Research Steps
>> Research Steps
The Research Steps web site will to help you use online information effectively throughout the research process. Read the specific Research Step pages that corresponds to where you currently are in your research, or skim the steps for an overview.
Research Step pages include issue icons, which link to discussions of barriers, skills, or other topics. These pages are intended to help you work effectively and enjoy what you are doing. Different issue icons appear on different Step pages.

Database Concepts
>> What is a database? Also Read DTE section on databases
>> The Web vs. Library Databases

>> Database Concepts: Memex
>> Database Examples: The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), PLANTS National Database, Amazon.com, FBI Records Search, Google Ads

Search Strategies for Databases
>> Searching Information Databases: This Web site explains the basic techniques of searching a bibliographic database. Includes a step-by-step example of a search in MEDLINE.

E-Indexes & Databases
>> List of Electronic Indexes and Databases at UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries

Some Select Databases
>> LexisNexis Academic: Full-text, KeyWord in Context (KWIC), Arranged in Libraries, Law and news libraries, some abstracts

>> InfoTrac SearchBank Indexes: Some full text, lots of abstracts. Also at: Infotrac Web Via Gale
InfoTrac SearchBank Indexes provides access to three databases. The databases are:
** General BusinessFile Internat'l, 1982-; Use this to find SIC codes. Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.
** Expanded Academic ASAP, 1980-; From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!
** LegalTrac, 1980-. Use this database to find articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers.

>> Newspaper Abstracts (NewsAbs): Mostly abstracts
>> UnCoverWeb Via CARL.: Mostly abstracts
>> STAT-USA/Internet: Figures and statistical trends, tables

Other Electronic Sources
>> Finding Articles: "Scholarly" vs "Popular."
>> Subject Listing of Journals in Electronic Format at UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries
>> Title Listing of Journals in Electronic Format at UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries
>> E-reserves at UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries