Search for information
Search Belk Library's online system to find both library materials and articles in our databases. Use the search box below to do a basic search on library materials and databases.
General databases for articles, news and statistics
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly full-text journals and peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects. 1975 to present.
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ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowFull-text database of academic journals, newspapers, and dissertations covering a wide range of subjects.
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GoogleInternet searching for websites and news.
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Google ScholarGoogle Scholar provides a way to search most of Elon's databases for scholarly literature/peer-reviewed research studies. It search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
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Statista This link opens in a new windowStatistics, studies and reports from over 18,000 sources. Includes data from businesses, government departments, market research concerns or associations and more.
Videos that describe how to use the two general databases listed above.
Subject Specific Databases
These databases will help if you are looking for an article on a particular topic - literature, history, sociology, etc.
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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowIndex to scholarly research pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, 1963-present.
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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowHistorical Abstracts covers modern world history (excluding the United States and Canada which are covered in America: History and Life) from 1450 to the present.
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Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex and abstracts of sociology, anthropology, criminology, demography, education law and penology, race relations, social psychology and urban studies. 1963-
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PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowIndex to journals in psychology and related disciplines, 1887-present.
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Belk Library Databases by SubjectFor every other topic!