Library skills for English 1112 online: Subject Specific Databases

Subject specific databases are tools that let you search for articles in one subject area.  For example, if you are doing research for a psychology class it is helpful to use a psychology database that pulls articles from psychology journals and magazines.  The Clark State Library and OhioLINK provide access to many subject specific databases.  Take a look at the most commonly used subject specific databases at Clark State by clicking on the link. You will see databases for: agriculture, nursing and allied health, business, criminal justice, education, information technology, and topics related to most of the majors at Clark State.  Each database is listed by name and includes a description, for example: Education Research Complete - Index, abstracts and full text of articles and other publications in education research.

To access the databases click on the (Off campus? Click here) link after the name.  You will be prompted to choose Clark State from a list of schools and enter your name and library barcode number.  If you do not have a barcode number please contact the Library and we will send one to your student email.  Contact information is in the box below.

OhioLINK has a more extensive list of subject specific databases in their A-Z list. Read the full description by clicking on the (more) link to help you decide which database to use.  If you want to use the database click on the (off campus url) link. You may switch from the A-Z listing to a subject listing by clicking on the Browse by Subject link. Doing a search in most of the databases is similar to searching Academic Search Complete: enter a keyword, use AND, OR, and NOT to connect keywords, and use the limiters in the result list to hone your results.

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