Research Database Directory

Every research database, reviewed.

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SciELO

The open-access library of Latin American, Caribbean, and allied science — free, full-text, multilingual.

Tier 2 Open AccessFree

Redalyc

The open-access index of Ibero-American scholarship — diamond open access at scale.

Tier 2 Open AccessFree

J-STAGE

Japan's national platform for scholarly journals — much of it open, much of it in English.

Tier 2 Open AccessFree

CNKI

China's largest research database — journals, theses, and more, and often the only route to Chinese scholarship.

Tier 2 CorporateSubscription

Ovid

Wolters Kluwer's search platform — one rigorous interface over many biomedical databases.

Tier 2 CorporateSubscription

ERIC

The free, authoritative index for education research and practice.

Tier 2 Open AccessFree

PsycINFO

The American Psychological Association's index — the standard for psychology and behavioral science.

Tier 2 AcademicSubscription

CINAHL

The core index for nursing and allied health literature.

Tier 3 AcademicSubscription

Cochrane Library

The home of systematic reviews — the gold standard for evidence in healthcare.

Tier 2 AcademicSubscription

Embase

Elsevier's biomedical index — pharmacology-deep and built for systematic reviews.

Tier 2 AcademicSubscription