Twenty-five databases combined into a single research hub
The ProQuest Central database subscription is the broadest of ProQuest’s offerings, folding more than twenty-five separate databases into one interface. It mixes peer-reviewed journals with newspapers, dissertations, trade publications and industry reports, so a single search moves between the scholarly and the practical.
Inside this resource
More than 25 databases in one
Rather than subscribing to each ProQuest database separately, this brings the flagship set together — a genuinely multidisciplinary base that reaches across the sciences, business, social sciences and the humanities.
Beyond journals in the ProQuest Central database subscription
Alongside scholarly articles you get newspapers, dissertations, working papers and industry reports. That mix is what makes it useful for real-world questions where academic papers alone leave gaps.
Global, current coverage
Sources are drawn worldwide and updated continually, so you can follow a subject across countries and from primary research through to news and market commentary.
Who this serves
- Interdisciplinary researchers — one search that crosses the sciences, business and social sciences without switching platforms.
- Students without campus access — a library-grade multidisciplinary database on a personal webproxy login.
- Analysts and writers — journals, news and industry reporting side by side for well-sourced work.
Before you buy
How many databases does this include?
More than 25 ProQuest databases are combined into the single ProQuest Central interface.
Is it only academic journals?
No — it also carries newspapers, dissertations, working papers and industry reports alongside scholarly articles.
The chart
| Format | Online database (webproxy subscription) |
|---|---|
| Scope | 25+ databases, multidisciplinary |
| Access | Institutional webproxy |
| Publisher | ProQuest |
| Department | Research |
| Delivery | Emailed once your order is verified |




C. Delgado –
25+ databases for one price is the whole pitch and it delivers. Webproxy worked first try.
Dr. Imran S. –
One login and I can jump from journals to newspapers to industry reports. For a mixed-methods project it is ideal.
grad_nadine –
Enormous coverage. Sometimes too much — you need to narrow by database — but the breadth beats anything on my old campus login.
Dr. Beatrice N. –
The dissertation and working-paper coverage is what sold me over a plain journals database.
research_tom –
Content is strong across the board. The interface takes a little learning if you only want the scholarly journals, but it works.