Online Research Support
Resources for Starting your Research
These databases are known for their broad and easily accessible overviews. Just enter your 900# at the prompt to access them!
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
One of the largest academic multi-disciplinary databases, providing indexing and abstracting for over 8,000 periodicals. Full text is provided for more than 4,650 of these titles with over 3,590 of these being peer-reviewed, scholarly journals. Searchable, cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Coverage: 1975 (over 100 journals) – present.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text online versions of hundreds of top quality reference books in all major subjects from art to medicine, psychology to history, and technology to literature. Includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries.
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Gale eBooks (Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new windowFull text database providing subject specific dictionaries, encyclopedias and general reference books as well as the online version of the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Subjects include science, history, medicine, psychology and mental health, literature, drama, film, popular culture, business, law, and more.
Credo Reference, Gale eBooks, & Wikipedia
Tutorial for Academic Search Premier
APA and MLA Citation Styles: Guides and Sample Papers
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APA 7th Style Quick GuideA quick guide to APA style, including in-text citations, the References page, and basic citation guidelines.
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APA 7th Paper Format Example from OWLAn example of a professional APA style paper.
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MLA Style Quick Guide (8th Edition)A quick guide to MLA style, including in-text citations, the References page, and basic citation guidelines.
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MLA Paper Format Example form OWLAn example of a professional paper in MLA format.
What is a scholarly article?
Scholarly or peer-reviewed articles are written by experts in academic or professional fields. They are excellent sources for finding out what has been studied or researched on a topic as well as to find bibliographies that point to other relevant sources of information.
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Anatomy of a Scholarly ArticleUse this website to help you navigate in a journal