General Topics:Getting Started

Suggested databases for finding background information and articles in scholarly journals, general magazines and newspapers.

Selected Course Guides

Librarians are here to help! Use the Research Guides to find more information in your subject area, and meet your subject librarian.

Citing Primary Souces in MLA
From the Library of Congress, a guide to citing primary sources in MLA style.
Citing Sources: Citation Formats and Style Manuals (UT Libraries Guide)
This guide includes tabs on APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian, as well as tips on how to manage citations and UT guidelines.
The Writing Center at UTK
Serves student writers in all disciplines of the UTK academic community by offering free and individualized help throughout the writing process

GENERAL INTEREST DATABASES (Multi-Disciplinary)

SUBJECT DATABASES FOR SPECIFIC TOPICS

Anthropology

Art & Other Humanities

Business

Communication and Mass Media

Education

Engineering

Film & Film Reviews

Health & Medicine

History (For history, also see the Primary Sources Guide.)

Law

Literature & Book Reviews

Music

News

Politics & Policy

Psychology

Science

Web of Science (1900-present)
The major multidisciplinary index covering journal articles and conference proceedings in sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Provides cited reference searching and journal impact factors.

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Scopus
PubMed (1948 to present)
Essential database for biomedicine. Includes citations from MEDLINE and for biomedical articles in life science journals. A product of the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
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