Research Guides: Summer Academic Workshop 2025: Finding Books, Articles and other sources

NUsearch: find books, articles and more

NUsearch
The 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

Follow a two-step process, multi-factor authentication, to login to NU Library subscription resources:

1. NU netid and password:

2. Verify through Duo Verified Push. Enter code into mobile device

Academic Search Complete
This 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 Scholar
A 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.

ERIC
Database sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature, including pedagogy, counseling and psychology. Covers 1966-present.

PsycINFO
Produced 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.

PAIS Index
Index 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
Citations 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.