Utilizing Research Tools

Subscription databases provide a wealth of current information in the form of articles organized by subject for students to further research relevant course topics. These articles are typically found in journals and periodicals (such as The New York Times, CNN and Time Magazine) for which students would usually need to subscribe in order to obtain the complete articles. Westwood pays fees to companies that provide these resources, so students will be able to access comprehensive, current material quickly.

To access subscription databases, please log in to Westwood Online and click on the Learning Resources tab on the top of the page. The databases are listed on the left navigational pane of the page.

The following subscription databases are available to meet your research needs.

EBSCO Host Research Databases

  • Academic Search Elite offers full text for more than 2,050 scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles, covering virtually every area of academic study with full text information dating as far back as 1985.
  • Computer Source provides researchers with the latest information and current trends in high technology. This database offers full text for more than 300 publications and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 publications.
  • MasterFILE Premier provides full text for nearly 2,050 general reference publications, 350 full text reference books, over 80,000 biographies, over 90,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of over 100,000 photos, maps and flags.
    • LexisNexis

    • LexisNexis Academic provides searchable access to full-text information from over 5,600 sources including national and regional news sources; U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations; Shepard’s® Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789; and business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
    • LexisNexis Statistical enables easy access to statistics produced by the U.S. government, major international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities.

      MadCad

      MadCad offers building codes, knowledge-based design solutions, and guidelines of how to meet building code requirements.
      • World Book Online Reference Center

        World Book Online Reference Center offers a wide range of resources including encyclopedia articles, animation and videos, atlases, historical articles, a dictionary, Estudiantil Hallazgos (World Book's intermediate Spanish-language encyclopedia), monthly features, sounds, special reports, “today in history” facts, and more.

        netLibrary

        Our collection of over 700 netLibrary e-Books are digital full-text versions of books such as reference works, scholarly monographs, literature, and fiction. There are also over 3,000 publicly-accessible titles available. These resources are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week from any location in the world.

        Identifying Professional Journals

        Following is a representatitve index of journals available in the subscription databases. The index is categorized by program and highlights these programs:

      • Animation
      • Computer Networking
      • Criminal Justice
      • eBusiness
      • Game Design
      • Graphic Design
      • Interior Design and CAD
      • Information Systems Security
      • Software Engineering
      • Visual Communications
      • Journal Index by Program


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