Searching databases
The databases below provide access to thousands of cannabis-related articles and studies. If you are new to our databases or have difficulty finding what you need, please consult our tutorial on library research or visit our research experts at the Information Desk in Jones Library.
Multidisciplinary databases
- Academic search complete This link opens in a new window
Offers indexing and abstracts for journals in all academic subjects.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides access to resources for researching news, business, industry, and legal topics.
- NewsBankProvides diverse global perspectives on topics related to the arts, business, communications, economics, the environment, government, journalism, politics and more from a variety of current and retrospective news media including newspapers newswires, broadcast transcripts, blogs, periodicals, videos and web-only content. Patrons might prefer the interface to this resource provided by NewsBank. EBSCOhost.
- TOPICsearch This link opens in a new window
Allows researchers to explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.
Specialized databases
- Criminal justice abstracts with full text This link opens in a new window
Provides bibliographic information and full-text of articles on criminal justice and criminology.
- Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Combines several sources of information into a single database covering news, current topics, "big issues " and controversies.
- PubMed This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. Contains material not yet indexed in Medline.
- ProQuest social sciences premium collection This link opens in a new window
Covers all of the social sciences with deep coverage of sociology and politics, and extending to criminal justice, education, linguistics, and language behavior.
- USA.gov : the U.S. government's official web portal This link opens in a new window
Serves as the U.S. government's official web portal or search engine. Provides access to government information and services.
