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The databases listed on this page fall into two main camps. Databases that cover a variety of topics, and databases that are more subject specific. The databases more broad in scope are listed below. Then there is a listing of databases with a stronger concentration of coverage for the following topics:
A brief review of databases:
Many databases offer a broad range of subjects in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences, and there are other databases structured to inform on a specific discipline. Learning to navigate a database is key to finding what you need. The platforms look different, but the functionality of the features are quite similar. Use the advanced search option, pay attention to the fields you search in, and use the operators. Operators are signals to the system to parse out a different set of results. The three main operators are AND, OR, NOT. Essential to their capital letter format for the system to recognize it as an operator, and not as a regular word. AND combines ideas, for example, ecology AND metaphor. OR expands the search by grouping like-minded ideas together, for example, river OR stream OR lake. NOT is used if a term that you are not interested in keeps showing up in your results. For example, if you are interested in "creepy crawlers" but not zombies, yet zombies continue to populate your results, you could search for "creepy crawlers" NOT zombies. Notice the use of double quotes for "creepy crawlers". The system will conduct a phrase search for two or more words contained within the double quotes. For example, "climate change", "invasive species", "food security". Single words do not need the double quote format.
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It is often useful to skim the references to find more information on your topic. Many of these references are available in the library collections.
Articles on business and management from U.S. and international journals and trade magazines, including company histories, competitive intelligence, and product development.
Coverage: 1971 - present
Peer-reviewed literature from scientific journals, books and conference proceedings, covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Coverage: 1966 - present
Articles and citations in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Coverage: Varies
Papadopoulos, D. (2021). Ecological Transition: What It Is and How to Do It, Community Technoscience and Green Democracy. Tecnoscienza : Italian journal of science & technology studies, 12(2), p.13-38. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2038-3460/17509
Critical reviews within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics.
Coverage: 1996 - present
Annual Reviews contain several journal titles on specific theme.
For example:
Citations to journals, books, technical reports and conference proceedings on cold regions science and technology.
Coverage: 1996 - present
Bibliographic database for scientific publications of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).
Coverage: pre-confederation to present
Bibliography and some full text of articles, monographs, book chapters, and grey literature including science and technical reports, theses, dissertations and conference papers.
Coverage: 1974 - present
Full text documents and statistical sets from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Coverage: 1998 - present