Finding Books & Articles
Basic Search Tips
- Place quotation marks around keyword phrases
"trench warfare"
"Iranian Coup"
- Capitalize Boolean logic connectors (AND, OR).
narrative OR plot
"American Involvement" AND World War I
- Click either "View all formats and languages" or "View all editions" to view all library holdings for a particular title.
- Items at UD appear first in the list of search results. Other items can be requested via interlibrary loan.
Advanced Search Tips
- Type au:, su: or ti: before your keywords to specify author, subject or title words.
su:American Revolution
- A title search may identify items that have matching words in their chapter titles or contents lists.
- See Searching WorldCat: Index Quick Reference for other options.
Multidisciplinary databases, or databases that have sources from every major, are great places to start your research project. Some of the major multidisciplinary databases that we have at UD are listed below.
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Academic OneFileA premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles for academic libraries from the world’s leading journals, this comprehensive resource covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects. Provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources, including Nature, The Economist, and The New York Times, in PDF and HTML full-text formats. In addition, thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN and videos from BBC Worldwide Learning are also available.
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CQ ResearcherThe CQ Researcher Plus Archive explores a single “hot” issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year including four expanded reports. PDF files are available for full issues dating back to January 1996; for issues published since January 2001, PDF files are in color.
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General OneFileIncludes full-text periodicals covering a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Has the full text of New York Times articles from 1995 to the present as well as audio files and transcripts of National Public Radio (NPR) programs from 1990 to the present.
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Global NewsstreamGlobal Newsstream enables users to search the most recent global news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s. It featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full- text format. U.S., Canadian, and international newspapers are included.
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Opposing Viewpoints in ContextOpposing Viewpoints in Context is a portal of “pro” and “con” information about topics of the day. Choose a topic on the main page or else click “View All” to explore more topics under categories like “Society and Culture” or “Science, Technology and Ethics.” There are links to Featured Video and Featured News on the right sidebar. Click on “Issues” on the top navigation strip to browse all issues.
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Web of ScienceThe Web of Science interface provides online access to the following databases: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) (1900-present); Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) (1900-present); Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) (1975-present); Book Citation Index (2005-present); Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1993-present).
