Site License) This link opens in a new window
Suffolk University’s libraries have collaborated to provide free access to the New York Times for all Suffolk students, faculty, and staff. Register with your Suffolk email address using the link above. Once registered, you can access the New York Times from any device by logging in at nytimes.com or via the NYT app. Learn more here.
Nexis Uni
Notes: As of July 2023, Nexis Uni has been replaced by Westlaw Campus.
Wall Street Journal 1889-2004 This link opens in a new window
Full text and searchable digitized version of the Wall Street Journal from 1889 through 2004.
Wall Street Journal 1984-present This link opens in a new window
Searchable full text of the WSJ Eastern Edition. Coverage runs from January 2, 1984 through the present day.
Wall Street Journal Online (Site License) This link opens in a new window
Suffolk University’s libraries have collaborated to provide free access to the Wall Street Journal for all Suffolk students, faculty, and staff. Register with your Suffolk email address using the link above. Provides access to WSJ, Barron's, MarketWatch, and Investor's Business Daily. Does not include add-on subscribed features.
Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
Westlaw Campus Research is a research service that combines a breadth of news with in depth law-related information.

Reference Sources

Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Indexed full-text biographies and news items covering a wide range of individuals from many fields, gathered from reference sources and periodicals.
Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
Academic eBook publisher on range of historical topics
Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) Online This link opens in a new window
The 17th Edition to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. An indispensable reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice. 16th Edition also available within.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete This link opens in a new window
Explore the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres; multi-series.
Britannica Library Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Search or browse the encyclopedia alphabetically or by subject to find in-depth articles, related websites, video clips, and more.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary eBook collection covering social sciences, history, business, literature, medicine, law and others.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
National and regional data from the 18th century to present day. Includes essays to contextualize historical data.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
A long-standing authority on the English language, the OED provides the past and present meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words from across the English-speaking world.
Oxford Books Online This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary academic publisher
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
SAGE ebook collection supporting research in business and social science fields.

Skills and Tools

Business Skills This link opens in a new window
This new interactive digital resource features both academic and practitioner experts in a library of flexible learning tracks across such categories as Data Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Organizational Communication, and Professionalism. Includes interactive self-assessment, virtual scenarios, downloadable data, and expert insights.
Endnote This link opens in a new window
Citation management software. Collect references by searching online databases or importing your existing collection. Organize and group references in any way that works for you. Then share your groups with colleagues. Use our plugin to format bibliographies and cite references while you write.
Home Improvement (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Search home improvement topics such as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and more.
LinkedIn Learning This link opens in a new window
An online learning platform containing over 8,000 courses on topics related to business, technology, and creative skill development. This resource is offered by ITS, Human Resources, and the Center for Teaching & Scholarly Excellence. For more information, click here.
NoodleBib via NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
Research management/citation management tool.
Peterson's Career Prep (Gale Presents) This link opens in a new window
Explore career tools to help you get a handle on what you're interested in, the skills and training you'll need, and what you can expect from your career path. Discover which careers suit you best, research potential career options, and explore the requirements and outlooks for the occupations you're interested in. Search for jobs, create resumes and more.
Peterson's Test Prep (Gale Presents) This link opens in a new window
Used for standardized test preparation, researching and selecting college and graduate schools, finding tuition assistance, exploring careers, preparing for career certification exams, finding advice on resumes, cover letters, interviewing and networking.
ProQuest Research Companion This link opens in a new window
Includes a collection of short videos aimed at enhancing students' research and information literacy skills.
RefWorks Proquest
Note: This system was retired October 2024. Consider an alternate tool, such as EndNote or NoodleTools.
Vocations and Careers (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
This collection focuses on finding the right career and an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. It offers content from nearly 400 journals from general career guides to trade publications.
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) This link opens in a new window
WRDS is a hybrid research platform and business intelligence tool. If you are a new WRDS user, you must first register for an account using your Suffolk email address. Note: This resource is managed by our IT department; contact servicedesk@suffolk.edu for technical assistance.
Zotero This link opens in a new window
Saves and helps you to organize citations to articles, books, webpages, and more. Works with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari. Install the Zotero Word plug-in to quickly create bibliographies and add citations to papers.

Statistics and Datasets

CQ Press Political Reference - Archive This link opens in a new window
Note: Access is not available to all components of the collection.
Search or browse resources on American government, current affairs, history, politics, public policy, and data analysis for the social sciences. Includes CQ Almanac, CQ Researcher Plus Archive, Politics in America, and Supreme Court Yearbook
Data Analytics This link opens in a new window
Explore the fundamentals of data analytics and how to apply them in the workplace.
A subset of Sage's Business Skills.
Euromonitor International Passport (Passport GMID) This link opens in a new window
An online international market research tool that monitors industry trends and offers strategic analysis, as well as a market size and market share database for products in countries around the world.
Europa World This link opens in a new window
A reference database of political and economic information about 250+ countries and territories.
First Research (Hoovers) This link opens in a new window
Provides industry profiles, grouped into 11 sectors (for example: Recreation; Retail; Food & Agriculture; Services; and Technology & Communications). Many profiles cover businesses not readily found in other sources; there are also state & province profiles.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary eBook collection covering social sciences, history, business, literature, medicine, law and others.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
National and regional data from the 18th century to present day. Includes essays to contextualize historical data.
IMF e-Library This link opens in a new window
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) eLibrary simplifies analysis and research with direct access to the IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and statistical tools. Covers macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, poverty reduction, and more.
IMF Statistical Database This link opens in a new window
Access to macroeconomic & financial data from the International Monetary Fund. Includes domestic and international financial data from 200 member countries from 1948.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Note: To be discontinued June 2025.
Contains current global business and financial information on over 15,000 domestic and international public companies. It includes access to SEC filings ("EDGAR"), six years of annual reports, and "portraits," which provide detailed financial data in a cleanly designed tabular format.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Provides access to books, papers, and data services from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Polling the Nations This link opens in a new window
A database of the questions and responses from over 18,000 surveys, totalling over 750,000 questions, conducted since 1986 by 1000+ organizations in the United States and 100+ other countries.
Sage Data This link opens in a new window
Contains over 6.2 billion datasets from 465+ databases. Some statistical analysis is possible within the platform. Not designed for use on mobile devices.
Sports Market Analytics This link opens in a new window
SBRnet and the Sports Market Analytics Data Platform are a comprehensive online platform of nationwide sports business data and analytics, using syndicated and custom proprietary research for the professional and college sports categories as well as sports participation and equipment sales information. Data is driven from consumer research, industry reports, and licensed industry articles. Currently over 240 colleges and universities as well as leading Marketing & Sponsorship Agencies utilize our data to help them identify, target and activate using data.
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political and economic conditions of the United States.
World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
Open access to all World Bank data and statistics, covering databases, pre-formatted tables and reports on international economic and financial data.

Videos and Images

AccessScience This link opens in a new window
Covers all major scientific disciplines and contains thousands of encyclopedia articles, 115,000+ scientific definitions, 3.000+ biographies, and 18,000+ downloadable images and animations.
ARTStor This link opens in a new window
NOTE: ARTStor has been retired as of August 1, 2024. ARTStor's content, key resources, and functionality have been merged into JSTOR.
Includes over 2.4 million high-quality images from art history and other disciplines. Images are taken from across historical periods, geographic regions, and global cultures.
AVON (Academic Video Online) This link opens in a new window
Offers more than 67,000 films in a wide range of subject areas.
Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
Black Thought and Culture is a landmark electronic collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history. In addition to the most familiar works, Black Thought and Culture presents a great deal of previously inaccessible material, including letters, speeches, prefatory essays, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals, and trial transcripts.
Kanopy Streaming Media This link opens in a new window
Online streaming of independent and documentary films.
LinkedIn Learning This link opens in a new window
An online learning platform containing over 8,000 courses on topics related to business, technology, and creative skill development. This resource is offered by ITS, Human Resources, and the Center for Teaching & Scholarly Excellence. For more information, click here.
ProQuest Research Companion This link opens in a new window
Includes a collection of short videos aimed at enhancing students' research and information literacy skills.