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1 Multidisciplinary Databases

2 Academic Search Premier (EBSCO):
When using EBSCO you will be asked to select the database you want to search in. The default option is Academic Search Premier. When you want to use other EBSCO databases simply unselect Academic Search Premier and select the database or databases of your choice. contains thousands of peer-reviewed, scholarly journals; access to the full-text of over 3,000 journals and abstracts to over 8,000 journals in a variety of subjects

3 ProQuest: When using ProQuest you are also searching in ProQuest Criminal Justice provides access to magazines, trade publications, and over 4,000 journals in 150 academic disciplines

4 JSTOR: an interdisciplinary resource that offers articles, trade publications, and primary source documents dating from the 1800s to the present

5 Academic OneFile: contains access to over 13,000 journals around 6,000 are linked to the full text; subject areas include: the physical sciences, the arts, technology, medicine, and the social sciences

6 General OneFile: contains journal and magazine articles, newspaper indexes, National Public Radio programming, and video clips from news programs

7 Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center:
Use the search box on the left to find articles related to your keyword or select your keyword from the list of popular topics to the right. (Now Opposing Viewpoints In Context) over 14,000 pro/con viewpoint essays, biographies of social activists; access to primary source documents, statistical data, charts and graphs, and court case documents

8 Business Databases

9 Business Source Complete (EBSCO):
Look up SWOT analyses for specific companies or look up a broad industry and compare competing companies access to over 1300 journals, company profiles, SWOT analyses, market research, country profile, industry reports, and other financial data dating as far back as 1886

10 Business Source Elite (EBSCO):
Using the search limiters under general search boxes you can enter the ticker symbol, NAICS code, and several other company identifiers contains over 500 peer-reviewed journals in management and marketing dating from 1985 and company profiles

11 Regional Business News:
Enter the region, state, or city you are researching to retrieve results concerning that area. contains over 80 metropolitan and rural business publications

12 LexisNexis: with the “Companies” tab on the left-hand side of the main page there are options to create company lists, search for company profiles, and do company comparisons; legal cases (if any exist) and newspaper articles about a company can be found using the legal search and news search

13 Wall Street Journal (ProQuest):
provides access to all the content in the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the present

14 Education

15 ERIC (EBSCO): the Educational Research Information Center (ERIC) gives access to education literature and resources from 1966 to the present Using the limiters you can search for specific items like education levels and audience

16 Humanities

17 MLA International Bibliography:
produced by the Modern Language Association, this database contains bibliographies for journal articles, dissertations, and books dating from the 1920’s

18 Social Science Databases

19 PsycARTICLES (EBSCO):
provides coverage from 1984 to the present of nearly 80 peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific journals; including articles, book reviews, and letters to the editor

20 PsycINFO (EBSCO): In addition to the limiters available in PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO offers abstracts to many more journal articles resource for abstracts of journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertation dating back to 1660

21 Physical & Biological science DaTABASES

22 Biological Abstracts (EBSCO):
a collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from 1969 to the present

23 Health Source: Nursing/ Academic (EBSCO):
contains full-text articles for nearly 550 journals on nursing and allied fields; and patient education sheets for generic and brand name drugs


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