Article Databases
The following databases allow one to find articles (many in full-text formats) from journals by author, title, subject, keywords, and other criteria. Most of these databases contain useful help screens. However, assistance and training from ILR Reference librarians is available upon request.
Find It! Database Search
Enter keywords in the search form to locate articles in most of the databases described on this page using Cornell's Find It! database search. See the advanced search for more search options. View the complete list of databases included in the search.
ABI/Inform
Note: (ProQuest Direct Web: 1971 - Present)
An international business and management database, contains bibliographic citations, abstracts, and full-text of articles appearing in approximately 1000 professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines published worldwide. Among the areas that ABI/Inform covers are (for ILR): alternative dispute resolution, compensation and benefits, economics, human resources, international trends, labor relations, law, management, marketing, organizational behavior, public administration, and more. To bring that information directly to your desktop in various formats, ProQuest Direct provides a unique mix of article searching, information access, and information delivery.
ALT-PRESS WATCH
Full-text database of selected newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press. Basic or advanced subject searching takes you to in-depth articles on contemporary society, including coverage of the peace movement, ecology and the environment, labor, indigenous peoples, public policy, and grassroots organizing. This coverage of diverse points of view and perspectives complements the reporting in the mainstream press.
ALTPRESSINDEX
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary, with citations drawn from alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. Subjects covered include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism. [Alternative Press]
ASAPII Database(via ILR LEXIS ID)
ILR LEXIS ID USERS ONLY: Full-text journal articles from 1983 through current date. Individual sources may vary. Published by the Gale Group from databases produced by the Information Access Company.
Business Source Premier
Note: (EBSCOhost Web: 1984 - Present)
The Business Source Premier database is a comprehensive, business periodical database that includes scholarly journals and business periodicals covering topics such as management, economics, finance, human resources, labor studies, accounting, international business and much more. It contains content from full text sources ranging from general business periodicals such as Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, American Banker, etc. to academic journals such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management, Academy of Management Review, Review of Economics & Statistics, etc. It provides cumulative indexing and abstracts for 3,010 business journals and cumulative full text for over 2,470 journals. This database also includes Country Monitor and Industry Yearbook Reports from WEFA, 35 country reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and Wall Street Words. The peer-reviewed full text content in Business Source Premier is unmatched, and full text backfiles are available for many journals back to 1990. Additionally, Business Source Premier includes embedded images for many of the full text journals.
Daily Labor Report (BNA, Inc.)
Restricted online access from Ives Hall workstations only; ask at ILR Reference Desk for assistance. The Daily Labor Report covers legal developments, labor and employment legislation, regulations affecting the workplace, human resource trends, and labor-management relations—from Congress, the courts, unions, businesses, the NLRB, EEOC, and Labor Department.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. They aim to cover all subjects and languages.
EconLit
Note: (OCLC Web: 1969 - Present), access via the CU Library Gateway.
Produced by the American Economic Association, EconLit indexes books, journal articles, dissertations, and articles in books published since 1969. Subjects covered in EconLit include economic theory and history, fiscal theory, econometrics, agricultural economics, public finance, demography, monetary theory, international economics and others.
Emerald Full Text
Online service providing full-text access to the journal resources of a management library. Subjects include management, human resources, marketing, library and information services, education, engineering, etc. Publisher: Bradford, Eng.: MCB University Press, (c) 1999 -
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
Note: (WebSPIRS Web: 1966 - Present)
ERIC abstracts journal articles and other literature on education. Many materials, such as curriculum guides, instructional materials, conference papers, program descriptions, and project reports are available in Mann Library's ERIC Microfiche. ERIC indexes materials on education, child development, classroom techniques, computer education, counseling, testing, educational administration, higher education, reading skills, communication skills, career education, science education, social studies, urban education, rural education, teacher education, measurements, evaluation, vocational education, adult education, mathematics education, environmental education, elementary education, handicapped children, gifted children, educational management, and library and information science. Many ERIC Documents (ED accession number) are available full-textat your desktop at the ERIC web site.
Ethnic News Watch
Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Factiva
Factiva provides access to global news and business information, including local newspapers, same-day newswires, company reports, and media programs.
Find e-Journals (FeJ)
Allows one to search for journals in electronic format available via Cornell University.
FindArticles
Note: (Gale Group: 1998 - Present), Free Resource.
FindArticles.com is a vast archive of published articles that you can search for free. Constantly updated, it contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
FRANCIS (International Humanities and Social Sciences)
Coverage dates: 1984 - Present
A multilingual, multidisciplinary database indexing books and journal articles in the humanities (63%), social sciences (33%), and economics (4%). It is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature, with particular emphasis on current trends in European and world literature. Updated monthly with more than 872,000 records. Includes a surprising number of workplace issues.
GenderWatch
GenderWatch is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. The database provides in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women’s lives, including family, childbrith, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and societal roles.
Globalization and Labor Standards (GALS)
The GALS Bibliographic Library contains abstracts of recent law journal articles exploring international labor standards and rights in the global economy. Taken from English language law journals from around the world, GALS provides an annotated bibliography categorized by subject heading. Current subject headings include: Codes of Conduct, Child Labor, NAFTA, WTO, Alien Tort Claims Act, ILO, Europian Union, Forced Labor, Trade Conditionality, Women's Rights, etc.
Hein Online: Modern Link to Legal History
Hein online the modern link to legal history provides full text access to indexed legal journals and law reviews.
Human Resources Abstracts
Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains 60,000 records selected from the most important sources within the discipline. 1975-present.
International Abstracts of Human Resources
IAHR provides abstracts to articles from the top human resources and organizational studies journals. The abstracts are searchable and are also organized into 80 different categories, making it easy to scan your topic of interest.
Labordoc
Labordoc, the International Labour Organization (ILO) Library's database, contains references and full text access to the world's literature on the world of work. It covers all aspects of work and sustainable livelihoods and the work-related aspects of economic and social development, human rights and technological change. Much of the collection focuses on developing and transition countries, and a special effort is made to acquire material published in developing countries. Labordoc provides comprehensive coverage of material published by major research centres, international and regional organizations, labour administrations and non-governmental organizations, as well as providing references to articles selected regularly from over 500 journals.
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Restricted to Cornell community, Lexis-Nexis' Academic Universe provides access to full text resources on topics including current and general news; business and financial information; newspapers; company directories; government and politics; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing, and tax; federal and state laws; legal cases; and regulations. Resources include TV and radio news transcripts.
Lexis-Nexis: ILR Menu
Requires training and an ILR password.Combines many critical information resources into one dynamic site. Special materials for human resources, employment and labor law including full-text books. Using your favorite browser, you can keep on top of the latest news (includes full-text of the New York Times and other major and minor newspapers), stay abreast of the hottest legal topics, and find current information on legal and legal-related products and services available from LEXIS-NEXIS. More than 1.6 billion full-text documents available.
OSH-ROM
Note: (databases for occupational safety and health - MHIDAS, HSELINE, CISDOC, NIOSHTIC)
Subject focus of the database includes: toxicology, epidemiology, occupational medicine, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, safety, hazardous wastes, occupational safety and health problems, education, training, occupational hygiene, safety engineering, accident prevention, physiology, chemistry, engineering control technology, pathology, behavioral sciences, workplace safety, health literature, environmental engineering, mining, nuclear technology, industrial pollution, explosives, manufacturing industries, agriculture, production, environmental health. OSH-ROM includes: MHIDAS HSELINE CISDOC NIOSHTIC
PAIS International
Contains citations to public policy literature of economics, government, law, international business, political science, public administration, and other social sciences. It includes references to journal articles, books, government documents, reports and pamphlets in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Proquest Dissertations and Theses
With more than 2 million entries, PQD&T is the single, central, authoritative resource for information about doctoral dissertations and master’s theses. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master’s theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. UMI offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats. More than 600,000 are available in native or image PDF formats for immediate free download. Coverage begin in 1861 to the present.
PsycARTICLES
Provides full text access to articles from journals published by APA and allied organizations since 1988. Covers general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
PsycINFO
Note: (WebSPIRS Web: 1967 - Present)
PsycINFO database provides access to the international literature in psychology and related behavioral and social sciences, including psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, education, pharmacology, and linguistics. Includes applied psychology, communication systems, developmental psychology, educational psychology, experimental human and animal psychology, personality, physical and psychological disorders, physiological psychology and intervention, professional personnel and issues, psychometrics, social processes and issues, sports psychology and leisure, and treatment and prevention. From 1967 to 1979, PsycINFO corresponds to Psychological abstracts, but beginning in 1980, the online database contains more references than the print publication. It also corresponds in part to the PsycLIT CD-ROM product.
ReSearch (The Conference Board)
TCB (The Conference Board) research is a searchable database of full-text research reports on the latest issues in business management and US and global economics. Proprietary, nonbiased research includes studies of F500 companies on business trends, leadership decisions, performance excellence, corporate governance, HR, productivity, CRM and more. Economics material includes US and global economic indicators and analysis and forecasts of regional, national, and international economic conditions. Full-text coverage from 1995 to date.
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work. Cited reference searching allows use of a given work as if it were a subject term, to identify more recent articles on the same topic.</
SOCIndex with Full Text
590 "core" Sociology journals dating back to 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as 1,040 "selective" coverage journals. Also includes indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources. SocINDEX offers coverage for sociology and all subdisciplines of sociology.
