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Article Databases
Here are a few places you can find articles from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. From off campus you will have to login with your myNOVA username and password.
- Associates Programs Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowJournals on subjects commonly taught in community colleges, including accounting, agriculture, automotive, child care, cosmetology, culinary arts and food service, forestry, graphic arts, hospitality management, interior design, journalism, plumbing, heating & air conditioning, veterinary technology and welding. (VIVA)
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary database which offers information in many areas of academic study. This database supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing access to journals, periodicals, reports, books and more. (VIVA)
- ProQuest Research Library & Global Newsstream This link opens in a new windowMagazines, scholarly journals, and national and regional newspapers
Search Tips
Select the most important 2-3 terms related to your topic. Put the word AND between each new term; this tells the database to look for resources with ALL your terms.
nurses AND shortage
Use quotation marks ( " " ) around phrases (two or more words); this tells the database to look for the words in that specific order.
"pay scale" AND nurses
Use an asterisk ( * ) to find multiple endings of one word. Using recruit* as a search term will include results that refer to recruit, recruits, recruited, recruitment, and recruiting.
recruit* AND nurses