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RUQuest
RUQuest is a search engine for the collection of the RU University Library, Nijmegen, and for collections of other libraries worldwide.
RUQuest contains printed and digital books, periodicals, journal articles, book chapters and more.
Full text publications can be opened by clicking 'View full text'.
Tutorial: RUQuest
JSTOR

A searchable archive of journal articles, in which the articles are available in full texts and retrievable from the first volume of a journal to three, four or five years ago.
Related archive: Periodicals Archive Online
Web of Science

The Web of Science by Clarivate Analytics contains references of international journal articles from all scientific disciplines.
It includes data from four citation indexes:
- Science Citation Index (SCI): 1945 - present
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI): 1956 - present
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI): 1975 - present
- Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI): 2015 - present
Citation indexes offer a unique search method to find later-published journal articles, in which a publication is cited.
Coverage: weekly updates
Self-teaching modules: Web of Science instruction videos, Web of Science platform LibGuide
Related: Journal Citation Reports
Google Scholar
In Google Scholar, you can find references to academic publications in many different disciplines and forms (e.g. journal articles and preprints). A lot of these publications are available freely online.
Citation data of the publication (reference to which individual or publication cites the information) can be found at 'Cited by'.
Manual: Connect Google Scholar to the University Library

Subject databases

Communication Abstracts

Communication Abstracts contains references to journal articles, books and book chapters in the field of communication studies and mass media.
Coverage: 1977 – present, updated bimonthly
Related database: PsycINFO (media psychology)
MLA International Bibliography

MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association) contains references to journal articles and books in the fields of modern language and literature. Coverage from 1963.
Coverage: 1963 – present

More subject databases

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Van Dale online dictionaries
The Van Dale online dictionaries contain:
- Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal - de Grote Van Dale
- Van Dale Groot woordenboek Hedendaags Nederlands
- Van Dale Dutch-English / English-Dutch
- Van Dale Dutch-German / German-Dutch
- Van Dale Dutch-French / French-Dutch
- Van Dale Dutch-Spanish / Spanish-Dutch
- Van Dale Dutch-Italian / Italian-Dutch
- Van Dale Dutch-Portugese / Portugese-Dutch
- Van Dale Dutch-Swedish / Swedish-Dutch
- Van Dale Taalhandboek Nederlands
- Van Dale Taalhandboek Engels