► Subscription databases
Beaver subscribes to these databases. They contain academic journals, news, and magazine sources
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When and why would you use this database?
Use this database to find academic journals and research articles on a range of topics. Use this database when you are ready to go more in depth with your research.
What kind of sources included are included?
Academic journal articles. Please note: We do not have full-text access to every journal in this database.
When and why would you use this database?
This database includes sources about all major fields of scientific study. Most of the journal articles are full-text reprodcutions, meaning they include access to the charts, diagrams, and photos that accompany scientific literature. The information in this database will be most useful when you already have some background knowledge.
What kind of sources included are included?
Academic journal articles, magazines, newspapers, book chapters, conference papers, reports
When and why would you use this database?
This database includes sources on a wide range of science topics. Gale in Context databases provides both topic overviews and more in-depth sources.
What kind of sources included are included?
Topic overviews, reference sources, magazines, news
This link opens in a new windowWhen and why would you use this database?
Use this database to find statistics, data, and survey results presented as charts or tables. Statista also provides access to their data sources in PDF and Excel formats.
What kind of sources included are included?
Statistics, reports, and infographics
► Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a search engine that indexes scholarly literature. Not everything found through Google Scholar is available through open access; use the Unpaywall extension to see if there are open source versions of the article available.
► Open Access Journals
Open access journals are journals whose articles are available and reusable worldwide free of charge and without restrictions immediately on publication
► NoodleTools
