Research Database Directory

Every research database, reviewed.

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Dimensions

Digital Science's linked-data platform — the database that connects publications to the grants, patents, clinical trials, and policy documents around them.

Tier 1 AcademicFreemium

EconLit

The American Economic Association's index of economics.

Tier 2 AcademicSubscription

Embase

Elsevier's biomedical index — the systematic reviewer's other database.

Tier 2 AcademicSubscription

GeoRef

The American Geosciences Institute's index — the core database for the earth sciences.

Tier 3 AcademicSubscription

Google Scholar

The free front door to scholarship — vast, frictionless, and quietly imprecise.

Tier 2 AcademicFree

HeinOnline

The historical archive of law.

Tier 3 AcademicSubscription

IEEE Xplore

The core literature of electrical engineering and computing.

Tier 2 AcademicSubscription

INSPEC

The IET's index for physics, engineering, and computing.

Tier 3 AcademicSubscription