Database Suggestions
A list of databases that are available can be found on the library website under A-Z List of Databases or Databases by Subject. If you have a particular journal in mind, you can search for that journal or article using Journal List.
Here are some databases that you might find useful in your research...
Full text, indexes and abstracts are provided for 8,035 journals in the collection. Nearly every academic discipline, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies.
Hundreds of in-depth reports on current social issues including health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy. Forty-four reports are produced each year, including 4 expanded reports.
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Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis, researched and written by seasoned journalists.
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Reports include introductory overview, background and chronology, assessment of current situation, tables/maps, pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions, and bibliographies of key sources.
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Dates covered: 1991-present
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Updated weekly
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, is a national information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Library of Education, and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. It provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals.
Not a database, but a search engine available for free. Searches for scholarly materials such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical papers available through libraries, universities, publishers, or professional associations. IMPORTANT NOTE: Some articles will be available for free to anyone, but many require payment for access. However, if you access Google Scholar on campus, any articles that are available through the Crown Library's subscription can be accessed for free.
Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal sources. News coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, and international news. Includes major newspapers, journals, reports, transcripts and reference sources.
This database is organized by topic and provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Use this database for "position," "for-or-against," "hot topic," and/or "dabate" style research papers.
- Browse controversial issues, or
- Search by subject, keyword, or full-text
- Updated daily
Provides full-text access to more than 485 journals (published by SAGE) in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine. Coverage includes 1/1/1999 (or inception) through current issue for SAGE Premier Publications.
Be sure to choose the Social Science subject area. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of social sciences journals. Full-text coverage begins in January 1995. Use this database to search for articles on these subjects: addiction studies, anthropology, area studies, community health & medial care, corrections, criminal justice, criminology, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning & public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology, and urban studies. Updated daily.
WilsonSelectPlus is a collection of over 750,000 full-text articles drawn from over 1,600 magazines and journals. Articles extend from those published in 1994 to the present. Broad range of subjects covered including economics, education, environment, international trends, public administration, etc.
Hints and tips for database searches
- Put a phrase in quotation marks (ex. "fair trade") if you would like those words to appear as a phrase in your search
- Use "or" in your search to return more search results (ex. fair trade OR trade agreements)
- Use "and" to return fewer results (ex. fair trade and globalization)
- Use the asterisk key to truncate a word. This means that the database will search for any form of that word (ex. use glob* to search for globalization, global, etc)
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