Library and Information Science

Start Here: Library and Information Science Source (LISS), which indexes more than 2,000 journals, is probably the database you will use most often.

This Taylor & Francis database searches only about 50 peer-reviewed journals but includes some important titles. Articles you have access to have a green check mark below and to the right of the title. Others can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

Updated daily with peer reviewed and trade publication articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, business information, and more.

This comprehensive database includes articles from a wide variety of disciplines.

Contains 30+ library science journals and is good for library management, collection management, and reference.

A terrific resource for INFO 285. Sage Research Methods includes books, articles, videos, and datasets. It also has case studies of actual research projects using a wide variety of research methods.

Web of Science covers a wide variety of disciplines. Use it for citation searches and researching a subject forward and backwards in the literature.

Use Library Lit Retrospective for historical research. It has articles dating from 1905-1983.

Is it peer-reviewed? Search on the journal title in Ulrich's. If it is marked as "refereed," it is peer reviewed.

Scopus is the ultimate citation database. You can search by topic, author, and discipline. You can also sort by citation count to find out who are significant contributors to a field of research. Need a peer reviewed source? Everything in Scopus is peer reviewed (citations only, no full text).

The journals archive consists of older (at least 2-5 years) issues of core scholarly journals across a wide range of subjects including the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The eBook collections are DRM-free and allow for unlimited concurrent use and unlimited chapter downloads and printing. Note: The following collections are complimentary through Dec 31, 2023 to current SJSU students and employees: 19th Century Pamphlets, Business IV, Ecology & Botany II, Hebrew, Ireland, Jewish Studies, Lives of Literature, Security Studies, Sustainability.

An excellent resource for computing and information technology topics.

Find one on your topic, and you've discovered a research gold mine!

Provides strong coverage in the sciences and some social sciences.

CLCD has over 400,000 book reviews and related information about children’s literature.

Also known as U.S. Declassifed Documents Online. A multi-disciplinary, comprehensive source which includes previously classified government documents from the White House and a variety of U.S. government agencies during post World War II through the 1970s. Also explores the political, economic, and social conditions during domestic and foreign events. Includes documents from presidential libraries.

The ABI/INFORM Collection is comprised of ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. The collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as The Economist and Sloan Management Review, country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world. Also provides valuable historical perspective, with journals and other material dating back to the early 1900s.