Web of Knowledge (1980-present plus citations to older cited references; updated weekly; some full-text; RefWorks Help; tutorial; citation alerts; saving searches & creating alerts; journal titles) indexes more than 8,000 peer-reviewed journals. It provides complete bibliographic data, searchable author abstracts (in the sciences and social sciences), the number of times an article is cited, related articles and cited references. The unique feature of these databases is that researchers can take a known, relevant paper and find other more recent papers that cite it. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Click Change Limits and Settings to search only one of these databases. Click Register or Sign In to save searches and receive search history and citation alerts. Web of Science includes the following multidisciplinary citation databases: Having problems? Try accessing these databases directly through OhioLINK.

Google Scholar (much full-text; RefWorks & FIND IT @ XU help) provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research. Use the advanced search for maximum search capabilities and use Scholar preferences to display FIND IT @ XU and RefWorks direct export links.

Journal Citation Reports (2006) permits users to evaluate and compare journals using 2006 citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals form more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. The science edition contains data from over 5,900 journals and the social science edition over 1,700 journals. It can show you the most frequently cited journals in a field, the highest impact journals in a field and the largest journals in a field. Citation and article counts are important indicators of how frequently current researchers are using individual journals. It is produced by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) and the user interface is provided by Thomson. Click the Additional Resources tab to access this database.

Eigenfactor.org ranks the most influential journals using citations in the academic literature as tallied by JCR (Journal Citation Reports). Users can search by journal name or subject category and limit their searches to a particular year from 1995-2006. There is a subject category mapping tool and top ten lists for major categores (science, social science, university theses). There is also a journal cost-effectiveness seach by subject category. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the Bergstrom Lab, Department of Biology, University of Washington.

RedJasper Journal-Ranking.com provides an online, interactive journal ranking service across all disciplines. Allows users to configure their ranking interests as well as provide a more reasonable method to evaluate a journal's impact. Users can search for ranking by journal or browse the most common journals by rank. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by RedJasper, a business and technology consultant.

SCImago is a journal ranking system based on Elsevier's Scopus® database. Users can browse journal indicators by subject area and subcategory. Journal searches can be limited to country and/or year (from 1999-2006). Users can also search for a particular journal by title or words in the title. Individual journal searches provide tabular data and numerous graphs. Comparative searches are possible for 2-4 journals and provide a graph and tabular data from 1999-2006. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by the SCImago Research Group.

Cabell's Directories provides full-text directory information for business, education and psychology journal publications. Each journal entry includes submission information (editor’s name, address, phone, fax, email, web address); publication guidelines (manuscript length, copies required, format, fees, style, computer submission); circulation data (reader type, frequency, number of subscribers, publisher, price); review information (type of reveiws, number of in-house and external reviewers, acceptance rate, time it takes to review, percent of invited articles, reviewers coments, publishing fees); manuscript topics included; and manuscript guidelines. To begin searching click Members in the menubar. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Cabell Publishing, Inc.

MLA Directory of Periodicals lists over 4,400 periodicals in the areas of literature, covered in the MLA International Bibliography. It provides print and electronic availability, contact information, subscription information, advertising rates, publishing information (scope and subjects covered), and information about submissions for publication. It is produced by the Modern Language Association of America and the user interface is provided by EBSCO Publishing.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (full-text directory information) contains information on currently published as well as discontinued periodicals. It includes magazines, journals, newletters, newspapers, conference proceedings, and electronic publications. Each entry includes a description, publisher, country of publication, ISSN, start year, status (active or inactive), price, frequency, ending issue, if refereed, format (print or electronic), if abstracted or indexed, where abstracted or indexed, language, editor, URL, and reviews. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by R.R. Bowker.

Turnitin.com (quickstart guides for students; for faculty; manual for TurnItIn in Blackboard for students; for faculty) is a plagiarism prevention and detection service. Both faculty and students need to set up a user profile to use this service. Faculty need the administrative account ID and password to set up their profile. Contact the reference desk at 513 745-4808 for this information. Faculty also need to set up a class with a separate class ID and password. Faculty then need to give the class ID and password to their students before they can submit their papers to TurnItIn. If TurnItIn is used within Blackboard neither students or faculty need to set up an account.

RefWorks (quickstart guide; RefWorks help; basic tutorial) is a bibliographic management service that permits users to create a database of references from search results in online research databases. References can then be used in writing papers. In-text citations and and bibliographies are automatically formatted in a citation style of your choosing. A link to this resource is on every database list in the right menu. RefWorks is available to faculty and students across various platforms. Call the reference desk at 513 745-4808 if you are asked for the Group Code. To create a permanent rather than a temporary account, access RefWorks from the library's webpages.