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Databases

Whether you are writing a thesis, dissertation, or research paper it is a key task to survey prior literature and research findings. More likely than not, you will be looking for trusted resources, most likely peer-reviewed research articles. Academic research databases make it easy to locate the literature you are looking for.

Use this page to access and discover the resources most suitable for you. 

Some of the databases are full-text, but others only include citations (references to the articles), you can use these full-text finder browser extensions to discover whether we have access to those articles.

Multidisciplinary databases cover a wide range of academic subjects including the arts, health care, business, literature, law, sciences, and more from journals, newspapers, magazines, ebooks, and reports. These databases are useful because you can find a huge number of articles about your topic allowing you to narrow down your keywords even further. 

Some multidisciplinary databases and providers are:

Review the 'Covid-19 research' menu on the left hand side of this page for further resources to search the literature on this topic.