A broad, interdisciplinary database with full-text to more than 5300 scholarly and popular periodicals. Provides coverage for all undergraduate areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

The Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online contains over 170,000 articles or entries on all types of places throughout the world; both physical places and political entities. Most articles have details on where the place is located, its dimensions and borders, and information on economic activities, demographics, history, and former or alternate names and different spellings and pronunciations.

Provides access to the geoscience literature of North America from 1785 to the present, as well as the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. GeoRef indexes journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, and reports, as well as all publications of the United States Geological Survey with over 4,000 new references being added monthly.

Full-text to important journals in the fields of: African Studies, Anthropology, Art & Art History, Asian Studies, Biology, Business, Ecology, Economics, Education, General Science, History, Language & Literature, Law, Mathematics, Middle East Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Statistics, and Zoology. Coverage is limited to journals that are usually at least 5 years old, but some more recent articles may be available.

Offers deep coverage in environmental aspects of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning. Primary coverage is from 1975-present, with limited coverage from 1960.