See which publications -- journals, newspapers, magazines -- are available online on this site. If you can't find something, contact us.
Q. So what are academic, scholarly or peer-reviewed journals and why have you been asked to find articles from them in library databases?
A. These journals are publications, first of all, for scholars--like you--and specialists. Journals feature the newest research and analysis and getting published in one is a mark of academic excellence. Many journals are peer-reviewed to assure quality and relevance. Note: Publishers usually do not make journals available via Google so the library databases are your best bet.
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Information is available in many formats. No format is superior to another--it depends what you are looking for. Search everything from the NCC library at once with NCC Library OneSearch --OR-- limit yourself to only articles, print books or ebooks.
Have you been asked to find peer-reviewed articles? See Article Databases below. You can limit an article database search to only peer-reviewed content.
Look in the library catalog for books shelved in the Walter R. Peterson Library. The most recent books are displayed on the catalog homepage and in the library. Take books out for three weeks. If that's not enough time, we will renew them for you!
More than 200,000 scholarly ebooks to read online or download to read offline.
To find something specific, search all ebooks at the same time from the homepage. (Choose eBooks tab).
To look over what is available in ebooks, browse the collection.
Search for articles in most library databases from the library homepage.
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Here are some multidisciplinary databases. They cover multiple subjects.
You can usually limit your results to peer-reviewed journals by checking a box.
A few subject-specific databases to try:
See all of our online research guides.
See all nursing databases at NCC. See the Nursing Research Guide.
See the Business Research Guide for business databases.
Google's scholarly search engine searches in many publisher's journals and academic websites and is strongest in science, technology and medicine.
Set up Library Links in Scholar to link to NCC Library subscription content. Under Google Scholar Settings, choose Library Links, search for the name of our college, then check the box. Articles from NCC Library databases will then show as Full text @ NCCLibrary in your results.