A-Z Databases

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movements

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New

Primary source documents from Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian American/Pacific Islander communities in the 1950s and 1960s.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)

Trial

Please provide feedback on this database, which is currently on trial until May 9, 2024.

Opposing Viewpoints provides information on social issues, including topic overviews; viewpoint articles; magazine, journal, and newspaper articles; statistics; and primary documents.

Open Access Databases

Just a few of many Open Access databases we like. Find more options in the A-Z list.

arXiv

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Open Access

OA pre-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics

Directory of Open Access Journals

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Open Access

Alternate Name(s) DOAJ

Access to quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals covering a range of topics and languages.

HathiTrust Digital Library

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Open Access

A digital preservation repository that provides access to millions of digitized materials from libraries around the world. For enhanced access to materials, log into HathiTrust using your Macalester email credentials.

MDPI

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Open Access

Alternate Name(s) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Scholarly OA publisher since 1996. Supports many diverse, peer-reviewed, OA journals with over 35,500 academic editors. Serves scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is freely available.

Public Library of Science (PLOS)

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Open Access

Original published reports and research in the life sciences and medicine.