Top Research Databases

Multi-subject databases - huge range of topics, thousands of journal articles available in full-text, as well as book chapters, newspapers, magazines, images and more.

• ProQuest(external link) - large full-text database with thousands of periodical titles and millions of full-text articles available.
• Academic Search Complete(external link) (EBSCO)(external link)
• Academic OneFile(external link) (Gale)(external link)
• Science Direct(external link) - Resources for Physical and Engineering sciences, as well as Business, Life, Health, Social Science and the Humanities.(external link)
• Australia New Zealand Reference Centre(external link) - Australia and New Zealand specific journals, magazines, newspapers, newswires and reference books. Some New Zealand material can also be sourced in the above databases. 

• Scopus(external link)
  Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database with comprehensive coverage of high-quality research and related citation metrics from different disciplinary areas. Therefore, Scopus is considered one of the leading bibliographic databases essential for obtaining high-quality academic resources for literature reviews.

  These video guides and other tutorials(external link) provide an overview of the search process and other functionalities available in Scopus. This library guide from Elsevier(external link), the publisher of Scopus, comprehensively covers the features available in Scopus. Download this Scopus quick user guide(external link) to get a brief introduction. Please note that the NMIT library does not subscribe to the AI module of Scopus.

Also check out our recommended databases and websites by programme area.

To access multi-subject search interfaces from leading publishers like Cambridge and Oxford, see this Academic Publishers Open access page.

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