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What is a library database?

A library database is a searchable collection of different resources including articles from magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals, streaming videos, images, and more.

Library databases are different than Google. The information contained in databases is not freely available via a google search. You have access to the databases as an SCC student, so when you access a database from off campus you will be prompted to login with your MEID and password.

Keywords

Databases deliver the best results when you search using specific keywords or short phrases rather than full sentences, questions, or strings of words. Thinking about your topic and different aspects of your topic can help you to identify relevant keywords. Good keywords are single words (usually nouns) OR specific phrases (two or more words that must go together to make sense). When searching for an exact phrase, use quotations. Here is an example of some keywords and phrases:

"marketing plans" "hospitality law" "human resources" ethics "culinary arts"

To find articles about specific aspects of your topic, join two keywords or phrases together using the word AND. For example:

"marketing plans" AND "food truck"
accounting AND "small business"
"hotel management" AND "medical tourism"

Recommended Databases

Economics and Theory (formerly called Business Economics and Theory Collection) This link opens in a new window This collection of 150 full-text periodicals covers topics such as economic development, forecasting, and history; fiscal theory; monetary theory and financial institutions; business finance; public finance; country studies; and government regulations.
Business Insights: Global This link opens in a new window Business Insights: Global is a unique source for international business intelligence offering the most comprehensive and convenient way to find case studies, in-depth statistical data coupled with deep research, and the ability to compare global economies, countries and industries.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window Business magazines and journals.
Culinary Arts (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window Culinary Arts Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines on all aspects of cooking and nutrition. The database includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
Films on Demand: Business & Economics Collection This link opens in a new window This collection covers economic theory, basic business education, accounting and finance fundamentals, business ethics and law, management, and marketing.
Leadership and Management (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window Provides access to authoritative periodical content covering topics such as 21st-century skills, organizational dynamics and leadership, adult learning and continuing education, and more.
Statista This link opens in a new window Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information. It contains statistics, studies and reports from over 18,000 sources.
US Major Dailies This link opens in a new window This database provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers, including New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal.
eBook Academic Collection (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window A large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window Online version of reference works in every major subject area.

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