Humanities

A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: agriculture, broadcast news, business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, general news, government, health care, hobbies, humanities, industry, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.

More than 300 full-text journals for any professional educator covering: Arts and Humanities, Child and Adolescent Psychology and Development, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Health/Nutrition/Fitness, Learning Disabilities, Literature, School Law, Science and Technology, Social Sciences and Sports/Athletic Training.

A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources. Find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more. For searching help, click on "Help" on the left side of the opening screen.

The databases Davenport University subscribes to from ProQuest cover business, computing, social science and general subjects. This link allows you to search all the ProQuest databases together.

Global Issues in Context offers global news and perspectives from international newspapers and magazines on social, political, military, economic, science, health, environment and cultural issues and events of international importance. Provides expert perspectives analyzing issues from cultural, religious, political, social, economic, scientific and health standpoints while providing background information on them, placing them in context. Develops critical thinking about global connections and the interdependence of all nations.

Scholarly articles and literature (some in full-text and some with citations and abstracts only) on a variety of subjects: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

Heritage Quest is a genealogy tool which includes images and extensive indexing from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses, over 250 primary-source documents (such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, and more), and over 20,000 book titles (including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories).

More than 8,000 journals with a backfile of older issues and coverage of a variety of academic disciplines -- from science, technology and medicine to the humanities. The majority of the content is peer-reviewed and available in full-text.

Ancestry Library Edition has over 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 databases for genealogical and local history research. Includes the digitized images of the U.S. Federal Census from 1790-1930, the U.K. and Ireland census collection (1837 to present), the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (aka Rider Index), naturalization records (1700-1900), immigration records for more than 100 countries, passenger lists from all major US ports, military records and much more.