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Name		Scholarly?	Full-Text?
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials	info	some	some
The premier database for journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion.
Oxford Reference	info	n/a	all
Offers over 175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Cambridge Companions	info	n/a	all
The Cambridge Companions is a collection of full-text, scholarly reviewed essay anthologies on a range of topics in literature, the classics, philosophy, culture and religion. The collection is best for searching on particular authors, movements, eras and works.
Oxford Islamic Studies Online	info	n/a	all
An encyclopedic reference source for information on Islam. It features the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, the Islamic World: Past and Present, the Oxford Dictionary of Islam, the Oxford History of Islam, and What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam. Includes Qur'anic texts.
Index Islamicus	info	some	some
Index Islamicus is an international bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world. It covers their history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages and literatures. It includes material published by Western Orientalists, social scientists and Muslims writing in European languages.

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Philosopher`s Index	info	most	none
Philosopher's Index is the premier database for scholarly research in all areas of philosophy.
JSTOR	info	most	most
JSTOR provides the searchable full text of the backfiles (at least 3 years old) of many of the core research and academic society published journals in almost all subject areas, but its emphasis is in the humanities and social sciences. The majority of JSTOR’s content is academic and peer-reviewed.
Humanities Abstracts and Retrospective	info	some	some
Provides indexing for journals covering fields such as archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, and theology. Coverage is from 1907-present.
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)	info	some	some
Academic Search Premier is a giant database that covers more than 8,000 journals, 85% of which are peer-reviewed and over 55% are full text, and full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. It covers a wide variety of disciplines.
General OneFile	info	some	some
Source for news and full text articles on business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context	info	some	most
Is a full-text resource covering today's hottest social issues. It contains pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, and more.
Oxford Scholarship Online	info	n/a	all
Complete text of over 1,800 Oxford books.