Journal databases:

• Are the best source of academic or scholarly information for your assessments
• help you locate peer reviewed articles
• Are subject specific, so that you get more relevant results
• Have many options for refining results

You can find the Library's databases on the Journal Databases page.

Databases are grouped into subject areas. The [Insert topic database list] will be particularly useful for your study.

Go to the [insert database link here] database, and try typing in  – [insert search strategy here] (you may need to sign in first with your CSU username and password).

• Did you get less results than Primo Search?  Being a [insert discipline here] database, they should be more relevant to your topic.
• Look at the HTML and PDF links to access the full text of the article.
• If you cannot find the full text click on the  button to check if the article is available elsewhere.

Insert a video for the database you want to use e.g EBSCO or Proquest.

In the database window, login and try typing in  – [keywords/ ask them to type in keywords from topic analysis]

• Did you get less results than Primo Search and Google Scholar? Being an [insert topic] database, they should be more relevant to your topic.
• Look at the HTML and PDF links to access the full text of the article.
• If you cannot find the full text click on the  button to check if the article is available elsewhere.