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The Literature Review- Searching

Tips and tricks for conducting a literature search, for graduate students preparing to undertake a literature review.

Multi Purpose Databases

Google Scholar

MinerQuest

https://utep.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01UTEP_INST:01UTEP
JSTOR

https://www.jstor.org/action/showAdvancedSearch
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/
SpringerLink

https://link.springer.com/
Web of Science

https://webofknowledge.com/wos

Discipline Specific Databases

IEEE Xplore

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp
Compendex (Engineering Village - Elsevier)

https://www.engineeringvillage.com
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) (EBSCO)
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=eric

PsycINFO (EBSCO)

https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=psyh
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=cmedm
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=bth

Dissertations and Theses

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDTGlobal) (ProQuest)

https://search.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/advanced?accountid=7121

More Discipline Specific Databases

For more discipline specific databases, select a subject on this page, and it will give you a list of databases on that topic.

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