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Research guide for students of Business at NSU.

Scholarly Resources vs. Popular Resources

Source: "Study Help: Scholarly Sources Explained" by University of South Australia; https://youtu.be/IRCHdhdS_aU.
Accessed 3/27/2023. License: CC-BY-NC-SA.

Searching Databases

The Lyman Beecher Brooks Library (LBBL) can connect you with hundreds of databases to help you build general knowledge, to perform background research, to connect your with scholarly resources, and even find some entertainment with streaming movies and audio.

Many databases are specific to content type or discipline and will have specific best practices and strategies for getting the best search results. Visit the Library 101 - Advanced Research Techniques guide to learn more.

The complete listing of databases is available on our A-Z Database List.

Note that you may need to authenticate through OpenAthens using your MyNSU login credentials in order to access content.
For more information, visit the following guide How to Access Databases from Off-Campus.

All students, faculty, and staff at NSU have access to FREE subscriptions to the Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Sign up for an account to have access to current and archival coverage from some of the world's best news outlets. Please visit the following guide for details: Newspaper Digital Subscriptions for Students, Faculty, and Staff

In addition to the newspaper subscriptions above, the NSU research databases include access to historical newspapers, news aggregators, and business reporting platforms. Try out the following resources or visit the full A-Z database list for more: A-Z Databases


Reference databases are a great place to start your research. These databases include resources that are perfect for background information and broad coverage of topics, such as: encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, and manuals.

Try out some of the reference databases below to get started or visit the full database list here: A-Z Databases


NSU research databases include access to current and historical resources ranging from primary resources to scholarly books and peer-reviewed articles.

Try out some of the research databases below to get started or visit the full database list here: A-Z Databases


Major research platforms that cover multiple disciplines include EBSCOhost and ProQuest:


Primary resource databases include items such as original works and digitized historical materials:

The library offers a wide variety of audio / visual databases from instructional lab videos to popular movies and jazz music.

Try out some of the audio / visual databases below to get started or visit the full database list here: A-Z Databases


O'Reilly for Higher Education

Logging in:

  1. Navigate to the NSU Library Database A-Z list
  2. Select O’Reilly for Higher Education at the top of the list
  3. Type in your full NSU email address into the Sign In box.

  1. Click the "Continue" button
  2. The next screen will confirm that you are with Norfolk State University
  3. Click the "Sign in with SSO" button

  1. This will bring you to the OpenAthens Authentication page. On this page, only put your username (the part of your email before the @ symbol) and password, do not put your full email address


OpenAthens login page.

 

This should bring you to your O'Reilly Account.

As a note, O'Reilly does have an app available for iOS (O'Reilly on the App Store (apple.com)) and Android (O'Reilly - Apps on Google Play) devices where you can search and access content with less frequent logins.

You will also receive a welcome email from O'Reilly after your first login.

On the O'Reilly home page, there is a search box at the top where you can type in key words, events, topics, titles, etc...  You can also browse by "Topics" or "Start Learning" which is divided into "books", "courses", and "answers."

Click on the "Topics" link and in the drop down menu click on "View all topics."

Search for a specific topic using the Topics filter in the left panel.

Then sort your results by format, publication date, publisher, relevance, popularity, rating, and date added.

Save interesting content to your playlist so you can easily come back to it later. The "Add to playlist" button is on the upper left of the item page.

O'Reilly will also list your history on your landing page.

 

See related topics and follow the ones that interest you. O'Reilly will personalize your home page with content in the topic areas you follow.