It’s a busy week here at FAQ HQ – no time for an extensive post. Instead, this week you get a guide to matching the electronic database to the research. It’s kind of like dating – a bit of frog-kissing in pursuit of the prince or princess. Okay, that’s just a really hokey way of saying that sometimes trying to select the best database is a bit of trial and error.
Anyway, here is a quick and dirty subject guide to database selection, based on some of the most frequently requested subjects here at FAQ HQ.
Nursing
CINAHL
Academic Search Premier
PsychArticles
HealthBusiness
Health Source
Psychology
PsychArticles
Academic Search Premier
PsychInfo Complete
SocIndex
Education
ERIC
Academic Search Premier
SocIndex
Theology
ATLA with ATLASerials
Catholic Periodical and Literature Index
Project Muse
Academic Search Premier
Sociology
SocIndex
JSTOR
Project Muse
Academic Search Premier
Opposing Viewpoints
Business
Business and
Business Source Premier
Academic Search Premier
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Corporate ResourceNet
General Business File
Really-not-sure-of-my-topic-but-I-need-to-start-looking
Academic Search Premier
Lexis-Nexis Academic
JSTOR
History
Academic Search Premier
JSTOR
Opposing Viewpoints
Political Science
Academic Search Premier
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Newspaper Source
JSTOR
Opposing Viewpoints
Military and Government Collection
Composition/Literature
Project Muse
Academic Search Premier
JSTOR
MLA International Bibliography
Sciences
Academic Search Premier
BioOne
ACS Online (American Chemical Society Journals)
JSTOR
Project Muse
It might be necessary to try several different databases until you find exactly what you are looking for, and you may need to use different keyword combinations. Be patient, and if you are having lots of trouble ask one of the librarians for assistance. For tips on using journal databases, see the FAQ posting from January 25, 2007.
Also, if you are accessing library databases from an off-campus computer, 
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