Visit the ASK desk in person
Call 615-230-3400
Email circulation@volstate.edu
ASK a Librarian in person
Email librarian@volstate.edu
Schedule an Appointment
Chat Live with a Librarian 24/7
These databases can be used by students and faculty in any subject area. They contain information on a wide variety of topics!
Explore a comprehensive database of premier periodical resource on multidisciplinary subjects. Gale Academic OneFile, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee. Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).
JSTOR is an online library of journals, academic ebooks, images, and primary sources. JSTOR helps you explore a wide range of scholarly content with additional research tools and features. ArtSTOR is included in JSTOR.
provides an international mix of scholarly, professional, and consumer periodicals that cover over 150 subjects, including business, the sciences, medical, technology, literature, the arts, and history. Research Library is updated daily with new content and includes a deep backfile, providing users with deeper historical context. A key multidisciplinary resource, Research Library is built on renowned ProQuest vocabulary and indexing and brings all of these resources together through a single user-friendly interface.
What do you expect to find when you start your research? If you think there's a perfect source or two out there that exactly matches your research question you're most likely mistaken. This video can help provide you with some perspective on what you'll find in your research and what to do when you don't find exactly what you're looking for.
Databases are organized collection of information. They are most often used to find journals and other periodical literature which are usually the best sources for an academic research paper. Before using a database let's get a good understanding of how they work and how to find solid resources using one.
These are some of the most used subject databases.
Other subject area databases can be found by using the Subject drop down menu from the A-Z Database list or by using one of the Library's research Guides.
