Library Guides: HONR 212: Nuclear Energy: Find Articles

Useful Library Databases

ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect's Freedom Collection includes extensive full-text journal coverage of the physical and biological sciences, as well as some coverage of the social sciences and humanities.
JSTOR (including ARTSTOR)
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
Academic Search Ultimate
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.
Web of Science
Enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from thousands of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world.
Natural Science Collection
The Natural Science Collection of databases provides access to scholarly and other learned publications in agriculture, aquatic science, atmospheric science, biology, earth science, environmental science, and many other related subject areas.
American Chemical Society Journals
Provides access to chemical journals and books published by the American Chemical Society on biochemistry, earth and space chemistry, analytical chemistry, materials science, food science, and industrial applications.
IEEE Open Access
This database serves as a portal to open access content within the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

Full A-Z Database List
All databases SU Libraries subscribe to with descriptions and content scope. Browse by subject using the left drop-down menu.

Read through the introduction to decide if it's something you want to to continue reading
Look for the important stuff, not small bits of information
Use multiple sources to discuss one topic
Do the research in advance
Get it done early and often, before you even start writing, to save stress down the road
Highlight and take notes on your sources that you print out
Try many different databases, even if you think they may not apply
Use filters when searching in the databases
Use all the fields and filter options - it narrows everything down well
Use Academic Search Ultimate and JSTOR
Make searches short and specific
Use the SU Library to find a good database
Use Google Scholar then search the article of your choosing on SU Libraries
Practice makes perfect

Interlibrary Loan
Need to get an article that we don't have at SU? Request it through Interlibrary Loan! Most articles are fast and free, opening up the amount of research articles you're able to get.