Finding Articles
Find journal articles from a specific database. Database access is for MLC faculty, students, and staff.
Academic Search Premier
Journal articles, many academic/peer-reviewed, on a variety of subjects.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Alt HealthWatch
Articles and other information on complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection
Magazines, journals, and newspapers from the 17th-19th centuries.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Applied Science & Technology Source
Journal articles from applied science and computing disciplines.
Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS ATLA Religion
Journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays representing major religions, faiths, denominations, and languages.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
BAS Library
Magazine that connects the academic study of archaeology to an audience eager to understand the world of the Bible.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Bibliotheca Sacra
Articles on theology, Bible exposition, ministry, and current issues.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Britannica Online Academic Edition
3 encyclopedias: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, plus research tools, Merriam-Webster’s dictionary and thesaurus, and rich multimedia.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Business Source Premier
Business research database with articles from all disciplines of business.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Cambridge Core: Histories
Ebooks on history topics.
Note: After you have submitted a search, look on the left panel for the following: “Only show content I have access to.” Check the box.
Included in Discovery searches: No
The Chicago Manual of Style Online 17th edition
Online version of CMOS provides help for style and citations.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database
Book reviews and related information about children’s literature, with search options for age level, grade level, reading levels, genre, author/illustrator, language, and more. Also includes lesson plans, teaching guides, and discussion guides.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Consumer Health Complete
Articles on mainstream medicine and complementary, holistic, and integrated medicine.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Consumer Health Reference eBooks
Ebooks on a broad range of general health topics, including diseases such as cancer and diabetes; weight management and exercise; allergies; senior care; social-emotional health; developmental disorders; and natural health.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Directory of Open Access Journals
Articles from scientific and scholarly journals.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Ebook Collection (EBSCO)
Ebooks on a variety of topics.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Ebooks Minnesota
Ebooks on a wide variety of subjects for readers of all ages featuring content from Minnesota independent publishers.
*You must be in Minnesota to access. Use “Log in by my Device Location”.
Included in Discovery searches: No
EBSCOhost E-journals
Online access to some journals that the MLC Library subscribes to in print.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
ERIC
Articles on education topics.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Gale Databases
Resources from Gale.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Gale In Context: High School
Journal articles, primary sources, images, video, and more for middle and high school students.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Gale In Context: Middle School
Age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and more for middle-school students on subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Gale Literary Index
Points to author and title listings from over 130 print literature products, including several owned by the MLC library.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Gale Literature Resource Center
Biographical information, overviews, literary criticism, and reviews on nearly 150,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Gale Ebooks
Subject encyclopedias and other sources for research.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Google Scholar
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts, and articles.
Included in Discovery searches: No
GreenFile
Articles on the relationship between human beings and the environment from scholarly and general interest publications.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
HathiTrust
Public-domain ebooks.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Articles from health magazines.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Articles from medical journals.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Historical Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub (1856-1922)
Searchable scans of historical Minnesota newspapers from around the state.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Internet Archive
Ebooks and other resources. Must register (free) to borrow items.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Infobase Ebooks
Ebooks on various topics.
Included in Discovery searches: No
JSTOR
Academic journal articles on history and humanities subjects.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
MAS Complete
Popular high school magazines and reference books covering subjects such as art, history, sports, and music.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
MAS Reference eBook Collection
Ebooks on a broad range of general reference subjects for high school students such as biography, history, careers, language arts, literature, government, health, math, science, current events, and social-emotional health.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
MasterFILE Complete
Popular full-text magazines, reference books, and other sources covering virtually every general interest subject area. Also includes photos, maps, and flags.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection
Ebooks on a broad range of general reference subjects including biography, history, careers, cooking, literature, genealogy, health, parenting, personal finance, politics, architecture, science, current events, social-emotional health, sports, and travel.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Test reviews providing evaluative information to promote and encourage informed test selection.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Middle Search Plus
Articles, biographies, primary-source items, and more, intended for middle-school students.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Middle Search Reference eBook Collection
Ebooks on a broad range of general reference subjects for middle school students. Topics include social studies, math, history, language arts, technology, geography, culture, and science.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
MTLE Test Preparation
Study materials in preparation for teacher license exams on every major subject. Includes flashcards, practice questions, and subject secrets study guides.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Newspaper Source
Cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 U.S. & international newspapers and selective full text for 389 regional newspapers plus television & radio news transcripts.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL)
Open Dissertations
Historic and contemporary dissertations and theses.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Oxford Companion to Music
Reference articles that range from clear, concise definitions of musical ideas and terms to extended surveys of musical forms and styles, with specialist coverage of virtually every musical subject.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Oxford Dictionary of Music
Broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras, including composers, librettists, singers, orchestras, important ballets and operas, and musical instruments and their history.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Oxford Handbooks Online
In-depth, high-level articles by scholars. Includes thorough introductions to topics.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Oxford English Dictionary
Is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present, and past.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Oxford Music Online
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
- The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
- The Oxford Companion to Music
- The Oxford Dictionary of Music
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Oxford Reference
Ebooks on History, Culture, Literature, and Language.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
PebbleGo: Animals and Biographies & PebbleGo Next: States and Native Americans
Curricular content specifically designed for K-5 students. Modules include Animals and Biographies in the PebbleGo (K-3) tab, and States and American Indian History in the PebbleGo Next (3-5) tab. Informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy support including read-along audio and word-by-word highlighting.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Post Reformation Digital Library
Open-access ebooks relating to the development of theology and philosophy during the Reformation and Post-Reformation/Early Modern Era (late 15th-18th c.).
Included in Discovery searches: No
Points of View Reference Center
Provides a balance of materials from all viewpoints with main essays, leading political magazines from all sides of the political spectrum, newspapers, radio, and television news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Primary Search
Popular elementary school magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids, and an image collection of photos, maps, and flags.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Primary Search Reference Ebook Collection
Reference ebooks on a broad range of subjects for primary school students. Topics include social studies, history, language arts, geography, culture, math, and science.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Professional Development Collection
Articles for educators, librarians, and education researchers. Offers information on everything from children’s health and development to cutting-edge pedagogical theory and practice.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Project MUSE
Articles from prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.
Included in Discovery searches: No
ProQuest
U.S. Newsstream, Dissertations & Theses, Scholarly Journals, and more.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Regional Business News Plus
Business journals, newspapers, and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Salem Press: History & Literature
Summarizes the plots of significant works of literature and films.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Science Reference Center
Full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Science Reference Ebook Collection
Ebook titles covering Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
It contains dynamic reference work, maintaining academic standards while evolving and adapting in response to new research.
Included in Discovery searches: No
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Digital Library
Digital theological materials including WLS Essay File and the WLS World Seminary Library.
WLS Community:
- Archived Seminary Resources
- Audio files
- Audio files of selected essays
- Essay File
- Collection of Historical Essays
- Gemeindeblatt
- Graduate Photos
- Senior Theses
- The Northwestern Lutheran
- Archived Issues of The Northwestern Lutheran Starting in 1914
Included in Discovery searches: No
World Politics Review
Daily, online publication and resource for foreign policy professionals and readers with a serious interest in international politics and foreign affairs.
Included in Discovery searches: Yes