Best Databases to Start With
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowUse to find interdisciplinary articles from academic publishers, professional societies, institutional and preprint repositories posted on the web. Use the "Find @ Le Moyne Library" links in the search results as well as other links provided by the search engine to locate the full-text of articles. Contains full-text and abstracts of scholarly articles.
How to Use - SocINDEX with full text This link opens in a new windowUse to find comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study, including gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, religion, racial studies, social work and more. Contains abstracts and full-text of scholarly journals, books, and conference papers.
- JSTOR. Archival Journals This link opens in a new windowUse to find scholarly journal collections from leading academic journals from disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics and sciences. Contains full-text articles and abstracts from leading academic journals, eBooks and primary sources. Use JSTOR to find historical information rather than current articles.
- Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowUse to find information on a wide range of general topics, such as education, health, computers and technology, history, careers, personal finance and taxes, self-help/self-improvement and news and current events. Contains full-text articles, abstracts, and newspapers. Includes a topic finder.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowUse to find scholarly and popular articles in nearly every area of academic study. It is a great place to start your research on a topic and it’s also great for interdisciplinary research. Contains full-text articles and abstracts from peer-reviewed journals, magazines, reports, books, videos and images.
- PolicyMap This link opens in a new windowUse to find online data and mapping applications. Contains access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more to create maps, reports and analyses.