EBSCO or PROQUEST?

Academic Search Premier

ProQuest Combined Databases

Library databases all contain content that is not available for free online. Holman Library pays for access to these so you don't have to. Aren't libraries great?! All databases are accessible to current GRC students, faculty and staff -- from anywhere on the planet you have internet access.

Are you often wondering whether you should search Academic Search Premier (ASP) or ProQuest, our two largest, multi-disciplinary databases? Here's some information to help you decide.

Academic Search Premier

• Its strength is its large amount of full text holdings of scholarly journal articles.
• Contains articles on all subjects.
• Contains scholarly (peer-reviewed), popular press (magazines), and newspaper titles.
• Contains full text of ~4,000 scholarly journals and 4700 non-scholarly titles.
• Contains citations for 12,000 scholarly journals and 13,600 non-scholarly titles.

ProQuest Combined Databases

• Its strength is its large amount of full text holdings of state, regional and national newspaper articles.
• Contains articles on all subjects.
• Contains scholarly (peer-reviewed), popular press (magazines), and newspaper titles.
• Provides simultaneous searching of 21 ProQuest Databases.
• Contains tons of newspaper articles including: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, LA Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, other national newspapers, Washington state newspapers, and western state newspapers.

Other search options

• Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) is great for topic overviews and background information. It provides simultaneous searching of hundreds of encyclopedias on all topics. All full text.
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context is great for pro and con perspectives on current social and political topics. Lots of full text.
• Subject databases allow searching of just the literature and full text sources in particular subjects business, literary criticism, health and medicine, psychology, sciences, sociology, and other fields. 

Save time! Ramp up your research skills beyond Google. Get the sources you need for your papers quickly! Impress your professor with your excellent sources! BONUS: Most databases will format your citations (APA, MLA, or other) for you. Another time saver!

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