Choosing a library database to search - FED 101 - Fundamentals of Engineering Design -- NCE Edition - Research Guides at New Jersey Institute of Technology

Best bets for Original Research Articles

Academic Search Premier from EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
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A leading multidisciplinary research database. It provides acclaimed full-text journals, magazines, and other valuable resources from 1970 to the present time.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and citations of peer-reviewed literature covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, and humanities from 1960 to the present.
ProQuest One Academic This link opens in a new window
Combines all four of ProQuest’s multidisciplinary products on the ProQuest platform: ProQuest Central, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, Academic Complete, and Academic Video Online.

Also explore the Library's AZ Database list to find scholarly resources dedicated to specific subjects (Psychology, Education, Transportation, etc.)

Look at the A-Z Databases list -- limit your search to a discipline, such as "Civil Engineering" to find your major's "tools of the trade."

Browse the list of NJIT Library Research Guides for your discipline -- see what librarians suggest for your field of study.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints is the online resource covering today's hottest social issues. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.
Global Issues (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Integrating news, global viewpoints, reference, country information, primary source documents, videos, statistics, and more in a single search, Global Issues In Context brings essential, balanced information to researchers across many academic disciplines, as well as newsworthy topics.
Environmental Studies (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Formerly GREENR: Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources, it is interactive and current, allowing users to navigate issue, organization and country portals. It's Gale's one-stop site dedicated to studying sustainability and the environment.