ProQuest Central brings together 30 highly used ProQuest databases to create the largest single academic research resource.
Researchers can choose to search individual databases for targeted research or search all at once to find relevant results and information from other disciplines. This allows cross-searching with other ProQuest business resources as well as creation of RSS feeds, content alerts, Smart Search, article linking, and much more.
ABI/INFORM Complete is a comprehensive business database containing thousands of journals. The combination of products forms a business database package that offers full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
ABI/INFORM Complete also features search respected historical business journals for a unique perspective on topics covering corporate strategies, management techniques, accounting, marketing, advertising, ethics, case studies, and much more. Deep backfiles encompass full runs of some of the most important business journals of the last century, all in cover-to-cover full page images, just as they were printed.
ABI/INFORM Complete consists of:
• ABI/INFORM Global
• ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
• ABI/INFORM Dateline
• ABI/INFORM Archive 1905-1998
• The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition
Arts & Humanities Database includes both scholarly peer-reviewed journals and selected trade and consumer titles relevant to applied arts and cultural studies, and the subject strengths of the collection are:
• Art, design, crafts and photography
• Archaeology, anthropology and classical studies
• Architecture, interior design and urban planning
• History, philosophy, geography and religion
• Modern languages and literature
• Music, theatre, film and cultural studies
• The contents reflect the full interdisciplinary of contemporary study in the arts and humanities, with the inclusion of selected titles from related fields that are also covered by these indexes, such as ethnic and area studies, politics, economics and women's studies.
ProQuest Criminal Justice is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.
The database bridges theory with practice by providing information geared to those interested in careers in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law, and industrial security; as well as scholars and other researchers who study the causes, trends, and societal impacts of crime.
Content highlights:
• Addresses the need to bridge latest research with practice
• U.S. and international scholarly journals
• Corrections and correctional and law enforcement trade publications
• Reports, news, crime statistics, and crime blogs
• Almost half of the records available are in full-text
• Content continues to grow as full text content is added to increase the scope of this resource
ProQuest Education Journals gives users access to over 790 top educational publications, including more than 615 of the titles in full text.
Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database offers complete text and images from journals such as:
• Childhood Education
• College Teaching
• Harvard Educational Review
• Journal of Athletic Training
• Educational Theory
Image articles include all the charts, tables, diagrams, and other graphical elements often used to enhance the editorial value of articles that focus on education topics.
ProQuest Education Journals covers not only the literature on primary, secondary, and higher education but also special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
ProQuest Health and Medical Complete offers users vital clinical, biomedical, and health journals, including many indexed in MEDLINE. Clinical researchers can access high-impact titles including Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature titles and more. Conducting searches on the ProQuest platform helps derive relevant clinical data quicker; the deep indexing of records means that core research findings usually hidden in images and figures within articles come to the fore as part of researcher's search results.
ProQuest Newspapers offers international, national, regional, and local papers including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, The Guardian, El Norte, Jerusalem Post, and South China Morning Post. Detailed indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also subjects, companies, people, products, and geographic areas and provides access to detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture. Even items such as editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well-known people are indexed.
This database also includes exclusive access to 85 full-text newspapers from the world-leading news and information provider, Gannett, plus an additional 7 U.S. military titles will be available on a non-exclusive basis. Gannett newspapers span 30 states providing high quality reporting to their local and regional constituencies.
Some titles of note in this database are:
• Atlanta Constitution (1990-2001)
• The Atlanta Journal (1995-2001)
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2001-current)
• Augusta Chronicle (abstracts)
• Christian Science Monitor (1988-current)
• Georgia Trend (1986-current)
• The Guardian (1992-current)
• Los Angeles Times (1985-current)
• Macon Telegraph (abstracts)
• New York Times (1980-current)
• New York Times Book Review (1997-current)
• New York Times Magazine (1997-current)
• Savannah Morning News (1999-current)
• USA Today (1987-current)
• Wall Street Journal (1984-current)
• The Washington Post (1987-current)
In addition to the content in ProQuest Newspapers, a search executed in this resource will also include content from the following databases if they are included in the library's subscriptions:
• Alt-PressWatch
• Atlanta Journal & Constitution
• Ethnic NewsWatch
• GenderWatch
• International Newspapers
• National Newspaper Abstracts (3)
• National Newspapers Core
• New York Times
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
• ProQuest Newsstand
• The Christian Science Monitor
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Post
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides users with reliable health care information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at health care facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions.
Topics in ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source include:
• Cytology
• Nursing
• Nutrition
• Oncology
• Pediatric Care
• Pharmacology
• Public Health
• Radiology
This database also includes leading nursing and related publications, such as:
• Association of Operating Room Nurses. AORN Journal
• Journal of Nursing Scholarship
• Oncology Nursing Forum
• Journal of Gerontological Nursing
• Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services
• Critical Care Nurse
• Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
• Physical Therapy
• Journal of Athletic Training
• Journal of Rehabilitation
• The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
• Journal of Allied Health
• Applied Radiology
• Clinical Laboratory Science
• Dental Assistant
• Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy
ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source also provides evidence-based nursing information from The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). These include Systematic Reviews, Evidence Summaries, and Best Practice Information Sheets. The JBI's evidence-based approach opens a new world of education resources, with critical appraisal and meta-analysis that is highly respected and unquestioned in the field.
In addition, study paths are provided to find key topics and recommended reading. The curriculum-based topic tree connects users to appropriate articles on specific topics. A board of experienced nurse educators have hand-selected the most relevant results for a wide range of subjects.
ProQuest Political Science gives users access to over 460 leading political science and international relations journals. This collection provides the full-text of 430 core titles, many of which are indexed in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. New to ProQuest Political Science are hundreds of recent, full-text, political science dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities, as well as thousands of current working papers from the Political Science Research Network.
Contents of this resource include:
• Full-text access to highly cited journals such as Acta Politica, American Political Science Review, and Journal of Politics
• ProQuest Dissertations in political science subjects, from 2004-2009
• Political Science Research Network working papers from 2010 to current
• More than 700 Oxford Analytica country profiles, from 2008 to current
• Over 660,000 full-text articles available to search
ProQuest Religion is an indispensable resource for religious studies programs and for anyone researching religious issues and perspectives. This resource presently has more than 150 journals, with most of them available with full-text. The content is full-text, scholarly, and designed to meet the needs of both religious studies programs and general library collections.
ProQuest Religion covers formal theological studies and commentary on topics of general interest from the perspectives of many, worldwide religions. In addition, there are many titles from religious publishing bodies and nondenominational organizations.
ProQuest Religion provides religious news and information, informative details on doctrines and philosophies, and scholarly reports on religious history. More full-text journals have been added in related religious studies, such as philosophy, ethics, and international perspectives. Many essential full-text titles cannot be found in any other online database.
Recent titles added:
• Contagion; Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture
• Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought
• Harvard Theological Review
• Hebrew Studies
• Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies
• Journal of Baha'i Studies
• Journal of Ecclesiastical History
• Journal of Global Buddhism
• Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
• Social Work and Christianity
ProQuest Science Journals is a resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences.
With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1,600 titles-with more than 1,270 available in full text. In full-text format, researchers have access to all the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements so vital to scientific and technical literature.
These journals cover hundreds of topics relating to all major fields of study, including:
• Physics
• Engineering
• Astronomy
• Earth Science
• Chemistry
Titles available from ProQuest Science Journals include:
• Journal of Climate
• The Journal of Nutrition
• Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
• Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
