Online Databases
NTI Library subscribes to a collection of online databases to support the study and research needs of its staff and students. These databases contain a variety of academic material including scholarly journals, trade journals, ebooks, theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, newspaper reports and case studies.
Get the most out of your databases
All databases offer the same service: access to scholarly material. But every database is a little different, and offers its own unique tools and support. Explore the guides and videos available below to discover how you can get the most out of each NTI database.
For additional help, contact the Library.
How do I use the databases?
Although every database has a different look, they all include the same search features. Our video on search tips will show you how to get the most out of your database searches, and give a step-by-step example.
ProQuest is an extensive interdisciplinary database that includes:
- Scholarly journals, newspapers, working papers, industry reports, dissertations and other periodicals.
- Ebooks, able to be read online or downloaded for offline reading with the Ebook Central Reader App on desktop or mobile.
It covers a wide range of subject areas including health, medical and social sciences, religion, arts and humanities, education, technology and news.
ProQuest Guides
- Guide: Basic Search Guide – A simple overview of conducting a search from the ProQuest home page and tips on how to narrow your results.
- Guide: Advanced Search Guide – A simple overview of how to search more efficiently on the Advanced Search page.
- Video: Introducing ProQuest Research Assistant (2m 14s) – This tools helps you build more targeted searches, understand the main points of a document, evaluate the relevance of a document and suggests next steps in the research process. Remember: These tools aim to assist in understanding a source, but you can only verify their accuracy by reading the source itself.
- Guide: My Research – Create a free My Research account to save and organise sources that you discover in ProQuest. You can save past searches you have conducted and create alerts for topics you want to follow.
JSTOR provides access to scholarly journals, primary sources, images and a selection of ebooks. It covers a wide range of disciplines including religion, history, social science, arts and humanities, health science, ecology, social work and education.
JSTOR Guides
- Video: Choosing scholarly and primary sources (1m 43s) – A brief overview of the different sources available in JSTOR.
- Video: Narrow by subject and date (1m 29s) – Learn how to narrow down your search results to focus on relevant sources.
- Video: Additional search terms (1m 06s) – Add new keywords to your preliminary search instead of starting over!
- Video: JSTOR’s AI Research Tool (7m 15s) – Understand how this new tool can identify key points and arguments within a source or locate related sources. All AI-generated content is drawn from the source itself. Links to the relevant page are provided to improve reliability and allow users to verify information provided by the tool. Remember: These tools aim to assist in understanding a source, but you can only verify their accuracy by reading the source itself.
- Video: Saving what you find on JSTOR (2m 55s) – Learn how to use your personal JSTOR Workspace to keep track of sources you want to revisit (this requires you to set up a free personal JSTOR account, follow the simple steps in this video).
Perlego provides access to over one million ebooks across multiple disciplines, and new titles are added every week. The online reader includes built-in tools like highlighting, note-taking, reading lists and a Read Aloud feature for improved accessibility. Access Perlego below or download the mobile app via Google Play and the App Store.
If this is your first time using Perlego, you must follow the set up instructions in THIS GUIDE.
Perlego Guides
- Video: Using Perlego as a Student (3m 43s) – An introductory tour of Perlego.
- Video: Get an overview with the Book page (57s) – Navigate the Book page, which contains a book’s details and contents.
- Video: Study smarter with the eReader (Updated) (3m 34s) – Explore the online ereader, including book navigation, keyword search, display settings, features like read aloud and annotation tools.
- Video: How to use Workspaces on Perlego (2m 11s) – Use your Workspace to collect and organise sources you want to revisit in Perlego.
- Guide: How to use the Research Assistant – This tool offers responses to research questions based on content available within Perlego. All answers include a citation that will take you to the book used to build a response. Remember: These tools aim to assist in understanding a source, but you can only verify their accuracy by reading the source itself.