Databases

Expanded Access to Online Content

These databases are temporarily available to the Bowdoin community during the COVID-19 crisis.

Academic Search Ultimate
Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of peer-reviewed journals, as well as additional magazines, newspapers and books.
Business Source Ultimate
Peer-reviewed journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business.
Ebsco eBook Collection
Provides access to a collection of thousands of scholarly, professional, and reference full text books in a wide variety of subject areas.

Popular Databases

Try these multidisciplinary databases

Academic Search Complete

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Popular

Multi-disciplinary database that covers journals and magazines. Also contains hundreds of monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

JSTOR

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Popular

JSTOR is a highly selective digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and primary sources.

ProQuest Global Newsstream

Popular

Provides one of the largest collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Searchable by language.

ScienceDirect

Popular

Scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from peer-reviewed journals and books.

WorldCat

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Popular

A catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Business Source Ultimate

New

Peer-reviewed journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business.

Divided Society

New

From the Linen Hall Library in Belfast, Divided Society is a database of materials on Northern Ireland during the conflict and peace process, covering 1990-1998. It consists of books, pamphlets, leaflets, posters, manifestos, press releases, newspapers, objects and many thousands of periodicals.

Ebsco eBook Collection

New

Provides access to a collection of thousands of scholarly, professional, and reference full text books in a wide variety of subject areas.

San Francisco Chronicle, 1865-present

New

Full text from 1865-present.

Sources Chrétiennes Online

Trial

Collection of patristic writings which includes the original text (usually Greek or Latin, though at times Syriac, Arabic, or Georgian), accompanied by a French translation, notes, and an introduction that situates the work in its historical and doctrinal contexts.

Trial ends December 31, 2020