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Research
databases can be accessed by CSN students at the CSN Library web page—click "Find Articles and Research Information." These research databases selected by CSN Librarians will provide you access to many articles from thousands of journals,
magazines, newspapers, broadcast transcripts, book chapters, and other information
sources. (They don't include articles from free web sites or blogs!)
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databases provide citations,
abstracts, and/or the
full text of articles that originally appeared in print. |
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General research
databases such as Academic OneFile, ProQuest, Academic Search Premier, and
Expanded Academic ASAP
are sometimes called "periodical indexes" or "journal indexes." These
allow you to perform electronic searches by keyword or subject through thousands of magazines, journals, and newspapers.
We also have specialized research databases. For example, Literature
Resource Center provides author biographies and literature criticism. Opposing Viewpoints
and Issues and
Controversies have expert essays on either side of controversial issues. Similarly, CQ Researcher (Congressional
Quarterly Researcher) offers thoroughly researched
articles on public policy concerns. |
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Use a
Research Database |
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when you want to
find articles on your topic in magazines, journals, or newspapers
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literary
criticism and short biographies of authors
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when looking for
specialized reference resources
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Examples of
Research Databases |
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Business and
Company Resource Center has
"company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports,
company
histories, chronologies and periodicals"<
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CINAHL -
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is
the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals,
students, educators and researchers
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Communication
and Mass Media Complete provides full
text for 200+ journals and some indexing back to the early 20th century
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eHRAF - Human
Relations Area Files holds
1000's of articles with specialized indexes for Ethnography and
Archeology
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