User Guide – Choosing the Right Database

 

Which database should I consult?

The databases listed below can found on the Bluefield State College Library webpage (http://www.bluefieldstate.edu/library/cds.htm) and some databases on the Greenbrier Valley Campus (New River) Library homepage (http://nrctc.edu/subPages/library/index.htm) 

 

Use this list to direct your searching, particularly for those who are unfamiliar with the subject content of the databases. 

 

INDEX: [Arts & Humanities] [Business] [Computer Science] [Education]

[Law & Crime Science] [News, Current Events, & Politics] [Nursing & Biomedical] [Reference] [Science & Technology]

Arts & Humanities

INFOTRAC

>>Expanded Academic ASAP

 

Gale Literary Index

 

Magill On Literature Plus

 

EBSCOhost Research Databases [this is a collection of multiple databases]

>>EBSCOhost Web

                        >>Primary Search

Business

INFOTRAC

            >>Expanded Academic ASAP

 

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

            >>Business

 

EBSCOhost Research Databases [this is a collection of multiple databases]

>>EBSCOhost Web

                        >>Business Source Elite

                        >> Regional Business News

 

 

Computer Science

INFOTRAC

            >>Expanded Academic ASAP

 

Applied Science and Technology Index

Education

Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)

 

EBSCOhost Research Databases [this is a collection of multiple databases]

>>EBSCOhost Web

                        >>MasterFILE Premier

 

INFOTRAC

            >>Expanded Academic ASAP

Law & Crime Science

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

            >>Legal

 

INFOTRAC

            >>Expanded Academic ASAP

News, Current Events, & Politics

EBSCOhost Research Databases [this is a collection of multiple databases]

>>EBSCOhost Web

            >>Newspaper Source

            >>Regional Business News

            >>TOPICsearch

 

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

            >>News

Nursing & Biomedical

Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature(CINAHL)

 

EBSCOhost Research Databases [this is a collection of multiple databases]

>>EBSCOhost Web

                        >>Alt HealthWatch

                        >>Clinical Pharmacology

                        >>Health Source - Consumer Edition

                        >>Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

 

 

Nursing & Biomedical (cont.)

INFOTRAC

            >>Expanded Academic ASAP

 

Medline Plus

 

PubMed

 

Nursing Journals List: (http://www.bluefieldstate.edu/Library/nrsj.htm) 

Reference

EBSCOhost Research Databases [this is a collection of multiple databases]

>>EBSCOhost Web

            >>EBSCO Animals

            >>Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia

            >>MasterFILE Premier

Science & Technology

EBSCOhost Research Databases [this is a collection of multiple databases]

>>EBSCOhost Web

 

INFOTRAC

            >>Expanded Academic ASAP