Useful LIS Databases
You have over 20 Library & Information Science databases at your fingertips via the Pratt Institute Libraries! Here are the best ones to start with, as determined by your library liaison, your professors, and your fellow classmates:
- Emerald Insight This link opens in a new windowA wide range of serials, series and books in library science, management and related fields.
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) This link opens in a new windowCovering 1960s-present, LISTA indexes books, research reports and proceedings, and over 700 journals covering subjects like librarianship, classification, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, and more.
- Library and Information Science Collection This link opens in a new windowJournals and periodicals that help librarians and researchers keep pace with the latest trends in the field.
- Science Direct Social & Behavioral Sciences College Edition This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text scientific journal articles and book chapters in social and behavioral sciences.
- Taylor & Francis Online This link opens in a new windowThis database offers full-text articles for 1200+ journals across many subject areas.
Ebook Collections
Many databases now include ebooks. Here are some featured collections that contain ebooks relevant to Library & Information Science research. To browse ebooks in the library catalog directly, click here.
- EBSCO E-Book Collection This link opens in a new windowA database of full-text books on all subjects.
- Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new windowGale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) is an online library of reference titles for multi-disciplinary research, including texts related to American and world history, biography, health, arts, business, travel, religion, and multicultural studies.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
- Project MUSE - Premium Collection This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to a selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.
- ProQuest Academic Complete Ebooks This link opens in a new windowThousands of ebooks on range of scholarly subjects. This subscription is available to all Pratt users through the Connect NY consortium.
