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Tools for Finding Sources on Any Topic:
Subject Databases:
Once you have a general understanding of your topic, it is helpful to use subject databases to do more specific searches and find relevant, specialized sources. You can start by browsing this list and selecting subject databases to search. If you want to find databases on other topics, browse the full database list by subject.
Indexes & abstracts as well as some full-text education journals. Covers all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education. Also includes a collection of videos that provide practical online teacher training that addresses the evolving landscape of education.
Full-text information from news, business, & legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Though not required, you have the option to create a personal account that will give you access to special features such as alerts, saved searches, folders, history, annotations & more.
Vendor Lyrasis. Publisher LexisNexis.
A free resource providing access to biomedical & life sciences literature. Contains millions of citations & abstracts, but does not include full-text articles. However, links to the full-text are often present from other sources, such UD subscribed titles, publisher websites, or PubMed Central.
Comprehensive reporting & analysis on “hot topics” in the news. Each single-themed report is researched & written by a seasoned journalist, footnoted & professionally fact checked. (Coverage: 1923 --)
Indexes & abstracts as well as some full-text education journals. Covers all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education. Also includes a collection of videos that provide practical online teacher training that addresses the evolving landscape of education.
Open Access. Art history bibliography, covering European & American art. Indexes & abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, exhibition & dealer catalogs, & articles from more than 1200 periodicals. (Coverage 1975-2007)
A free resource providing access to biomedical & life sciences literature. Contains millions of citations & abstracts, but does not include full-text articles. However, links to the full-text are often present from other sources, such UD subscribed titles, publisher websites, or PubMed Central.
Freely available bibliographic database providing access to worldwide literature on PTSD & other mental health consequences of traumatic events. Includes cross-disciplinary coverage of all publications relevant to PTSD & psychological trauma. (Coverage: 1871 -)
Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment, including content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, & more.
Partial Open Access. Search engine specifically for scholarly publications. You can access the full-text of articles from open access & preprint publications, but you must be logged in to your UDel email account in order to access subscriptions provided by the UD Library.
Google Scholar is only one of many ways to identify & access scholarly publications. Consult the Databases page or the Electronic Journalspage for other possibilities.
Full-text information from news, business, & legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Though not required, you have the option to create a personal account that will give you access to special features such as alerts, saved searches, folders, history, annotations & more.
Vendor Lyrasis. Publisher LexisNexis.
Vendor Lyrasis. Publisher LexisNexis.
A research service that combines a breadth of news & business information with in depth law-related information.
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