The Purdue Library Catalog can be helpful in browsing books in the Purdue collection. The catalog also allows you to search for whole journal issues by performing a "Journal Search" and searching the journal title.
However, Literature Databases are tools that enable library users to perform more targeted searches for scholarly literature. These databases are usually designed according to subject and can either simply index an article (or book chapter) or provide the article in full-text.
Tool Features:
For some relevant subject-specific databases, browse Resources by Theme in this guide.
The following databases are multi-disciplinary databases and can be helpful for searching for research works that don't have a clear disciplinary home: