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Subject terms assigned to databases along with a brief description of each term
  • African Studies:
    Research, literature, and other works about and from Africa and the African diaspora
  • American & Canadian Studies:
    Country-specific publications and other works from and about America and Canada, and their peoples. Does not include Mexico
  • Anthropology & archaeology:
    Human societies, cultures, and development
  • Aquatic & fishery sciences:
    Marine, freshwater and brackish water environments, and fisheries
  • Art:
    Creative works, research/content about creative works. Does not include cinema, drama, dance, or music
  • Asian Studies:
    Research, literature, and other works about and from any area of Asia
  • Biology:
    Biological Sciences
  • Built environments:
    Architecture, urban planning, real estate
  • Business:
    Accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, management, marketing, supply chains
  • Chemistry:
    Chemical information and research
  • Cinema studies:
    Films, motion pictures, and research about
  • Classics:
    Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, including Greek and Latin languages and literatures, philosophy, rhetoric, political theory, art, archaeology and history.
  • Communication:
    Human communication and mass media
  • Computer science:
    Computers, information technology
  • Criminal justice:
    Criminal justice systems, institutions, and individuals involved. For criminal law, see Law
  • Dance:
    Performances, research, and other content on dance
  • Dentistry:
    Resources on oral health
  • Disability studies:
    Historical, cultural, political, and legal dimensions of disability
  • Drama:
    Performances, scripts, and other information on theater
  • Earth & Space Science:
    Geosciences
  • East Asian studies:
    China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
  • Economics:
    Economics research and data
  • Education:
    All levels of education and specialties from pre-K through lifelong learning. 
  • Engineering:
    All branches of engineering including civil, electrical, mechanical, aerospace, environmental...
  • English:
    Study of English language literature in various forms, including composition and language arts/grammar. Linguistics is separate.  
  • Environmental Science:
    Interdisciplinary, global; environmental problems and human impacts on the environment. 
  • Ethnic & Multicultural studies:
    Defined human groups and cultures
  • European studies:
    All of Europe, including Central and Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern. 
  • Gender, Women & Sexuality studies:
    Scholarship that foregrounds gender or sexuality. 
  • Genealogy:
    Family history, tracing lineage
  • Geography:
    Physical and human geography
  • Grants & Nonprofits:
    Nonprofit resources and funding
  • History: 
    U.S. and world history. 
  • Human Rights:
    Human rights in the US and abroad
  • Indigenous studies:
    Indigenous cultures and people, past and present
  • Information studies:
    Includes library and information science. For museum studies, see MUSEOLOGY
  • International studies:
    Political, social, economic and policy information about countries and world regions.
  • Latin American & Caribbean studies:
    Latin America, including South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
  • Law:
    Legislation, policies, court decisions, federal law, state law, international law, foreign law
  • Linguistics:
    Linguistics, language structure and language social contexts. See research guides for resources on specific languages such as French, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, etc.
  • Literature:
    Literature, Literary Criticism, Literary Theory
  • Mathematics:
    Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics
  • Medicine:
    Information for health care practitioners, students, and related health professionals.
  • Museology:
    Museology, museums, preservation
  • Music:
    Music, music history, ethnomusicology, music theory, instrumental performance, vocal performance, music education
  • Near East studies:
    Middle East, Central Eurasia, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa
  • Nursing:
    Nursing science and practice
  • Pharmacy:
    Pharmacy practice and drug research
  • Philosophy:
    Philosophy, ethics
  • Physics
    Physics and astronomy research
  • Political Science:
    Theory and practice of government and politics at the local, state, national, and international levels.
  • Psychology:
    Resources on the mind and behavior
  • Public Health:
    Biostatistics, environmental & occupational health, epidemiology, global health, health systems, population health.
  • Religion:
    Historical, social, cultural, and scientific aspects of religion
  • Science:
    Multi-disciplinary resources in the sciences
  • Social Work:
    Social work and human services dealing with social issues and welfare.
  • Sociology:
    Human social relationships and institutions
  • South Asian Studies:
    India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Afghanistan
  • Southeast Asian Studies:
    Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma (or Myanmar), Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, Philippines
  • Speech & Hearing Sciences: 
    Audiology, speech-language pathology, hearing, speech and language disorders. For human communication, see Communication.