Databases & E-Reference Materials

Comprehensive, multidisciplinary database covering social sciences, humanities, education, physical and life sciences, and ethnic studies with access to more than 7,000 peer reviewed journals and over 75,000 videos from the Associated Press.

Alternative Press Index is a bibliographic database of journal, newspaper and magazine articles from hundreds of international alternative, radical and left periodicals. Covering 1991 to the present, it provides access to emerging theories and practices of social change.

Current subscriptions to Annual Reviews in Anthropology, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics, Political Science, Sociology, and Psychology.

OU Libraries also maintains access to archived content through 2019 for 27 Annual Reviews publications: Biochemistry, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics & Biomolecular Structure, Energy & the Environment, Cell & Developmental Biology, Clinical Psychology, Immunology, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Medicine, Nutrition, Entomology, Fluid Mechanics, Genetics, Genomics & Human Genetics, Law and Social Science, Materials Research, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Nuclear & Particle Science, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Physical Chemistry, Physiology, Phytopathology, Pathology, Plant Physiology, and Public Health. Full text is available.

General database covering all subject areas, including business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology, and popular culture. Provides citations to more than 12,600 academic journals and magazines.

The ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library contains a large collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information. This database covers a variety of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.

The Big Ten Geoportal provides access to geospatial resources, including GIS datasets, web services, and digitized historical maps. The resources in the portal are selected and curated by librarians and geospatial specialists at twelve research institutions in the Big Ten Academic Alliance.

Provides definitions and explanations of terms that cover medical, survey, theoretical, and applied statistics. This resource also includes short biographies of over 100 important statisticians.

A collection of databases available on various subjects, including the American government, current affairs, history, politics, public policy, and the social sciences. Databases include CQ Politics in America, CQ Researcher plus Archive, CQ Almanac, and CQ Magazine. Full text is available.

Provides CQ Researcher reports that explore a single hot issue in the news each week, including political, social, medical, international, educational, environmental, technological and economical issues. Full text is available.

Handbook covering chemistry, physics, and related subjects organized in easy-to-find, well-organized tables. Topics include chemical and physical data critical for fields such as environmental science, bio-medical chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry, materials innovation, geo- and astrophysics, and solid-state science.