General Research Databases for Getting Started

Engine Orange Find books, articles, films, and MORE with a single search, from the SHSU library catalog and a large number of selected databases.
Gale Academic OneFile Gale Academic OneFile with OneFile Collections provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
Google Scholar (customized to link to SHSU resources) Google Scholar uses the familiar Google interface to search citations of scholarly books and articles. By using Google Scholar through this custom link on the library's website, your search results will automatically include links to online content owned by SHSU.

Introduction

Newton Gresham Library provides access a wealth of information in the form of scholarly journals, e-books, newspapers, etc. Much of the full-text is available online, and those that aren't can often be acquired through Interlibrary Loan. See below for research tutorial videos and suggested databases.

Subject-Specific Databases

Education

Education Source International array of English-language journals, monographs, yearbooks and more, covering all levels of educationfrom early childhood to higher educationas well as all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
ERIC (Educational Resource Information Clearinghouse) Covers all areas of education, 1966 to the present, including research documents, journal articles, technical reports, program descriptions and evaluations, and curricular materials. Links to many full-text documents since 1993. NOTE: The SHSU Library also owns ERIC on microfiche back to 1963.
Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete Gale OneFile: Educator’s Reference Complete provides more than 1,100 periodicals and 200 reports for educators, from the school teacher and administrator to students in the field at the collegiate and graduate level. It seeks to provide full text for titles in the ERIC database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty—such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. It also provides insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy.

Psychology

PsycINFO PsycINFO(R) contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.
Gale OneFile: Psychology Gale OneFile: Psychology supports research in all fields of psychology: abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social, and all areas of applied psychology. Researchers, psychologists, counselors, and behavioral scientists will discover relevant information from the thoughts, views, discoveries, and reports found in this comprehensive collection.
Psychiatry Online Note: Click "more" below for mobile instruction. Featuring the DSM-V psychiatric reference manual, The American Journal of Psychiatry, and additional resources from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Mobile instruction: First access PsychiatryOnline from a desktop/laptop and create a My POL account. Then follow the instructions in this Device Pairing Guide.

Nursing and Health Sciences

PubMed PubMed comprises more than 34 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
CINAHL Complete (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) Nursing and allied health journals and other publications of the American Nurses' Association and the National League for Nursing.
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more.

Business

Business Source Complete Articles from scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals, including Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management, & Journal of Business Communication. Trade journals and magazines, such as Business Week, The Economist, & Fortune. Datamonitor reports on companies (many with SWOT analysis), industries, and countries. One of the largest business article databases at the Library; most articles are full-text.
IBISWorld Reports on hundreds of U.S. industries and market environments, searchable by NAICS and SIC codes. Profiles on major public U.S. companies. Includes Global Industry Reports.

Criminal Justice/Legal

Criminal Justice (CJ) Abstracts Index with abstracts of the major scholarly journals, books, and reports in criminology and related disciplines. This is the best place to search for scholarly article citations.
ProQuest Criminal Justice Provides information on criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal law. Contains full text of selected scholarly journals.
Westlaw Westlaw provides access to cases from the courts of all 50 states and the federal courts, statutes from all 50 states and federal statutes. Contains full text of American Law Reports and numerous law reviews. This is the best place to start legal research.

Research Strategies: Three Part Series

The videos below focus on Education, but the concepts are transferrable to most subject-areas. If you have specific questions, please reach out for assistance!

Library Website Overview and Selecting a Database gives highlights a few important features of the library web site and helps you select appropriate databases. If you access the video on its home site you will find timestamps beneath the video if you would like to jump ahead to a specific topic.

Developing Keywords discusses some pre-research strategies for figuring out your keywords before beginning your search.

Database Search Strategies takes you through the search process and covers some tips and tricks for a successful search. A number of topics are discussed so feel free to access the video on its home site and use the timestamps beneath the video to jump around.

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