Databases by Subject

If off campus, a virtual private network connection is required to access most library databases. For an alphabetical list of library databases, see Databases A-Z.

Art

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Art (Credo Reference)
Art, Contemporary and Modern (Davis Art Images)
Art Index (EBSCOhost Web)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Fine Arts and Music Collection (Gale)

Business

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Business (Credo Reference)
Business Economics and Theory (Gale)
Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Insurance and Liability Collection (Gale)
Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost Web)
Regional Business News (EBSCOhost Web)
Small Business Collection (Gale)
Value Line

Children and Youth

Discovering Collection (Gale)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Kids Search (EBSCOhost Web)
MAS Ultra: School Edition (EBSCOhost Web)
Middle Search Plus (EBSCOhost Web)
Primary Search (EBSCOhost Web)
Searchasaurus (EBSCOhost Web)
Spanish Reference Center (Britannica Online)
Student Research Center (EBSCOhost Web)
Vocational and Career Collection (EBSCOhost Web)

Communication and Mass Media

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (official site)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (OBU Library holdings)
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
American History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
Book Review Digest (EBSCOhost Web)
Christian Science Monitor (ProQuest Newspapers)
Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost Web)
Communications & Mass Media (Gale)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Los Angeles Times (ProQuest Newspapers)
Newspaper Source (EBSCOhost Web)
New York Times (ProQuest Newspapers)
New York Times Book Review (ProQuest Newspapers)
New York Times Magazine (ProQuest Newspapers)
NewsBank InfoWeb - Current Events (NewsBank)
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Newspapers)
Washington Post (ProQuest Newspapers)

Dictionaries

Dictionaries (Credo Reference)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale)
Oxford English Dictionary
Webster’s Third International Dictionary

Education

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Educator’s Reference Complete (Gale)
ERIC (EBSCOhost Web)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost Web)

Encyclopedias

Britannica Online
Encyclopedias (Credo Reference)
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost Web)
General Reference Center Gold (Gale)
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Virtual Reference Library (Gale)

General Periodicals and Reference

Choice Reviews Online
General Reference (Credo Reference)
General Reference Center Gold (Gale)
Journal Finder
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
TOPICsearch (EBSCOhost Web)
Pop Culture Collection (Gale)
Popular Magazines (Gale)
Readers' Guide Retrospective (EBSCOhost Web)
Virtual Reference Library (Gale)
USA.gov

Health

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Annual Reviews of Medicine
BioText Search Engine
Consumer Health Complete (EBSCOhost Web)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Healthfinder
Health Source: Consumer Edition (EBSCOhost Web)
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOhost Web)
Influenza Information Portal
Medicine (Credo Reference)
Medline (EBSCOhost Web)
MedlinePlus
National Library of Medicine Databases & Electronic Resources
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale)
PDR Health (Physicians' Desk Reference Network)
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection (Gale)
USA.gov

History

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Arkansas Records Catalog
America: History & Life (EBSCOhost Web)
American History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
Annals of American History
Civil War: Antebellum to Reconstruction, 1843-1877 (NewsBank)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost Web)
History (Credo Reference)
In the First Person
Making of America
Marquis Who’s Who
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
U.S. History Collection (Gale)
World History Collection (Gale)

Indexes

Arkansas Records Catalog
Books In Print
Choice Reviews Online
First Search
Journal Finder
MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCOhost Web)
Readers' Guide Retrospective (EBSCOhost Web)
USA.gov

Language and Literature

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Biography (Credo Reference)
Biography Reference Bank (EBSCOhost Web)
Book Review Digest (EBSCOhost Web)
Choice Reviews Online
Contemporary Authors (Gale)
Dictionaries (Credo Reference)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale)
EBSCOhost Espanol
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Language (Credo Reference)
Literature (Credo Reference)
Literature Criticism (Gale)
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost Web)
Oxford English Dictionary
Quotations (Credo Reference)
Short Story Index (EBSCOhost Web)
Something About the Author (Gale)
Spanish Reference Center (Britannica Online)
Twayne Authors Online * (Gale)
Webster’s Third International Dictionary

*Twayne Authors Online is a compilation of the following Gale literature databases: English Authors Series, Masterworks Series, Short Fiction Series, United States Authors Series, and World Authors Series.

Law

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Criminal Justice Collection (Gale)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Law (Credo Reference)
Legal Collection (EBSCOhost Web)

Library and Information Science

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Library and Information Science Abstracts (EBSCOhost Web)
Library of Congress
Information Science and Technology Collection (Gale)

Music

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Fine Arts and Music Collection (Gale)
Music (Credo Reference)
Music Library at Ouachita Baptist University
Naxos Classical Music Library

Philosophy

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Philosopher’s Index (EBSCOhost Web)
Philosophy (Credo Reference)
Religion & Philosophy Collection (Gale)
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Recreation

Culinary Arts Collection (Gale)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Food and Beverage (Credo Reference)
Gardening, Landscape, Horticulture Collection (Gale)
Home Improvement Collection (Gale)
Hospitality, Tourism, Leisure Collection (Gale)

Religion

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (EBSCOhost Web)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Religion (Credo Reference)
Religion & Philosophy Collection (Gale)
Religion Statistics

Science and Technology

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
Agriculture Collection (Gale)
American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals
ACS Prized Science Video Series (American Chemical Society)
Annual Reviews of Medicine
Annual Reviews of Neuroscience
Biomass & Bioenergy (Elsevier Science Direct)
Biomaterials (Elsevier Science Direct)
Bioresource Technology (Elsevier Science Direct)
BioText Search Engine
Biomedical Informatics, Journal of (Elsevier Science Direct)
Carbon (Elsevier Science Direct)
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis (Elsevier Science Direct)
Computer Database (Gale)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics (Elsevier Science Direct)
GreenFILE (EBSCOhost Web)
Industrial Crops and Products (Elsevier Science Direct)
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Journal of (Elsevier Science Direct)
Materials Letters (Elsevier Science Direct)
Medicine (Credo Reference)
Nature Online
National Library of Medicine Databases & Electronic Resources
Pattern Recognition (Elsevier Science Direct)
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Collection (Gale)
Power Sources, Journal of (Elsevier Science Direct)
Prized Science Video Series (American Chemical Society)
Proteomics, Journal of (Elsevier Science Direct)
SciFinder (Initial access requires free registration using OBU e-mail address.)
Science (Credo Reference)
Technology (Credo Reference)

Social Science

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost Web)
American History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
Annual Reviews of Psychology
Annual Reviews of Sociology
Criminal Justice Collection (Gale)
Diversity Studies Collection (Gale)
Films on Demand (Films Media Group)
Geography (Credo Reference)
Mental Measurements Yearbook (EBSCOhost Web)
Military & Intelligence Database (Gale)
PsychInfo (EBSCOhost Web)
Psychology (Credo Reference)
Psychology Collection (Gale)
Social Sciences (Credo Reference)
World Data Analyst (Britannica Online)