603-103-MQ: Researching 18th Century Crime Writing (Dann): Selected Library databases

Oxford Reference contains more than 200 specialized reference titles. You can search all 200 titles at once, or search by specific discipline (e.g. literature, medicine and health, music, etc.).

Encyclopedia Britannica is a general encyclopedia that contains brief information on a wide range of subjects. It's a good starting point for any type of research.

EBSCO is a collection of ten databases that you can search simultaneously, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. You can choose to search as many or as few as you want, but we recommend, for this class, to focus on the following:

• Academic Search Premier - Multidisciplinary (Has a little bit of everything)
• Social Sciences Full Text - Social sciences

When searching EBSCO, don't forget to click on "Full-Text" and "Peer Reviewed."

JSTOR, a multidisciplinary archival database that covers a wide range of arts, science, and social science disciplines. Includes access to: Archival Journal Collections (Arts & Sciences I-XV, Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Life Sciences, and Public Health Journals), Thematic Collections (Lives of Literature, Security Studies, and Sustainability), and Primary Source Collections (19th Century British Pamphlets, World Heritage Sites: Africa, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, and Global Plants).