To access the library's e-resources, like ebooks and databases, you will log in with your full USC Aiken email address and your email password.
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If your research topic requires you to use more specialized resources, take a look at our Research Guides.
Once you have some keywords in mind, you'll be ready to search the Library's databases. Here are some good, general databases where you might begin your research:
This link opens in a new windowCovers all subject areas. Has a mix of magazines and journals including many that are peer-reviewed. Also includes a few major newspapers...
Gale Academic OneFile has over 8,000 peer-reviewed journals, the majority in full-text, from the world's leading journals and reference sources. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
Covers free, full-text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Aims to cover all subjects and languages.
Access news, business, and legal sources. These include regional, national, and international newspapers, news wires, broadcast transcripts, non-English language news sources, magazines, trade journals, business publications, SEC filings, law reviews, statutory, administrative, and case law.
Provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
Search the Library's catalog for books. The three most common methods of searching are demonstrated below:
