Unit 4 Magazines Web Options

Databases Defined	Companies create and publish web-based databases containing information from hundreds to thousands of magazines/journals that provide: organized collection of information displayed as records records present bibliographic information arranged in fields fields include author, article title, newspaper title, date, section, or page amount of information provided might include : full text, abstracts, or citations
General Databases	ProQuest - magazines and newspapers InfoTrac - magazines and current newspapers, tutorial SIRS - Social Issues Resource Series - magazines
Subject Databases	FirstSearch General Business File ASAP Computer Database ERIC Health Reference Center Additional subject databases are listed on the Library Databases by Subject page
Web Sites for Individual Magazines/Journals	Many print magazines also publish a web version with links to related information, but limited amount of archived issues. Scientific American Time JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association Glamour Archaeology Byte Some magazines are called E-zines because they exist only on the web. Consult The Zine & E-Zine Resource Guide for a list of e-zines on the web.
In-Library General Indexes	Readers Guide to Periodical Literature (1900 - present) National Geographic Scientific American
In-Library Subject Indexes	Biological & Agricultural Index Art Index Social Science Index
Article Availability	full text online abstract online campus library owns paper copy of article microfilm or microfiche copies of back issues bound volumes of back issues intercampus loan with another NVCC campus library that owns the article; items are then scanned to your home campus; fee based service
First Search Tutorial	A helpful look at FirstSearch, a citation based collection of many subject databases.