Suggested Search Terms
Here are some example keywords or phrases that can be used to find specific information in the library catalog and academic databases:
Suggested Boolean Searches
Refine searches using operators like "AND," "OR," and "NOT," ensuring more precise and relevant results.
Suggested Subject Headings
Standardized terms are used to categorize and organize content within the library catalog and academic databases to enhance search precision and efficiency.
Suggested Call Number Ranges
Locate materials within the library in these call number areas.
General Databases
(JSTOR) - Access to back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
(ProQuest) - Large aggregated full-text database totaling more than 11,250 titles—with over 8,400 titles in full text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)
(Sage Publications) - Contains journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
(Gale) - Academic OneFile provides peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Includes coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and, other subjects.
Funded by State Library of Florida (FEL)
(EBSCO) - Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
Science and Medical Databases
(Elsevier) - NOTE: FSCJ has access to Open Access only. Select the Open Access filter to see full-test.
Funded by Other
(EBSCO) - Full text medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care system, and much more.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
Other Useful Databases
(EBSCO) - Provides full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
(Gale) - Psychology Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines that cover the study of emotions, personality, and the human mind.
Funded by State Library of Florida (FEL)
(EBSCO) - A guide to published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics, with information from RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). ERIC records now include full-text documents from the ERIC Digest.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
(EBSCO) - This bibliographic database is today's source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)