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ENG 203: Post Foundation: Databases/Articles

Multidisciplinary and General Databases

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.

Finding Articles with Proquest and Academic Search Complete

Open the document below for instructions on how to search for articles using PQ Central (Proquest) and Academic Search Complete.

Keywords for Searching

Keyword mapping tools can be useful when exploring a new topic. Try using this for discovering new keywords or for broadening or narrowing your search.

Search Tips

Tips for better search results using Boolean or Advanced Searches

  • urban and city searches for occurrences of both words 
  • urban or city searches for  or all, but both are not required
  • urban not city searches for occurrences of the word ‘urban’ but without use of the word ‘city'
  • "urban planning" searches for the words as a pair not individually
  • art* searches for art, arts, artistic, artful, etc.
  • m?n searches for man and men.

Technical Support

  • Students, faculty, and staff can use the resources on and off-campus.
  • Visitors need to be on campus to use the database, and to request a username and password from the Reference Desk.

 Contact Library e-resources for support

A-Z Database list

Full list of Databases the library subscribes to, including trial access.

Go to A-Z List