Find Articles in Library Databases: Choose a Database

Databases are collections of articles organized by subject. Some cover a broad range of subjects and others focus on articles from a specific discipline, such as psychology, engineering or English literature.

General or Multi-disciplinary

• Include popular and scholarly articles on all topics
• Useful if scholars from multiple disciplines write about your topic or if you don't know where to start

Where to Start:

Subject-Specific:

• Include scholarly and specialized articles from a specific discipline
• To choose one, think about what department on campus would have scholars researching your topic and pick that department from the Databases list

Where to Start:

Choose a discipline at:

For example:

• ProQuest Psychology for psychology articles
• CINAHL Complete for nursing articles