OVERVIEW OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

LIBRARY CATALOG

Find books & other library materials in the UNF Library -- books, magazines, journals, videos, compact discs, government documents, etc.

Search library catalogs from local, state, national and international libraries.

RESEARCH DATABASES AND CENTRAL SEARCH
Login information if you are off campus.

Search for articles in journals, magazines and newspapers. There are also online dictionaries, encyclopedias and directories; and databases that provide legal cases, tax information, investment reports, and more.

List of databases by subject category.
Alphabetical list of databases.
Central Search lets you search several databases at one time. Central Search is not recommended for in-depth research. Use it to find a few articles or to see which database might be the best to use.
For serious research, click on the database name to use its search options -- not Central Search.
Basic strategy for finding articles.
Database guides and quick reference sheets.
How to log in from off campus.

Databases are also called Article Databases, Research Databases, A & I Databases (abstract and index), Abstract Databases, Electronic Databases, Electronic Indexes and the 'Deep Web'.

ELECTRONIC BOOKS - digital copies of print books

See this E-book Guide for information.
NetLibrary FAQs
You can search for NetLibrary books in the UNF catalog using the advanced search. Type netlibrary in one search box and your keyword or title or author, etc., in another search box.
You can also search in NetLibrary itself.

ARTICLE LINKER AND CITATION LINKER

When searching a library database, if the full text of an article is not immediately available, click on the Article Linker icon to see a menu of options for finding the full text.
If the full text is available in another database, you will see a link to the article. Many times you will have several full text options.
If full text is not available, you can automatically search the library catalog to see if the journal is available in the library in print.
If it is not available either way, you can send off an Interlibrary Loan request with the click of a mouse.
You can also see if the journal is scholarly or refereed.
Citation Linker lets you look for the full text when you already have a citation (author, title, journal, volume number, etc.)

E-JOURNAL PORTAL

Find out which database has the full text of a particular journal.
Find lists of journals by subject area.

You can use Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory to find out which database indexes a journal or magazine. It is available here. You must log in to use Ulrich's if you are off campus. You may also use CUFTS. This tool is maintained by Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.

Many databases use journal abbreviations. Here is a list of abbreviations for medical journals. Here is a list of general journals.