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Frederick E. Berry Library and Learning Commons

ENL 314: Writing in the Workplace

Review Our Search Strategy

  • Salem State provides access to over 500 databases. 
  • The following shows the range of our holdings. 
  • The links are "live." 
  • Try your topic in them!

Multi-subject Databases

Search Example: SocINDEX

  • The following screen shots show my search example for women and employment during COVID-19 and most results:

  • Notice how the results from this academic database are very different from those in MasterFile Premier and the New York Times. 
  • They delve more into the broader issues surrounding working moms and the pandemic.
  • One article considers the different effects of the pandemic on men and women.

Nursing Databases

Computer Science Databases

Political Science Databases

Communications Databases

Education Databases

Fire Science Databases

  • Due to the interdisciplinary nature of fire science,I recommend searching in the Library Discovery Search Box.
  • This is the large search box you see when you enter the Library's web page.
  • Searching here brings up many articles across many disciplines.
  • Use limits in the left margin to narrow results.
  • Example:

TESOL Databases

Sport & Movement Science Databases