Academic Research Databases
Alternatives to ERIC
The tools Specifiction weighs against ERIC, from its list of academic research databases, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
- 01 MAXQDA
MAXQDA suits researchers working with qualitative or mixed methods material, including interviews, questionnaires, and focus groups.
From $41/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Browser extension8.9 Visit Specs - 02 OpenAlex
It suits researchers and developers who need a multidisciplinary scholarly catalog, API access, or a downloadable data snapshot.
From $1/mo Free plan Open source Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted8.9 Visit Specs - 03
CORE CORE suits researchers and members of the public looking for multidisciplinary scholarly literature, as well as developers and institutions working with research metadata or full texts.
Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted · Browser extension8.8 Visit Specs - 04
JSTOR JSTOR suits students, educators, librarians and researchers looking for multidisciplinary scholarly and primary-source materials.
From $16.58/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android8.8 Visit Specs - 05 Academia.edu
It suits researchers and academics seeking to share work, discover papers, and track readership across disciplines.
Free plan Web · iOS · Android8.6 Visit Specs - 06 Project MUSE
Project MUSE suits academic and school libraries, researchers, and readers seeking scholarly books and journals across the humanities and social sciences.
From $174.58/mo Free trial Web · iOS · Android · API8.6 Visit Specs - 07
HeinOnline HeinOnline serves institutions including colleges, law schools, public libraries, courts, law firms, government agencies, and high schools, as well as individual researchers.
Free plan Web · iOS · Android8.5 Visit Specs - 08 Academic Search Ultimate
It suits students and other researchers who need full-text material across disciplines, including peer-reviewed and open access journals.
Free trial Web · iOS · Android8.4 Visit Specs - 09 EconLit
EconLit suits economics scholars and other researchers looking across a broad range of economics publications.
Free plan Web8.4 Visit Specs - 10
APA PsycInfo From $14.08/mo Free trial Web8.3 Visit Specs - 11
Web of Science It suits researchers, universities, research institutions, governments, funders, publishers, and research-intensive corporations.
Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API8.1 Visit Specs - 12
arXiv It suits readers looking for open-access scholarly articles across its listed subject areas, as well as registered authors submitting research.
Free plan Web · API8.0 Visit Specs - 13 bioRxiv
It suits life-science researchers who want to share findings before journal submission and receive public feedback.
Free plan Web · API8.0 Visit Specs - 14
AGRICOLA AGRICOLA suits readers looking for agricultural and allied-discipline literature, including articles, proceedings, and theses.
Free plan Web7.9 Visit Specs - 15 FSTA Free trial Web7.9 Visit Specs
- 16 Europe PMC
Europe PMC suits researchers, curators, and librarians looking for life sciences literature and related tools.
Free plan Web · API7.8 Visit Specs - 17 The Lens
The Lens suits researchers, institutions, and professionals who need to search scholarly records alongside patents.
From $83.33/mo Free plan Web · API7.7 Visit Specs - 18 medRxiv
It suits researchers sharing eligible health-science manuscripts and readers seeking free access to preprints.
Free plan Web · API7.6 Visit Specs - 19 ATLA Religion Database Free trial Web7.5 Visit Specs
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PubMed Free plan Web · API7.5 Visit Specs - 21 MathSciNet Free trial Web7.3 Visit Specs
- 22 CAB Abstracts Web7.2 Visit Specs
- 23 Directory of Open Access Journals Web · API7.2 Visit Specs
- 24 Inspec Web · API7.2 Visit Specs
- 25 MLA International Bibliography Free trial Web7.2 Visit Specs
- 26 zbMATH Open Free plan Web · API7.2 Visit Specs
- 27 SSRN Free plan Web7.1 Visit Specs
- 28 Dimensions Free plan Web6.8 Visit Specs
- 29 ProQuest Central Web6.7 Visit Specs
- 30 neotoma2 5.3 Visit Specs