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Use our recommended databases to find journal articles in your subject area. Learn more about finding articles, or request articles that the library does not have access to.
Start with these library databases to locate articles from scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals, magazines, trade journals, newspapers, and more.
Content: One central search that contains all of NU's subscribed EBSCO databases.
Purpose: Search for articles from multiple disciplines with this collection of databases from EBSCO.
Content: Collection of more than 30 Proquest subject-specific databases covering Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities.
Purpose: Students can view a massive amount of peer-reviewed research across multiple disciplines.
Special Features: Includes a Thesaurus feature that assists in using the database’s controlled vocabulary, as well as read-aloud feature.
If you didn't find enough resources in our recommended databases, check out some of these additional databases.
Content: Database of intervention focused systematic reviews.
Purpose: Learn the effectiveness of interventions proven through evidence-based research.
Special Features: Includes MESH and PICO search functionality.
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Content: Comprehensive consumer health resource providing authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.
Purpose: Provides background reading on health issues. Check the "Refereed publications" box to find peer-reviewed, scholarly articles.
Special Features: A broad collection of premier full-text reference works, Spanish editions of notable content and a Spanish-language search filter, streaming video, audio, and images
Content: Ovid Nursing Full Text PLUS contains 43 premier nursing journals from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and the nursing subset of MedLine. The database also contains indexes and abstracts to other nursing journals on OVID, and the "Find it!" link is provided for full-text content.
Purpose: Provides access to scholarly journals covering clinical and theoretical content.
Special Features: Also includes access to a multimedia library.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.
To have Google Scholar search National University Library databases, you'll need to link your Google account to the Library. View the tutorial below (2:02) to show you how.
Check out our helpful document delivery services for articles.
