LibGuides: Design: Thesis Prep: Topic Research

Research Databases by Subject

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Scopus
Academic database covering peer-reviewed journals, and conference proceedings - includes scientific, medical, technical, arts, humanities, and social science topics, with emphasis on citation analysis.
SpringerLink
Journals, books, and reference works in science, technology, mathematics, social science, psychology and business.
Web of Science
Collection of over 21,000 peer-reviewed, scholarly journals published worldwide in over 250 science, social sciences, and humanities disciplines.

Art & Architecture Source
Full-text international coverage of arts journals and books, plus detailed indexing and abstracts and thousands of images.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Index of journal articles on architecture and design, covering subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning.
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
DAAI covers designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century.

Consumer Health Database
Journals and magazines covering a range of health subjects, from sports injuries to women's health, from food and nutrition to midwifery, from eye care to dentistry.
PsycINFO
American Psychological Association's resource for research in all aspects of psychology, including industrial and organizational.
PubMed
Biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
Covers the literature of health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations, and education.
CQ Researcher plus Archive
Unbiased research reports on timely topics.
ERIC: Education Resources Information Center (ProQuest)
Central resource for articles and documents on all aspects of education.
PsycINFO
American Psychological Association's resource for research in all aspects of psychology, including industrial and organizational.
Sociology Database
Covers the international literature of sociology and social work, including relevant titles from related fields such as social policy, social care, social services, social anthropology, gender studies, gerontology, social psychology and population studies.

Environmental Issues Online
Multimedia materials around key environmental challenges, including climate change, water/air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, agriculture, deforestation and more.
Sustainability Science Abstracts
Explores all aspects of sustainable development, human population and demography topics, as well as societal issues involving natural resource management.

ACM Digital Library
Full-text collection of journal articles, conference proceedings, and reviews published by the Association for Computing Machinery.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Full-text of conference proceedings in computer science from Springer.
Scopus
Academic database covering peer-reviewed journals, and conference proceedings - includes scientific, medical, technical, arts, humanities, and social science topics, with emphasis on citation analysis.

ABI/INFORM Collection
Articles from industry and scholarly sources, periodicals, trade journals, reports and dissertations, on business, management, corporate strategy, and the competitive landscape.
Business Source Premier
Academic and industry periodicals in all business disciplines, including the Harvard Business Review; also industry, company, and country reports.
Gartner Core Research
Analysis and forecasting for information technology products and services. (Note: Dataquest reports are not in our subscription).
Statista
Market, industry, company, and demographic statistics, data-centered reports and dossiers, fully downloadable, various formats, international, easy-to-use.

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Dissertations and Theses Global
Includes citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present plus over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.
KiltHub (Carnegie Mellon)
KiltHub is the comprehensive institutional repository and research collaboration platform for research data and scholarly outputs produced by members of Carnegie Mellon University and their collaborators. To view theses from the School of Design: Select Groups. Scroll to end of list. Select Theses and Dissertations. Filter by Category.