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Databases for Topic Exploration
This is the Library's "Google ," with 400 million items
Tips
Open it.
Click Advanced Search (under the search box)
Enter your main topic, and Search .
Explore slices of your topic. Enter a focus topic in the next search box. Search
Explore facets (left column), such as different Formats
Email an article to yourself (right column) and get an MLA citation
This database has a visual Topic Finder. It shows clickable subtopics in your search results.
Open the direct link (above)
Enter your topic (under Topic Finder): str ess
Scroll to see the visual.
Click a subtopic: mental health
Then browse the articles (right).
Or click the visual again for a narrower slice
Email an article to yourself. Click Send (top), then Email.
Get a citation: Click Cite (top), the copy the MLA 9th ed. citation.
This is the Library's "Wikipedia ."
Get an overview of a topic. Or explore possible topics to write about.
Open it.
Enter a topic: hallucinations
Select an article. You may have several encyclopedias to choose from, each with a different angle:
Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Paranormal Psychology
etc.
Email an article to yourself. Click Send (top), then Email.
Get a citation: Click Cite (top), the copy the MLA 9th ed. citation.
How to I see what databases the library has?
An alphabetical list of all our 153 databases
Databases by Subject (pulldown menu)
Search for a database by its name
In the future, how can I find the A-Z List?
It is on the Library home page :