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Getting Started with Library Research: Using General Databases

Interdisciplinary Databases

Interdisciplinary databases cover many different subjects. The odds are good that you could find results on your topic when you start with interdisciplinary databases. Below are three of the interdisciplinary databases Centralia College provides:

Interdisciplinary Databases Tutorial

The following video shows you how to access the Databases on the Kirk Library website and introduces two Interdisciplinary Databases, Academic Search Complete and Research Library.

Kirk Library Interdisciplinary Database tutorial (Academic Search Complete and Research Library) (2024) by Meredith Tummeti is licensed CC By 4.0.  The video has closed captions and a transcript is available on YouTube. (Approximately 21 minutes.)

Key Moments in the video:

(Visit YouTube to use the chapters.)

  • 00:00 Accessing the databases from the Library Website
  • 02:29 Academic Search Complete
    • 04:40 Filtering search results
    • 08:42 When you need to use InterLibrary Loan
    • 10:42 Tools and citations
  • 12:56 Research Library
    • 14:29 Filtering search results
    • 17:42 When you need to use InterLibrary Loan
    • 18:06 Tools and citations
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