| To find articles on a particular subject, use the Library’s Databases which are linked from our homepage. Access to Library Databases: Anyone can use our databases from on-campus by visiting the Library, but from off-campus, only currently enrolled students are allowed access. From off-campus, you will need to log-in using your library card barcode number and your student ID number. (Although we provide our databases to SC4 students through the internet, they’re not part of the free internet that anyone can access.) About Full-text Articles and Citations: As you search the databases, you will find that sometimes articles are available full-text online, and sometimes you are shown only a citation to an article with no full-text. If the full-text of an article is not linked to an article citation, you may have to look for the article in a different database. You can ask a librarian for help in locating any article you are interested in. Deciding which Databases to use: Here’s a list of topics and the best databases to search to find articles on that topic: Topics Covered by Database | Name of Database Service and Databases | General (These databases index articles on all topics) | FirstSearch - WilsonSelectPlus
- Readers’ Guide Abstracts
- ECO
EBSCOhost InfoTracWeb - Expanded Academic ASAP
- General Reference Center Gold
- Academic OneFile
| | | Arts and Humanities (Art, Literature, Philosophy, Music, etc.) | FirstSearch InfoTracWeb - Literature Resource Center
Daily Life Online | | | Education (Teaching, ECE, Children, Child Psychology, etc.) | FirstSearch EBSCOhost - ERIC
- Teacher Reference Center
| | | Business (Economics, Management, Employment, etc.) | FirstSearch - Wilson Business Abstracts
EBSCOhost - Business Source Elite
- Regional Business News
InfoTracWeb - General Business File ASAP
| | | Health, Medicine, Nursing | EBSCOhost - Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- CINAHL
InfoTracWeb - Nursing Resource Center
- Health Reference Center Academic
- Health and Wellness Resource Center
FirstSearch | | | Social Sciences (Psychology, Sociology, Politics, History, Cultures, Current Events, etc.) | InfoTracWeb - Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
- InfoTrac Psychology Collection
EBSCOhost FirstSearch FACTS.com Daily Life Online CQ Researcher Online Campus Westlaw | | | Criminal Justice and Law
| FirstSearch - Social Science Abstracts
- LegalPeriodical
InfoTracWeb Criminal Justice PeriodicalsCampus Westlaw
| | | Science, Engineering & Technology (Biology, Electrical Engineering, Computers, etc.) | FirstSearch - General Science Abstracts
- ASTA (Applied Science and Technology Abstracts)
FAITS (Faulkner Advisory for Information Technology Studies) | | | News and Current Events (Including newspaper articles and some historical information.) | NewsBank - NewsBank Newsfile Collection (Over 500 U.S. newspapers)
- Michigan Newspapers (Port Huron Times Herald: 1999-date)
EBSCOhost InfoTracWeb - New York Times
- InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
| Tips for searching Databases Every Database works slightly differently. If you are not finding what you need in a database, here are some ways you can get help: - Each database has some type of HELP link. Click on the HELP link in the database you’re trying to search.
- Consult an Library Guide about a specific database.
- Contact an Library Reference Librarian for assistance (810-989-5640 x2).
(This guide was last revised by SC4 library staff April 2007.) |
