Databases & E-Reference Materials

Provides access to high-resolution facsimile images of rare printed sources from the origin of printing through the seventeenth century. Early European Books contains significant works by Aristotle, Copernicus, Descartes, Erasmus, Kepler, Luther and Spinoza, alongside ephemeral works such as pamphlets and almanacs. The works encompass all the major fields of human endeavour, including science, medicine, philosophy, theology, literature, history, political science, travel, and exploration.

The East African Newspapers collection provides insight into the region from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Coverage includes articles on the growth of decolonization, self-governance, famine, drought, political uprisings, and the post-colonial landscape. This growing collection currently includes over 475,000 pages total from three titles: Daily Nation (1958-2002, Kenya), The Ethiopian Herald (1943-1989, Ethiopia), and The Monitor ((1992-2003, Uganda).

Provides access to a multidisciplinary collection of over 50 databases covering the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. Select the databases most appropriate for your research topic and search them simultaneously. Some full text is available.

In June 2024 OU Libraries migrated to the new EBSCO platform. Some features from the previous ESBCO platform are currently unavailable on the new platform. As EBSCO works to activate these features, the legacy platform is still available for features you cannot use on the new interface. Please note that the legacy site will be retired in August 2025. 

Access to thousands of high-quality open access eBooks from the world's most trusted university presses and scholarly publishers.

An open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses. Open Dissertations includes records for more than 1.4 million electronic theses and dissertations from more than 320 universities around the world.

Indexes literature focusing on economics. Materials indexed cover both economic theory and application and includes books, chapters, working papers, dissertations, abstracts, and journal articles.

Provides selective full text access to current content from The Economist, a premier weekly publication providing timely reporting, concise commentary, and comprehensive appraisal of global news, spanning centuries and continents.

Provides full text access to over 150 years of The Economist, a premier weekly publication providing timely reporting, concise commentary, and comprehensive appraisal of global news, spanning centuries and continents.

Provides both full text and indexing of a range of international periodicals covering the essentials of education and related fields of study. Subject coverage includes adult education, in-depth coverage of special education, multicultural education, teaching methods, and much more.

This bibliographic database indexes literature related to education. It includes over 800 indexed periodicals and over 850,000 indexed journal articles and book reviews. All levels of education are covered and topics include multiculturalism, segregation, feminism, adult education, literacy, government funding, student counseling, teaching methods, distance learning, athletics, and more.