Research through the Library
Note on find FULL TEXT articles
During your database searches if you are having trouble finding a book the full text of an article you can always order it through our interlibrary loan service. Fill out the interlibrary loan request form with all of the required fields.
Searching for articles with Databases
Searching for articles through a database instead of the world wide web will yield fact-based results and will save you time researching and sifting through misinformation and fake news. To access a database you can use Primo, our database aggregator which is a lot like google for our electronic resources. Primo doesn't search all of our databases however; so you may want to visit our A-Z List of databases and search them individually.
A few examples of popular databases include;
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowA great place to start if you are researching subjects such as Current Events, Humanities, Sciences, Social Science, and more!
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Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network (GIDEON) This link opens in a new windowEpidemiological data going back to 1348 AD, covering 230+ countries and territories. Includes 25,000 outbreaks, 35,000 graphs, and 82,000+ surveys.
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CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new windowThe world’s most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals
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MEDLINE This link opens in a new windowAuthoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more
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Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new windowFind newspaper articles from around the country
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new windowA great encyclopedia resource! It is full of reliable articles, images, maps, and more. The perfect alternative to Wikipedia
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