Databases for finding articles
The library provides access to over 100 different databases to help you find articles.
Start with Academic Search Complete or Academic OneFile, databases that cover the most subject areas and have both full-text scholarly and popular articles.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowOne of our largest databases with a search screen common to over 50 databases.
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowHome to nearly 13,000 indexed journals, a comprehensive, up-to-date and easy-to-use database for serious academic research. Provided by NOVEL NY.
- Find Articles webpageUse to locate databases by:
Subject
Alphabetical order
General interest when you are not sure where to start.
What is a "database?"
A database is an organized collection of computer records.
In a library or research database each record matches an article in a newspaper, magazine or journal; a book; a DVD; etc.. The records found in these library databases contain the same information as "citations."
The full-text for the article is not always available online; sometimes you might have to look for the print copy or request the article from interlibrary loan.
- What is a library database video?A fun link to a full description of a library database.
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"Controversies" or "Issues" Databases
These databases are good STARTING points. If you need help choosing a topic or just want to see some possible ideas, you can try these.
- CQ ResearcherHas reports that focus on a single topic and features concise background discussion and chronologies, overviews of the current situation, pro and con commentary, as well as links to related organizations and a bibliography of related books and articles.
- Opposing ViewpointsCovers many topics and contains reference materials, commentaries and viewpoints, periodical and news articles, primary sources, statistics, and multimedia.
- Britannica AcademicThe rich combination of the venerable Encyclopaedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools provides the variety of reliable sources that students need to consult when conducting thorough collegiate research.
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