LinkedIn Learning (which bought Lynda.com) is a great resource for tutorials on popular software and coding languages. It also has some "soft skills" videos on topics like business management and communication.
If you want to learn more about Information Literacy, here are some short LinkedIn Learning videos you might want to explore:
If you want to learn more about Information Literacy, here are some short LinkedIn Learning videos you might want to explore:
Proquest Research Library
ProQuest Research Library provides in-depth coverage of the top 150 core academic subject, including 5,060 titles from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
Web of Science
A multi-disciplinary database that provides integrated access to over 8,000 key research journals indexed in: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index
ProQuest Research Library provides in-depth coverage of the top 150 core academic subject, including 5,060 titles from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
Web of Science
A multi-disciplinary database that provides integrated access to over 8,000 key research journals indexed in: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index
*Mostly Secondary Sources
AccessSciece
Articles, research reviews, and definitions covering many scientific disciplines.
Gale In Context: Science
Contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites.
AccessSciece
Articles, research reviews, and definitions covering many scientific disciplines.
Gale In Context: Science
Contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted websites.
*Mostly Primary Sources
IEEE Xplore Digital Library
We have full-text access to the surprisingly large collection of conferences associated with IEEE. Even if you don't think IEEE is involved, if it was about electronics, it's worth a look here. (video tutorial on searching)
Engineering Village
Engineering Village is a comprehensive engineering platform that contains journals, conference proceedings, dissertations, trade magazines, technical reports, and engineering information ideal for supporting the varying engineering research initiatives that academic institutions, corporations, and government agencies face every day. (video tutorials on searching)
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers, including coverage of 500 Open Access journals, 700 Conference Proceedings, 600 Trade Publications, 125 Book Series.
Proquest STEM Database
Comprised of more than 500 scholarly journals and popular science magazines, these publications support research and instruction in science, technology, engineering, and math.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library
We have full-text access to the surprisingly large collection of conferences associated with IEEE. Even if you don't think IEEE is involved, if it was about electronics, it's worth a look here. (video tutorial on searching)
Engineering Village
Engineering Village is a comprehensive engineering platform that contains journals, conference proceedings, dissertations, trade magazines, technical reports, and engineering information ideal for supporting the varying engineering research initiatives that academic institutions, corporations, and government agencies face every day. (video tutorials on searching)
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers, including coverage of 500 Open Access journals, 700 Conference Proceedings, 600 Trade Publications, 125 Book Series.
Proquest STEM Database
Comprised of more than 500 scholarly journals and popular science magazines, these publications support research and instruction in science, technology, engineering, and math.
If you need some facts and figures to support your assignments, try looking here in addition to your scholarly journal articles:
- Statista
Integrates over 85,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 10,000 sources onto a single professional platform. The database provides business customers, researchers, and the academic community with direct access to relevant quantitative facts in many areas of interest.

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