A-Z Databases: P
List of the databases you can use to access journal articles, reports, conference papers, ebooks, newspapers, and many other resources.
P - Databases
- Papal Letters This link opens in a new windowthe electronic version of the series of registers and letters of the popes from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, preserved in the Archivio Segreto Vaticano in Rome
- PapersFirst This link opens in a new windowindex of papers presented at conferences worldwide. 1993 - to present; updated every two months. Choose Papers First from the database list
- Parker Library This link opens in a new windowdigital collection of 538 English mediaeval manuscripts held by the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, which span from the 6th Century Gospels of St Augustine to 16th Century records relating to the English Reformation
- Passport This link opens in a new windowBusiness intelligence on countries, consumers, lifestyles, markets and companies. A range of international market research.
- Past Masters: English Letters This link opens in a new windowincludes Jane Austen - works and letters, George Eliot - notebooks, Katherine Mansfield - collected letters, Mary Shelley - journals, novels and selected works, Wollstonecraft - works
- Past Masters: Philosophy This link opens in a new windowdefinitive editions of the complete works of seminal figures in the humanities, including published and unpublished works, articles and essays, reviews and correspondence
- Past Masters: The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy This link opens in a new windowThis is the full-text, searchable version of The Collected Letters of Thomas Hardy, edited by Richard Little Purdy and Michael Millgate
- Patrologia Latina This link opens in a new windowThe Patrologia Latina Database is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. The complete Patrologia Latina is included with all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes. Migne's column numbers, essential references for scholars, are included.
- Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new windowmajor archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the searchable full text of hundreds of titles. The database spans more than two centuries of content
- Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new windowcovers over 680 journals in philosophy and related inter-disciplinary fields - aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, metaphysic logic, political and social philosophy, & the philosophy of education, history, language, law, religion and science. Part of EBSCOhost. 1940 - present; updated weekly
- Philosophy documentation center collection This link opens in a new windowtwo philosophy collections; InteLex Corporation's PAST MASTERS, a collection of full text electronic editions in philosophy; and the Philosophy Documentation Center's eCollection of over 80 scholarly journal
- Philpapers This link opens in a new windowAn indexing service of research output in the area of Philosophy, including books, journal articles and personal pages, and including an Open Access Archive.
- Photographic Collection (University of St Andrews Library) This link opens in a new windowextensive collection of photography held within the Special Collections Department of the University of St Andrews Library
- Picture Post Historical Archive This link opens in a new windowunique archive of the complete Picture Post, the pioneering illustrated newspaper published in Britain between 1938-1957, and containing thousands of images
- ProceedingsFirst This link opens in a new windowContains citations to proceedings of every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received at The British Library from October 1993 to the present. Select Proceedings from the database list.
- Proquest Dissertations and Theses with Full Text (PQDT) This link opens in a new windowthe world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day
- Proquest Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowA collection of Ebooks. All titles held on Proquest Ebook Central can also be found via Library search.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection This link opens in a new window12 English language Chinese newspapers covering the period 1832-1953
- Proquest Historical Newspapers: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection This link opens in a new windowCollection of 20th century communist American and British papers.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Los Angeles Times (1881-1999) -- see Los Angeles Times (1881-1999) This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers. New York Times with index -- see New York Times This link opens in a new windowThis historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. The Historical New York Times with Index (1851-1993) provides search capability using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times.
Coverage: 1851 - 2020 - Proquest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) This link opens in a new windowFulltext coverage of The Guardian (1821-2003), The Manchester Guardian (1828-1959), and The Observer (1791-2003)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers. The Irish Times (1859-2012) and the Weekly Irish Times (1876-1958) This link opens in a new windowThis historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers. The Times of India (1838-2010) -- See: The Times of India (1838-2010) This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new windowFull-text of more than 500,000 primary works (poetry, drama and prose from the eighth century to the present) including rare texts, multiple versions and non-traditional sources like comics, theatre performances and author readings. Citations to journals, monographs,dissertations and book reviews, many of which are in full-text.
- ProQuest Study Guides This link opens in a new windowOver 230 student guides to eminent authors. Formerly known as KnowledgeNotes.
- PsycARTICLES This link opens in a new windowclick on Select Databases at the top of the screen to search PsycArticles. Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from nearly 80 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), and allied publishers. 1894 - present.
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new windownearly 400 journals covering topics in emotional and behavioural characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, observational and experimental methods, and various areas of counselling. Content of the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection is available through Academic Search Complete.
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowCovers over 2,500 scholarly journals on all aspects of psychology, as well as behavioural aspects of education, medicine, sociology, law and management. Compiled by the American Psychological Association. 1800's to date