This database covers almost all subject areas and is especially good at interdisciplinary areas. Good place to start for class assignments. It contains full text articles for more than 6,500 journals.
Cabells Predatory Reports provides detailed evaluations of journals suspected of fraudulent practices. While it cannot list every fraudulent journal, it is a valuable source of information to help you avoid these deceptive sources.
Gartner provides research and analysis for information technology (IT) industries, and analysis of the use of IT in a range of areas, including data analytics, software engineering, supply chain management, and apparel merchandising. Gartner also includes reports about topics that cut across industries including generative AI, data management, and technology trends. All ISU students, faculty and staff have access to Gartner's content through a subscription funded by ISU’s Information Technology Services.
Please note: access to this resource requires an ISU Net-ID. This resource is not available to members of the public visiting Parks Library.
This database provides an immense and widely varied collection of literary criticism and biographies (over 130,000 biographical entries), primary sources, and many multimedia selections.
Features like "Topic Finder" and "Term Frequency", respectively, allow researchers to see how literary topics are related to each other by means of a visual map layout, and to see how often a specific term has been used in literary scholarship throughout the years.
Mergent Market Atlas offers a wealth of information about public companies in the US and internationally. Powerful and intuitive search capabilities combined with an easy to learn and use interface provide quick access to a multitude of company, industry, and ESG views and reports. Help is HERE, or contact Jeff Kushkowski.
RRO – Chinese Studies features content that supports the teaching and learning of Chinese Studies. This diverse and inclusive online resource connects the past, present, and future of China, allowing students to explore the field of Chinese Studies and investigate both established and emerging topics.
