A new feature at Hewes Library, each month this blog will
describe one of the lesser known databases found at Monmouth College. But first
we’ll give a general overview of our databases. Monmouth College subscribes to
about 100 online databases, covering a variety of subjects ranging from A-Z Maps
online to World
Cat, a world-wide listing of library materials. Several of the
largest databases subscribed to by Hewes are what is known as aggregator
databases that contain materials covering multiple subject areas. Access
to these most-used databases can be found on the library’s home page in the box
in the center of the home page. Included among these databases are Academic
Search Premier (ASP), JSTOR, a
general Reference
database (Credo Reference), the Oxford
English Dictionary (OED), and a world news
digest (Facts on File). The search box is a convenient one-stop shop
where these major databases can be searched as well as the library’s catalog of
books and a listing of all of our magazines and journals (both print and
online).
In addition to these major reference sources, Hewes
subscribes to many other databases of a more specialized nature. For easy
reference, there is an A-Z listing of all
of our subscribed databases. But if you know the subject area you
need to research, Hewes also has a list of our databases grouped
by subject.
Next month, this column will take a closer look at
one of our more specialized databases.
Access to databases is limited to the current students, staff, and faculty of Monmouth College.
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