When and where can I access databases?
Databases are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can use them on or off campus. If you are using them from off campus you will be prompted to put in your SU username and password (the same one you use for Gull Net, MyClasses, or an SU computer).
Website Evaluation
- CRAAP TestUse these questions to help you evaluate sources found on the web.
Article Databases: an A-Z List
You can search for databases by name or by subject.
Outward differences between popular magazines and scholarly journals
Databases
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Ultimate offers access to an unprecedented collection of resources including journals, magazines, reports, books, and videos. Many are peer-reviewed and full-text. Subjects range from astronomy to zoology.
- ERIC This link opens in a new windowIt provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1000 educational and education-related journals.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years; eBooks; ArtStor images; and primary sources. Coverage spans the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
- APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowAPA PsycInfo is the most comprehensive index in psychology and related fields, with more than 1.7 million citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters and books, technical reports, and dissertations. Its holdings include material from 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages.
Newspapers
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowIndexes, abstracts, and provides online full text for the New York Times newspaper (1980-present), the New York Times Book Review (1988-present), and the New York Times Magazine (1997-present).
- Baltimore Sun This link opens in a new windowIndexes, abstracts, and provides online full text for The Sun, Baltimore (Baltimore Sun) newspaper 1990-present.
Web Resources
- What Is a 21st Century Liberal Arts Education?
Association of American Colleges and Universities define what a 21st century liberal education means. - The Unexpected Value of the Liberal Arts
From the Atlantic Magazine "First-generation students are finding personal and professional fulfillment in the humanities and social sciences." - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Online access to the Chronicle of Higher Education. A good resource to gets educators' views on education. - Top Psychiatry/Psychology Programs
US News and World Report Education - School Rankings for top 200 global programs in Psychology and Psychiatry. Can you compare one of these with our programs? What do you learn in comparison?
