Subject specific databases are more useful if you want to do in-depth research on a topic. If you are facing difficulties finding sources from general databases, try a subject specific database instead. Below are some examples.
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Broad databases, covering a wide variety of topics, are useful for interdisplinary research. These databases are a good place to begin your search on most topics.
A scholarly and multidisciplinary database containing full text for nearly 12,000 periodicals from Asia, Oceania, Europe and Latin America included. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more.
Tips for better search results using Boolean or Advanced Searches
Shakespeare and performance searches for occurrences of both words
Shakespeare or Marlowe searches for or all, but both are not required
Shakespeare not women searches for occurrences of the word ‘Shakespeare’ but without use of the word ‘women'
"textual interpretation" searches for the words as a pair not individually
poem* searches for poem, poems, poetic, poet, poetry etc.
m?n searches for man and men.