NUsearch: find books, articles and more
- NUsearchThe main search tool for NU Library books and other materials, combining the library catalog with a wealth of article databases and online collections.
BASIC SEARCH
ADVANCED SEARCH
Authenticating yourself as an NU user to access subcription resources
Multidisciplinary Databases (great places to start for many research topics)
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowThis multidisciplinary database provides access to articles from journals, magazines, and reference sources across all subject areas. Coverage is primarily from 1980 to the present, with some older content.
- Google ScholarA freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature (mostly scholarly or peer-reviewed articles and books) across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
Setting up Google Scholar to provide NU access.
Education
- ERIC This link opens in a new windowDatabase sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature, including pedagogy, counseling and psychology. Covers 1966-present.
Psychology
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowProduced by the American Psychological Association, this database is a comprehensive index to the professional and academic literature in psychology, counseling and related disciplines. Covers 1860-present.
Policy, Politics
- PAIS Index This link opens in a new windowIndex focusing on public affairs, public and social policies and international relations. Provides references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistics, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, and more. Covers 1914 to present.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCitations with abstracts from more than 1,100 journals in political science and related disciplines. Coverage is international in scope, combining the former Political Science Abstracts and ABC POL SCI databases.