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Welcome to the Library and Information Studies (LIS) LibGuide! This guide is an information hub for Penn State library faculty, library employees, and others who have an interest in library science, information science, and related topics. Below are the most commonly-used databases for LIS. Use the tabs on the left to find books, journals, professional organizations, historical sources, and other items.

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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and indexes nearly 1,000 academic journals and magazines in LIS, including the Pennsylvania Library Association's Bulletin and Pennsylvania Libraries: Research and Practice (PaLRaP), and similar publications from other U.S. states. Covers back to the 1960s for some titles.
LISTA indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals, as well as books, research reports and proceedings. Indexed titles include the /PaLA Bulletin/, newsletter of the Pennsylvania Library Association, from 2007-date. General coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.
Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and indexes about 450 LIS periodicals -- among them, about 250 are fully and currently indexed. Some coverage extends back to 1969, but the vast majority of items date from the 1990s-present.
Identifies articles on librarianship, information science, and related fields. Includes many related areas such as publishing, and applications of information technology in specific fields. The database abstracts over 550 periodicals from more than 60 countries and in over 20 different languages.

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ERIC (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Especially helpful for information about libraries/reading in colleges and schools.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is the major database for education literature, sponsored by the U.S. Department. of Education. The same database content is available on many platforms.
PsycINFO (via ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Contains many studies of college students' behaviors, cognition, learning, and emotions.
PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms.
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Useful for information on the history of libraries/books/reading, as well as the teaching of literacy skills.
The MLA International Bibliography contains more than 1.7 million records for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Essential for studies of media effects on viewers.
CMMC incorporates CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth in the communication and mass media fields.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Helpful for exploring management topics in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors.
An essential article database for business research providing the full text for more than 2,000 periodicals, including about 1,000 scholarly journals. Covers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including: accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM and supply chain management.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Contains useful material on the design/engineering of digital resources and systems.
Full text of every article ever published by ACM.

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