Selecting the Database Best Suited to Your Topic
Selecting Databases by Topic to Find Periodical Articles
At the Cameron University Library home page, go to the Citation and Full Text Databases. If you are at Cameron, select On Campus. Select Off Campus if you are not at Cameron. Click on a database name. If you are Off Campus, you must enter your CU login and password. Off campus database use is restricted to current CU students, faculty and staff.
CU Login and Password - use lowercase letters
Student login (username) = First initial of first name, first initial of last name, and last 6 digits of Student ID #.
Student password = First initial of first name, first initial of last name, and last 5 digits of Social Security #.
Think about what topics apply to your thesis statement and use the databases listed under that topic.
For example, obesity and children can be narrowed down by focusing on: schools (education); health/surgeries (medical); new developments (science); or community & psychology (social sciences). General databases (e.g. Wilson Select Plus and MasterFILE Premier) are very broad in coverage and can support the more focused databases.
Magazine and Journal Article Databases
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Business
Business Source Premier
Mergent Online (stocks)
Regional Business News
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Education
ERIC (from EBSCOhost)
ERIC (from FirstSearch)
MAS Ultra - School Edition
Professional Development Collection
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General and Multidisciplinary*
Academic Search Elite
Article First
ECO (Electronic Collections Online)
MasterFILE Premier
Readers' Guide Abstracts
Wilson Select Plus |
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History and Government
GPO (Government Printing Office)
Humanities Abstracts
Military & Government Collection
Military Full Text
P.A.I.S. (requires special login)
Social Science Abstracts (SocialSci) |
Humanities, Literature & Language
Humanities Abstracts
Literature Resource Center (criticism)
MLA International Bibliography |
Medical
Clinical Pharmacology
Health Source: Consumer
Health Source: Nursing/Academic
MEDLINE
MEDLINE with MeSH |
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Psychology
PsycARTICLES (APA journals)
PsycBOOKS (APA book chapters)
PsycINFO (empirical research)
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
SocialSciAbs (social science)
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Science
Biological Abstracts (life sciences)
General Science Abstracts (GenSci)
MEDLINE with MeSH
ACS Publications (campus access only)
(from American Chemical Society) |
Social Sciences & Criminology
GenSciAbstracts (general science)
PsycINFO (empirical research)
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
P.A.I.S. (requires special login - see librarian)
SocialSciAbs (social science) |
* NOTE: Databases listed under General and Multidisciplinary complement the subject databases (e.g. Education or Science).
Additional Databases (subscription)
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Education - School Editions
EBSCO Animals
Kids Edition
Middle Search Plus
Primary Search
Searchasaurus
SIRS Discoverer
TOPICsearch |
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Britannica
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
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Newspaper Articles
Facts on File World News Digest
Newsbank (Daily Oklahoman & Tulsa World)
Newspaper Source
Regional Business News |
Websites (subscription websites - not databases)
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Business
Valueline (Stocks and mutual funds)
Requires special login - contact a librarian
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Education
Chronicle of Higher Education (news, articles & jobs)
Requires special login - contact a librarian
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Books (library catalogs - not databases)
Last Updated: 04/2006
