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Provides indexing and abstracts for over 13,000 scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines, and full text for over 9,000 of these journals.
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General & Multidisciplinary Databases
Google Scholar
Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as...
View moreJSTOR
Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and...
View moreProQuest Central
Covering more than 160 subject areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical content. Features a diversified mix of content including...
View moreSummon
Summon combines many previously disparate databases of articles and other documents, plus the NC State University Libraries' catalog. Summon is a good place to start your research.
View moreWeb of Science
Multidisciplinary coverage of over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well...
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- Business data - Statistical data about business or industry operations.
- Case studies - In-depth analyses of real-world events or situations that highlight key principles within a discipline.
- Company reports - Periodic reports of the status of a corporation, including financial, leadership, and competitor information; may be prepared by the organization itself or by a third party.
- Demographic/census data - Statistics about state, regional, or national population groups that report population data such as age, location, income, etc.
- Films - Feature-length movies, documentaries, etc.
- Government documents - Documents published by government entities as part of their ongoing work, such as Congressional records, court briefs, agency reports, etc.
- Images - High-resolution scans of photographs (documentary or artistic), fine art, etc.
- Industry reports - Reports analyzing the status of an industry, including size, key players, opportunities and threats, growth projections, etc.
- Magazines - Mass-market periodical publications intended for a non-professional audience, such as the New Yorker, Life Magazine, Sky and Telescope, etc.
- Market reports - Reports that describe the market for a product or service, including audience size, key providers, economic indicators, growth projections, etc.
- Material properties - Physical properties of materials relevant to science, engineering, and industry, such as density, lubricity, tensile strength, phase diagrams, etc.
- Newspapers - Publications about current events, usually released daily or weekly, such as the New York Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the Chicago Tribune.
- Patents - Government documents that record the details of an invention, and grant the inventor the exclusive rights to its manufacture for a limited time.
- Pricing information - Current price data for materials including chemicals, economic commodities, textiles, etc.
- Primary sources - Artifacts such as documents, manuscripts, recordings, etc., that provide first-hand or contemporary accounts of historical events or time periods.
- Search by CAS number - Supports searching by CAS Registry Number, a unique identifier that identifies a specific chemical compound.
- Search by NAICS code - Supports searching by NAICS Code, a standardized code used to identify specific industries and industry segments.
- Self-directed learning - Materials that support learning skills outside of a formal educational setting, such as video tutorials or how-to guides.
- Standards - Formalized specifications describing engineering requirements, testing methods, or practices, to ensure consistent and comparable outcomes.
- Supply chain information - Information about generation, processing, and distribution capacities for commodities and manufactured goods.
- Tests and measurements - Educational and psychological tools for evaluating individuals against a reference population.
- Theses and dissertations - Documents submitted as a requirement to complete an advanced degree, usually evaluated and approved by a committee of scholars with appropriate expertise.