Research Guides: Graduate Service Package Databases: Complete List

E-Resources for Graduate Access

Graduate users who have selected eligible service packages enjoy off-campus access to the e-resources listed below. The coverage of the e-resources under the Package is more limited than that of current students / staff, and is subject to change from time to time.

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The list was last updated on 12 November 2021.

ABI/INFORM Collection
A comprehensive business research database with coverage of thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, and trade publications.

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Dates covered: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection
A research database for accounting academics and professionals. Covers current news, topics and trends in top journals, conference publications, reference reports and more.

Dates covered: 1971 - current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
Multidisciplinary database that comprehensively covers the environmental sciences and environmental management. Subjects include air quality, environmental biotechnology, waste management, and more.

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Dates covered: 1967 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM)
A database for researchers investigating contemporary and modern artists, art movements, art history and theory, design, photography, and crafts. Contains full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, exhibition reviews and more.

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Dates covered: 1960s - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Citation information only
Arts & Humanities Database
This database features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Cultural Studies.

Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Asian & European Business Collection
Provides information on companies, economies, markets, international trade, and overall business conditions and practices across Asia and Europe.

Primary Search: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Australia & New Zealand Database
Provides journal articles locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in Australia and New Zealand. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
Banking Information Database
A financial services research tool containing combining articles from industry journals and other online sources. Coverage of the the financial services industry, banking and industry trends.

Dates covered:: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Biological Science Database (formerly Biology Database)
Provides journal articles on a wide range of biology topics including some of the most popular information resources for users in academic, government and public research environments.

Dates covered: 1998 - current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Business Market Research Collection
Provides company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research from Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch, US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports, and Snapshots.

Dates covered: 1986 - current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
The content comes from a broad range of Canadian sources, with the majority of content in English and hundreds of thousands of full-text articles in French. It is suitable for those interested in Canadian current events, business, science and technology, medical, humanities and the arts, and hundreds of topics.

Dates covered: 1933 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Canadian Newsstream
Provides full text of over 190 Canadian newspapers, including the complete available electronic backfile for most newspapers, providing full access to the articles, columns, editorials and features published in each.

Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Career and Technical Education
A database for researchers seeking vocational information. Indexes periodicals that approach their subject from a vocational perspective. Technical topics covered include computer science, healthcare, accounting, building trades and graphic design.

Dates covered:: 1975 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
China, America and the Pacific
A database containing an extensive range of archival material connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Includes manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects and maps.

Dates covered: 18th century - early 20th century
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes
China: Culture and Society (1750 - 1929)
A database of rare pamphlets, mostly in English, from one of the most extensive collections of literature on China and the Chinese in the Western world. These digitised full-text pamphlets from the Wason Collection on East Asia housed in Cornell Unviersity represent a broad variety of writings on the people and cultures of China and foreign involvement there.

Dates covered:: 1750 - 1929
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full text: Yes
China: Trade, Politics & Culture (1793 - 1980)
This resource provides access to a variety of source materials in English relating to China and its interactions with the West.

In addition, this database offers over 400 colour paintings, maps and drawings by English and Chinese artists, as well as many photographs, sketches and ephemeral items, depicting Chinese people, places, customs and events.

Dates covered:: 1793 - 1980
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full text: Yes
Church Missionary Society Archive
This is a repository of source materials on the work of the Church Missionary Society, founded in 1799 as an Anglican evangelical movement and still active today. It includes the central records of the society and the papers of key individuals associated with it.

Dates covered: 1619 - 1981
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes
Church Missionary Society Periodicals
This database features electronic reproductions of publications from the Church Missionary Society, the South American Missionary Society, and the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS).

Dates covered: 1804 - 2009
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew
Full-text: Yes
Computer Science Database
Covers a wide range of computing/technology topics, including artificial intelligence, computer networks, computer security, database management, and more.

Primary Search: 1998 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Consumer Health Database ( formerly Family Health Database)
Provides journals and magazines covering a wide range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.

Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Continental Europe Database
Provides academic journals locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many European countries, including France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Criminal Justice Database
Provides scholarly journals and other relevant materials (e.g. correctional and law enforcement trade publications) on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.

Dates covered: 1981 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
DAAI : Design and Applied Arts Index
Covers articles, news items, and reviews published in applied art periodicals. Major areas of coverage include graphic design, computer aided design, computer graphics, web design, and design management.

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Dates covered: 1973 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
East & South Asia Database
Provides academic journals locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many East Asian and South Asian countries. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
East Europe, Central Europe Database
Provides academic journals locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in East European and Central European countries. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.

Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
EconLit
This database is published by the American Economic Association, and covers virtually every area related to economics, including both theory and application.

Dates covered: 1969 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Education Database
Provides access to over 900 top education journals, with some 600 titles in full text. Covers primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and other related topics.

Dates covered: 1988 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Encyclopedia Britannica Academic
Articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica are written by notable experts, providing balanced, global perspectives and unique insights. Also includes Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Full-text: Yes
ERIC (ProQuest)
The Educational Resource Information Center is the largest education database in the world, indexing all types of educational literature from journal articles to research reports.

Note that the content in all versions of ERIC is identical.

Dates covered: 1966 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
European Business Database
Provides European business and financial information. Resources like The Economist, Fortune, and the European Business Journal are included.

Dates covered: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Foreign Office Files for China (1919 - 1980)
Primary source database covering all British Foreign Office files produced between 1919 and 1980 dealing with China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Includes reports, letters, newspaper cuttings, maps, and diverse other materials.

Dates covered: 1919 - 1980
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Adam Matthew / UK National Archives
Full text: Yes
Global Breaking Newswires
Provides newswire content available from around the globe as well as growing archive of news indexed and accessible through the ProQuest platform.

Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
Health & Medical Collection
Combines clinical research titles with consumer and health administration titles. Subject coverage includes anatomy, pharmacology, psychiatry, surgery, obstetrics, and more.

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Healthcare Administration Database (formerly Health Management Database)
A collection of reliable and relevant resources in the field of health administration, including journals and dissertations.

Dates covered: Varied
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Humanities Index
A research tool for humanities scholars, BHI indexes over 400 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries.

Dates covered:: 1962 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
India Database
This is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary resource providing full-text, scholarly journals, all published in India.

Dates covered: 2000 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
International Newsstream
Provides the most recent news content from outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. Covers more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
Latin America & Iberia Database
This database provides ongoing fulltext academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal.

Dates covered: 1967 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
Library Science Database
Full-text access to a selection of publications relevant to library and information science. It covers a range of titles and topics relevant to the theoretical and applied study of library science, including trade publications aimed at the library profession as well as scholarly journals.

Dates covered: 1970 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
An abstract and index database of linguistic literature. Covers the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

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Dates covered: 1970s - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Citation information only
Linguistics Database
Includes full-text journals and other sources in linguistics, including many titles indexed in Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA). It covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

Dates covered: 1976 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
Middle East & Africa Database
This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Middle Eastern and African countries.

Dates covered: 1981 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
Military Database
Covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more.

Dates covered: 1916 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Music Periodicals Database
Indexes periodicals covering all aspects of music, including music education, instruments, various musical genres, music therapy, ethnomusicology, and more.

Dates covered: 1874 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Nursing & Allied Health Database
This database offers reliable, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health including journals, video, dissertations, reference books and more.

Dates covered: 1933 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
PAIS Index
Chronicles the world's public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more.

Dates covered: 1972 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Some
Pharmaceutical News Index
Bibliographic information and indexing for 22 key U.S. and international pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology, medical device, and cosmetic industry newsletters

Dates covered: 1974 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Philosopher's Index
Comprehensive bibliographic database covering worldwide research in all areas of philosophy. Key areas of coverage include metaphysics, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of language, and political philosophy.

Dates covered: 1940 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Political Science Database
Provides access to hundreds of leading political science, public policy, and international relations journals.

Dates covered: 1985 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
Project MUSE - Humanities Collection
A collection of academic journals in digital humanities and social sciences.

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Full text: Some
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post (Historical Archive, 1903-2001)
This historical archive of Hong Kong's most well-known English-language newspaper provides researchers with online, easily-searchable coverage of politics, society and events in the territory.

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Dates covered: 1903 - 2000
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Yes
Psychology Database
This database provides abstracts and indexing for more than 640 titles, with over 540 titles available in full text. Many titles are indexed in PsycINFO. Coverage ranges from behavioral, clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, industrial and social psychology, along with personality, psychobiology and psychometrics.

Dates covered: 1920 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
PsycINFO (ProQuest)
Provides access to the literature in psychology and related disciplines. Produced by the American Psychological Association, it has more than 8 million cited references in 185,000 journal articles, books, and book chapters.

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Dates covered: 1806 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
PTSDpubs
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, this database aims to provide citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Dates covered: 1871 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Full-text: Some
Public Health Database
Provides access to the core literature in the field of public health.

Dates covered: 1963 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Some
Religion Database
Includes over 150 journals with most available in full text. An excellent resource for researching religious issues and perspectives.

Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Research Library
Designed to cover 150 key academic subject areas, this database includes over 5,000 scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. Many are available in full text.

Dates covered: 1971 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Science Database
Covers all scientific fields with a large collection of over 1000 journals (with over 750 in full text), including biology, chemistry, environmental/earth sciences, physics and more.

Dates covered: 1986 to present
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Social Science Database
Journal collection covering core disciplines across the social sciences including sociology, social work, anthropology, politics and other areas. Over 1000 titles are included, with the majority in full text.

Dates covered: 1986 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Social Services Abstracts
Indexes current research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.

Dates covered: 1979 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioural sciences. Major subject areas include culture and social structure, family and social welfare, radical sociology, social development, and women's studies.

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Dates covered: 1952 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Sociology Database
Covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including relevant titles from related fields such as social policy, social care, social services, social anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, social psychology and population studies. It includes hundreds of full-text scholarly journals, as well as dissertations and other sources.

Dates covered: 1985 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
Telecommunications Database
Covers all aspects of the telecommunications industry and technologies including computer applications, data communications/transmission systems, electronic data processing, information science and information theory, and radio and television communications.

Dates covered: 1990 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full-text: Some
Turkey Database
Provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in Turkey.

Dates covered: 2000 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
UK & Ireland Database
This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

Dates covered: 1954 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
US Newsstream
Access to recent U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.

Dates covered: 1980 - Current
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: ProQuest
Full text: Yes
中華數字書苑圖片庫 Apabi China Digital Library - Fine Arts
此圖片庫收藏不同藝術博物館的展品，圖書館只訂購了中國美術館和中國書法館兩部分。

An image database that covers collection from various art galleries and museums. The Library only subscribes to the collections of the China Art Gallery and Museum of Chinese Calligraphy.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: 5 user limit
Provider: Beijing Founder Apabi Technology Limited
中華數字書苑年鑒庫 Apabi China Digital Library - Yearbooks
此年鑒庫包括不同行業、地區、級別的中國年鑒。

Chinese yearbooks of various sectors, regions, and levels.
Dates covered: 1998 - 2008
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Beijing Founder Apabi Technology Limited
Full text: Yes
雅昌藝術圖書數據庫 (Artron)
雅昌藝術圖書數據庫收錄了中國和世界各大藝術類出版社、拍賣行、博物館、美術館等藝術機構，及藝術家出版的中文圖書資源，以及雅昌自主出版的藝術視頻和藝術年表等3大類資源，內容涵蓋藝術理論、繪畫、書法篆刻、雕塑、攝影等13個類別。

Artron is a Chinese database which includes art books from art publishers, museums, galleries, auction firms as well as individual artists from China and beyond in 13 categories.
Dates covered: Various
Concurrent users: Unlimited
Provider: Artron Art Group
Full-text: Yes

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