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Discovery Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Find articles on a wide range of subjects, including peer-reviewed articles.
Access Tips: Also available via mel.org
Esearch This link opens in a new window
Search the library’s collection of books, articles, ebooks, dissertations, videos, music, and more.
Search Instruction: Finding Articles using Esearch
Google Scholar with EMU Full Text This link opens in a new window
Search for scholarly materials on any topic
Info type: scholarly articles, books, research reports, theses, working papers, cited sources
Access Tips: Use link above to get access to EMU subscriptions with Findtext+ links.
If this link does not work and you receive an error message from Google then use this alternate link to Google Scholar and also set your Google Scholar preferences to show EMU library access links.
Search Instruction: Google Scholar Video
ProQuest PowerSearch This link opens in a new window
Search over 20 academic databases at the same time.
Subjects: Covers many subjects
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, magazine articles, news articles, dissertations and theses
Brief How-To Video: ProQuest Basics
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Search for articles in Science & Social Science journals and see which articles cite an article

Journal Article Databases

ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
Key source for business articles.
Subjects: Accounting, Auditing, Business, Communications, Economics, Ed Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Health Admin, Hotel Restaurant Mgmt, Management, Public Admin, Technology
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, magazine articles, news, reports, dissertations
Brief Instruction Video: ProQuest Basics
CINAHL This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles in the fields of nursing, occupational therapy, orthotics and prosthetics, health administration, speech pathology, nutrition, laboratory sciences, and other allied health professions.
Search Tips: Using CINAHL/PubMed Tutorials from EMU
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Key source for Education articles and reports
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, dissertations, ERIC documents
Brief how to video: ERIC Basics
Look up Subject terms: Thesaurus on ERIC.gov
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
Provides researchers, allied health professionals, nurses, and medical educators access to scholarly journals on many medical disciplines.
Access Tips: Also available via mel.org
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Information for psychology, behavioral sciences and related disciplines.
Access Tips: Also available via mel.org
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Covers a wide range of topics related to psychology and mental health.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed includes millions of citations for biomedical articles.
PubMed is available for free via this address:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
The EMU FindText+ software will not work unless you access it through the Halle Library's web page.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Search for articles in Social Science journals and see which articles cite an article
Subjects: Social Sciences, Psychology, Business
Info type: scholarly articles, conference papers
Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
Perform legal research and/or search for news articles
Subjects: U.S. Law, State Law, European Union Law, News
Info type: court cases, laws, regulations, law review articles, legal encyclopedias, legal guides, law dictionary, news articles
NOTE: Many functions of Westlaw will only function properly if you disable any pop-up blocker. For example, printing may not work if a pop-up blocker is active.

Verifying the Peer Reviewed Status of a Journal

Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
Information on journals, magazines, newsletters, and newspapers
Info type: reference source
Search instruction:: Determining peer-reviewed status using Ulrich's (pdf)

EMU FindText+

EMU FindText+ allows you to see if we own a journal resource, and if the Halle Library owns it.

Text Instruction for Using Find Text+

CINAHL & PubMed- Video Help

CINAHL and PubMed at EMU - Navigating to Your Database
Using Keywords to Search CINAHL
Searching with CINAHL Headings
CINAHL/PubMed Limiting by Language
Limiting to Research Articles in CINAHL
Limiting to Peer-Reviewed Articles in CINAHL
Using Keywords to Search PubMed
More videos
Halle Library's YouTube channel, with many helpful videos explaining advanced search techniques with PubMed and CINAHL.