Multidisciplinary databases
Search our selected multidisciplinary reference and full text databases for journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings and much more.
Dissertations and Theses (Abstracts and Index)
A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world dating from 1861 right up to the present day. The database primarily includes US and Canadian dissertations.
ESI - Essential Science Indicators
The Essential Science Indicators database highlights new scientific trends as well as influential personalities, institutions, articles, journals and countries in the field of science. The data is based on the last ten years in each case and identifies the most important articles in the various subject areas.
Google Scholar
Freely accessible search engine for scientific content. It lists documents (journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, patents and more) from subscriptions that are available as full texts as well as a wide range of open access content.
Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides measures such as the “impact factor” for assessing the importance of journals for the scientific community.
OECD iLibrary
Portal for the online publications of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), providing access to all OECD studies and statistics. One of the largest online libraries for data and analyses on the economy, society and the environment.
All contents are licensed with the exception of the IEA statistics.
SRMO – SAGE Research Methods Online
Information on research methods in the social sciences from books, reference works, dictionaries, journals and videos. Classification or “methods map” to visualise the relationships between the methods. SRMO now also contains “foundation entries” with contributions on the latest methods as well as personal profiles of important researchers.
Web of Science Core Collection
Web of Science Core Collection is a multidimensional database with a range of subjects including art, humanities, social sciences, medicine, natural sciences and technology.