Guest Access to the TCU Library

Welcome! Visitors may search the TCU Catalog, as well as the other databases listed below.

For information about visitor access to the library, see our Guest Borrowing Policies. For information about joining the Friends of the Library to obtain a library card with borrowing privileges, see our Friends page . For assistance in using the TCU Catalog and in using the databases for finding articles, please consult our Begin My Research page, which includes links to step-by-step tutorials.

 

The TCU Library catalog contains records for some 800,000 books, journals, audiovisual materials, government documents, music scores, microforms, special collections, and other materials owned by the Library.

 

Databases Available for use by Visitors (IN LIBRARY USE ONLY)
19th Century UK Periodicals (Info)AAPG DataPages (Info)Abstracts in Social Gerontology (Info)
Academic Search Complete (Info)Access NewspaperArchive (Info)ACLS Humanities (Info)
ACM Digital Library (Info)African American Music Reference (Info)AGRICOLA (Info)
Alt HealthWatch (Info)America: History and Life with Full Text (Info)American Civil War Research Database (Info)
American National Biography Online (Info)American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries (Info)American Periodicals Series (Info)
American Song (Info)America's Historical Newspapers (Info)Ancestry.com (Info)
Annee philologique (L')/Database of Classical Bibliography (Info)Anthropological Index (Info)ArchiveGrid (Info)
Archives USA (Info)Art Index / Art Index Retrospective (Info)ARTstor (Info)
arXiv (Info)Astrophysics Data System (ADS) (Info)ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials (Info)
Bibliography of Asian Studies (Info)Bibliography of Native North Americans (Info)Biography Resource Center (Info)
BioOne (Info)Birds of North America Online (Info)Books in Print (Info)
Britannica Online (Info)British Periodicals Collection I & II (Info)Business & Company Resource Center (Info)
Business Source Complete (Info)C19: The Nineteenth Century Index with Full Text Links (Info)CAMBER - The Cambria Press E-Reader Program (Info)
CAMIO: Catalog of Art Museum Images Online (Info)Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (Info)CenStats (Census Data) (Info)
Census 2000 (Info)Chicago Manual of Style (Info)Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (Info)
Christian Periodical Index (Info)CINAHL (Info)ClasePeriodica (Info)
Classical Music Reference Library (Info)Classical Scores Library (Info)Cochrane Library (Info)
ComAnalytics (Info)Communication & Mass Media Complete (Info)Communication Sciences and Disorders Dome (Info)
Computer Science Index (Info)Computer Source (Info)Computing Reviews (Info)
Congressional Research Digital Collection (Info)Consumer Health Complete (Info)Contemporary Authors (Info)
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (Info)Contemporary Women's Issues (Info)CQ Almanac Online Edition (Info)
CQ Researcher (Info)Critique littéraire (La), Le XIXe siècle / Literary criticism, the 19th century (Info)D&B Million Dollar Database (Info)
Dallas Morning News (Info)Dallas Morning News Historical Archive (Info)Dance Collection Catalog (Info)
Dance in Video (Info)Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM) (Info)Dictionary of Irish Biography Online (Info)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Info)Directory of Open Access Journals (Info)Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (Info)
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) (Info)Ebrary (Info)EBSCOhost Databases (Info)
EconLit (Info)Economia y Negocios (Info)Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Info)
Elenchus Bibliographicus (Info)Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Info)Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd edition (Info)
ERIC (Info)Europa World (Info)Expanded Academic ASAP (Info)
Factiva (Info)FDsys (Info)Federal Business Opportunities (Info)
Federal Register Online (Info)FirstSearch (Core Collection) (Info)Fort Worth Museum Libraries (Info)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Info)Fuente Academica (Info)Gale Virtual Reference Library (Info)
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online (Info)GenderWatch (Info)General Business File ASAP (Info)
Global Road Warrior (Info)GPO Access (Info)Grove Art Online (Info)
Grove Music Online (Info)Guide to Social Science and Religion (Info)Handbook of Latin American Studies (Info)  Web
Handbook of Texas (Info)HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) (Info)HarpWeek: (Harper's Weekly, 1857-1912) (Info)
Health and Wellness Resource Center (Info)Health Source: Academic Edition (Info)Health Source: Consumer Edition (Info)
Heritage Quest (Info)Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 (Info)Historical Abstracts with Full Text (Info)
Historical Statistics of the United States (Info)Humanities International Index (Info)IBISWorld (Info)
Index theologicus - IxTheo (Info)Index to Jewish Periodicals (Info)Information Science and Technology Abstracts (Info)
Infotrac Newspapers (Info)International Encyclopedia of Communication Online (Info)International Repertory of the Literature of Art (Info)
Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts (Info)IPA Source (Info)Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period (Info)
ISI Emerging Markets Information Service (Info)JSTOR (Info)Kid's Search (Info)
Legal Collection (Info)Lexis Nexis U.S. Congressional Serial Set (Info)Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (Info)
Literary criticism, the 19th century / La Critique littéraire, Le XIXe siècle (Info)Literature Compass (Info)Literature Criticism Online (Info)
Making of America (Info)MasterFile Premier (Info)MEDLINE (Info)
Mergent Online (Info)Military & Government Collection (Info)Mintel (Info)
MLA Directory of Periodicals (Info)MLA International Bibliography (Info)MRI+ (Info)
Music Index (Info)  WebNation Digital Archive, The (Info)netLibrary (Info)
New Testament Abstracts (Info)Newspaper Source (Info)NewspaperDirect PressDisplay (Info)
Niles Register (Info)Nineteenth Century Masterfile (Info)Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (Info)
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals (Info)North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Info)Nursing@Ovid (Info)
OAIster (Info)Old Testament Abstracts (Info)OnePetro (Info)
Opera in Video (Info)Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Info)Orlando (Info)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Info)Oxford English Dictionary (OED Online) (Info)Oxford Music Online (Info)
Oxford Reference Online (Info)Oxford Scholarship Online (Info)Philosopher's Index (Info)
Professional Development Collection (Info)Project MUSE (Info)PROMT (Predicast's Overview of Markets and Technology) (Info)
ProQuest Digital Microfilm (Info)ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source (Info)PsycARTICLES (Info)
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (Info)PsycINFO (Info)PubMed Central (Info)
RAMBI (Index of Articles on Jewish Studies) (Info)Regional Business News (Info)Religion and Philosophy Collection (Info)
Religious and Theological Abstracts (Info)Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeolgie (1973-1989) (Info)Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (Info)
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Info)RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600 (Info)Routledge Religion Online (Info)
Salem Health (Info)Science & Technology Collection (Info)ScienceDirect (Info)
Scribner Writers (Info)Searchable Physics Information Notices (SPIN) (Info)Searchasaurus (Info)
Serials Directory (Info)Shakespeare Survey Online (Info)Shock & Vibration Digest (Info)
Short Story Index (Info)Skiff Index (Info)Social Work Abstracts (Info)
SocINDEX (Info)SPORTDiscus (Info)Stat!Ref (Info)
Teacher Reference Center (Info)Texas Digital Sanborn Maps (Info)Texas Historical Newspapers (Info)
Texas Records and Information Locator (TRAIL) (Info)Texas Reference Center (Info)Textile Technology Index (Info)
Theatre in Video with BBC Content (Info)Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (Online) (Info)  WebTLS Centenary Archive (Info)
TOPICsearch (Info)Twayne's Authors Series (Info)Twentieth Century Poetry (American and English) (Info)
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Info)Victorian Database (Info)Visual Thesaurus (Info)
Vocational and Career Collection (Info)Who's Who with Who Was Who Online (Info)Women Writers Online (Info)
World Development Indicators (Info)World History Collection (Info)World News Digest (Info)
World of Learning (Info)World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (Info)WorldCat (Info)