Choosing an appropriate online database is an essential part of research. How are you going to choose among those available through Brewer Library and the Huntsville Campus Library?

Online databases organize particular types of materials. Some index citations for government documents, conference proceedings, book reviews, or magazine and journal articles. Others, like your library catalog, focus on a particular collection. Knowing what type of information you are looking for will make your selection easier.

Many online databases specialize in a particular subject. There are databases for business, nursing, literature, and technology - virtually every academic discipline! Other databases are more general or multi-disciplinary, indexing popular and scholarly periodicals from a wide variety of topics.