Research
Research Support
Citation Resources
- MLA 9 Handbook The go-to resource for writers of research papers and anyone citing sources is now available online through institutional subscriptions.
- Purdue OWL The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. This is the go-to site for citation information.
- Mybib.com is a FREE, no advertising sidebar, pop-up absent, MLA, and APA citation generator for students. The best part: you don’t need an account to reap the benefits of all the things you pay for with other programs. For example: APA is free, in-text citations are free, annotations are free, among other things. It also easily formats the document and then allows for downloading or copying and pasting into a Word document, as well as other programs like Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.
Other sites for citing:
Google “Tricks”
- Conduct an advanced search.
- Type the name of a person, place, or thing in “quotes.”
- Try Google News which has an option to search over 100 years’ worth of archived news from newspapers around the world.
- Limit your search results. Use the minus sign (-) operator to exclude results from a certain site (e.g., Salvador Dali -Wikipedia) You can also do this to refine the results when a word can mean more than one thing (e.g., jaguar –car).
- Expand your search results. If there’s only a range of dates, measurements, or other numbers you want to find, use two periods (..) to set that range, e.g., “manufacturing 1990..2001” or “car ..$1000” (leave out one of the numbers to set a minimum or maximum).
- Click on “Search Tools” (at the top of the results) and you can filter by when the article was posted and if you want the search to come back with results that are verbatim.
- Use Google Scholar which provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other websites.
List of Databases
Facts on File
Facts on File is home to many of our databases.
Data Axle reference solutions
Reference Solutions – Business Research
Reference Solutions is a powerful online reference and research tool providing instant, real-time access to accurate, in-depth information on U.S. businesses (59 million) and U.S. residents (310 million).
Reference Solutions makes it faster and easier to find new business opportunities, research executives and companies, find news articles, conduct job searches, research papers, locate addresses and phone numbers, conduct market research and much more
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Access Database: https://www.referenceusa.com
EBSCO
Academic Search Premier – Academic Research
Access over 1000 journals on a host of subject matters and 75,000 videos from the Associated Press going back over 90 years.
Business Source Elite – Business Publications
This business database provides full text for over 1,000 business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. More than 10,100 substantial company profiles from MarketLine are also included. This database is updated on a daily basis via EBSCOhost.
ERIC – Academic Research
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.
GREENFILE – Environmental Science
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects.
Health Source: Academic/Nursing Edition – Health & Nursing
Health Source: Academic/Nursing Edition is a trusted full-text database covering nursing and allied health topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more.
Health Source: Consumer Edition – Consumer Health
This rich collection of consumer health information provides access to full-text consumer health magazines and reference books. It also includes searchable full text for current health pamphlets.
Image Collection – Maps & Photographs
The Image Collection database consists of more than 1 million total images in these categories, broken down as follows:
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Photographs
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Images from Canadian Press, Getty Images, and UPI
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Maps from Antenna Audio
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Photographs from public domain sources
The images consist of a wide array of photos and maps, with an emphasis on world news and events. Other areas of coverage include contemporary and historical photos of people, places, and the natural kingdom.
Legal Information Source – Law Reference
Providing exclusive online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books, Legal Information Source contains more than 225 full-text publications and thousands of legal forms, with more content being added on a regular basis. A majority of the full-text legal reference books are provided through Nolo, the nation’s oldest and most-respected provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) – Library Reference
LISTA indexes more than 560 core journals, nearly 50 priority journals, and nearly 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Literary Reference Source – Literary Reference
Literary Reference Source is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
MasterFILE Elite – Magazines & Images
MasterFILE Elite provides full text for magazines and publications covering many general interest topics including business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues. It also includes an image collection of more than 2 million photos, maps and flags.
MiddleSearch Plus – Middleschool Age Magazines
Middle Search Plus contains full text for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets.
Military & Government Collection – Government Research
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.
Newspaper Source Plus – Newspaper, TV & Radio
Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Novelist – Literary Fiction
NoveList is a comprehensive readers’ advisory solution for fiction lovers. With an intuitive interface and extensive proprietary content, NoveList answers the question: What should I read next?
NoveList K-8 – K-8 Literary Fiction
NoveList K-8 is your solution for integrating fiction across the curriculum. With a fun and intuitive interface, and extensive proprietary content, NoveList K-8 will be the resource you and your young readers turn to when looking for the next book to read.
Points of View Reference Source – Critical Thinking Resource
Points of View Reference Source is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument).
Primary Search – Elementary Age Magazines
Primary Search, designed specifically for elementary school libraries and public library children’s rooms, contains full text for more than 60 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles)
Referencia Latina – Spanish Language Resources
Referencia Latina, a comprehensive Spanish-language database, offers content from a variety of sources including 49,000 encyclopedia entries.
Regional Business News – Business Publications
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Small Business Source – Business Reference & Courses
The Small Business Source is a comprehensive resource for small business owners and those interested in starting a business, offering full-text periodicals and reports, sample business plans, U.S. tax forms, videos and reference books. It supports small business owners in all relevant areas from planning, financing and managing a business to exit strategies. Users also have the ability to search within specific ‘Business Topics’ and ‘Business Types’ relevant to their needs.
Teacher Reference Center – Educator Resources
Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for hundreds of periodicals. In addition, 96% of journals indexed in TRC are peer-reviewed.
Topics include: Assessment, Best Practices, Continuing Education, Current Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Literacy Standards, School Administration, Science & Mathematics, and Teacher Education.
GALE
Peterson’s Test and Career Prep – College & Career Prep
Search thousands of college and graduate schools, identify scholarships, take practice tests, create resumes, and explore careers.
ProQuest
HeritageQuest – Genealogy
HeritageQuest is a genealogical database with access to government records, census data and auxiliary resources to help find information regarding your family history.