Search tips
- Combine keywords and phrases with AND, e.g. vaccine AND autism
- Search alternate terms by placing the terms in parenthesis separated by OR, e.g. salt AND (controversy OR debate)
- Place quotation marks around phrases, e.g. "sonic attack"
When you are finding too many non-relevant results, you can sometimes make use of NOT!
Searching databases covering different disciplines
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PubMedAn index, with links to many full-text articles, managed by the National Library of Medicine. Includes many open access articles. In some cases, you can follow the "Get it! Cornell" link to find the full-text in the Cornell library holdings.
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ScienceDirectFull-text articles on a wide variety of science topics.
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Sociology SourceA key sociology database. A great complement to the science databases for science and technology studies.
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Web of ScienceWeb of Science goes beyond the sciences to include social science and some humanities articles. May be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. May also be searched for articles that cite a known author or work (citation indexing).
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Worldwide Political Science AbstractsProquest databases search the full text of articles for your search terms. To find more relevant results, where your search terms are part of the title, abstract, or subject terms, begin your search with NOFT, followed by your search terms in parentheses, e.g. NOFT(autocra* AND democra* and backsliding)
Covers political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public administration, and public policy.).