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Go to College of the Redwoods Library's A to Z list of databases (link below) to choose your database. Read the database description to choose the best database for your research project, or use one of the selection tools at the top of the page. Then, click the database name and search. Use one or two words or phrases. Try some of the suggested search words listed in this guide. For off-campus or wireless access, login with your WebAdvisor user ID and eight digit birth date. Listed below are some of the librarian's recommendations for databases useful for this subject.
This page lists and describes all of the library's online databases available for student research. Find a database by title, subject, or type. For off-campus or wireless access, login with your CR email address and password.
Full text articles from 400 journals, covering emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. Use Firefox or Chrome.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic This link opens in a new windowFull text of 550 scholarly journals focusing on nursing and medical disciplines. Includes the AHFS Consumer Medication descriptions of prescription drugs. Use Firefox or Chrome.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new windowAuthoritative medical information and 4,800 current biomedical journals on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, created by the National Library of Medicine. Use Firefox or Chrome.
If you are off campus, or if you are using a wireless device while on campus, you may be prompted to login with your CR email address and password to get into the library's subscription databases or eBooks. Remote login is required to prove that you are a student at College of the Redwoods, because the library pays for student, faculty, and staff access for these resources based on our student enrollment. (Login is not required if you are using a computer connected to the main campus network.)
Full text articles from over 2,100 academic research journals dating back to 1985, many are peer reviewed. Use Firefox or Chrome.
Britannica Online This link opens in a new windowGeneral multiple-subject encyclopedia, audio, video, and image files, links to college-level, quality websites
Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowSearch in hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, nearly 200 videos.
Google Scholar indexes and provides links to millions of documents, including peer-reviewed online academic journals and books, conference papers, theses and dissertations, preprints, abstracts technical reports, and other scholarly literature, including court opinions and patents, However, Google does not review the contents for quality or reliability, and some fake or predatory journals may be included in your search results.
Some resources may require you to pay a fee - so always check CR Library databases first, where you can access all resources at no charge.
JSTOR www.jstor.org
CR Library does not subscribe to JSTOR. However, students can sign up for free read-only online access to read up to 3 articles every 2 weeks. The program does not allow you to save, print, or email articles.
Step 1: Register for a free MyJSTOR account.
Step 2: Search and select an article in your search results, and click Read Online Free above the preview page.
Step 3: Add up to 3 articles to your “reading shelf” to read the full text anytime you login.
JSTOR is searched by Google Scholar, which may be easier to search than JSTOR. Look for the green source line of information to see if the entry is in JSTOR.
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. DOAJ is independent. All funding is via donations, 40% of which comes from sponsors and 60% from members and publisher members. DOAJ is also searchable through the library's catalog, OneSearch.