Multidisciplinary Databases
Databases good for Pro/Con arguments on larger topics (activism, artistic movements, etc.)
Anthropology, Art, and Literature Databases
Other Databases: Reference/Encyclopedia, E-Books
For a full list of databases at Woodbury, please see our A-Z Databases page.
You may be wondering, "What's the difference between Google and Databases?" You can already find information online, right? Library databases provide access to high quality, credible information that Woodbury pays to access. Databases give you a lot of control as a searcher, but you need to understand how they work.
An excellent place to look for articles is through our library databases. You can find articles elsewhere on the Web, but you will need to be more discerning. Information on the web can come from sources that lack authority, currency, objectivity, etc. ProQuest is a large and broad ranging database that provides full-text articles from journals, magazines, newspapers, trade publications. It is an excellent database with which to get started researching.
Here are some tips: