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.
Find Articles in Databases
The type of research you need is going to depend on your topic! Here are some of the best databases for some of the most common themes in the class.
- Databases listed by subjectI can't list all of them! But if your topic doesn't seem covered by the databases listed below, click here to find more possibilities.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar indexes many of the library's databases, and more! But be sure you have some search terms. Put in just "coffee" and you get over 3 million hits! And if you're off-campus, make sure you link to the Elon network before you search so you have access to the full-text of articles.
Environment/Agriculture
- Agricultural & Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new windowArticles plus searchable charts, figures, graphs, maps, photographs and tables representing all major environment topics.
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new windowJournals on topics including agriculture, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, urban planning, and more.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowInformation about environmental concerns, global warming, energy conversation and more.
- Environmental Studies Research GuideThis is the library's guide to all of our environmental studies resources.
Health and Psychology
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowIndex to journals in psychology and related disciplines, 1887-present.
- CINAHLPlus with Full Text This link opens in a new windowCINAHL Plus With Full Text: Database of nursing and allied health journals with additional materials that include nursing dissertations, conference proceedings, evidence-based care sheets, audiovisuals, and continuing education modules.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowOver 11 million citations from Medline and additional life science journals.
- SPORTDiscus This link opens in a new windowIndex of international citations on all aspects of exercise physiology, physical education, physical fitness, sports, sports industry, and sports medicine published since 1949.
- Psychology Research GuideThis is the library's guide to all of our psychology resources.
- Biology Research GuideThis is the library's guide to all of our biology resources.
Business and Marketing
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly and peer-reviewed publications, magazines on a wide range of topics including: marketing, management, company profiles, industry profiles, market research reports, SWOT analyses and more
- EconLit This link opens in a new windowEconLit includes: peer-reviewed journal articles, working papers, PhD Dissertations, books and book reviews, collective volume articles. The database is professionally classified, updated weekly, and includes over 1.6 million records. EconLit covers economics literature published over the last 130 years from leading institutions in 74 countries.
- ABI/Inform Collection This link opens in a new windowThe collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals. Country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.. 1971-present
- Mintel Academic This link opens in a new windowCovers 14 consumer categories with a concentration of business to consumer markets. Mintel provides brand share, market size and forecast as well as company profiles. With in-depth coverage of consumer insights covering a wide range of demographic profiles you'll learn what the consumer base is and why they choose one product over the next.
- Passport (Euromonitor) This link opens in a new windowOffers integrated access to statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources. 205 countries are researched.
- Business Research GuideThis is the library's guide to all of our business resources.
- Strategic Communications Research GuideThis research guide is for a specific class, but has lots of great strategic communications resources.
Sociology, History, and Culture
- 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-
- SocINDEX w/Full Text This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive and highest-quality sociology research database. The database features millions of records with subject headings from a sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers.
- 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.
- Sociology Research GuideThis is the library's guide to all of our sociology resources.