Journals

Decatur Public Library's journal databases cover a wide range of topics from academic to business.

General

Gale General OneFile
A one-stop source for millions of news and periodical articles, many with pictures, covering a wide range of topics.
Gale PowerSearch
Search several Gale databases at once.
OCLC First Search
Find out-of-system books, journals, periodicals, government documents, conference proceedings, and more from libraries worldwide.

Gale Academic OneFile
Updated daily, Academic OneFile includes peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources covering a wide variety of subjects.

If you are new to our databases and need a little help getting started, some of our databases have tutorials.

Gale Biography in Context
Learn about lives and perspectives of the world’s most influential people by searching this user-friendly portal for multimedia and periodical resources.

Gale Business Insights: Essentials
Easily find information on companies, industries, and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports.
Gale OneFile: Business
Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.

Gale Health & Wellness Resource Center
This great resource includes nearly 400 health/medical journals, hundreds of pamphlets, over 700 health-related videos, and 2,200 general interest articles.
Gale Nursing and Allied Health Collection
Valuable to both professionals and students, all aspects nursing, from direct patient care to health care administration, are covered in this collection.
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine
Get access to nursing and allied health journals and a wide variety of personal health information sources.

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