MC Library Research Guides: ENGL 102 &amp; 103: ENGL 103

Resources for ENGL 103

Search for information about business and management:

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window Indexes more than 9,070 magazine and journal titles in all areas of business; approximately 8,197 of these are full text. Also includes country reports.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window Full text coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from metropolitan and rural areas in the U.S.
Gale Business Insights: Global This link opens in a new window Over 460,000 company profiles, including 2,000 with deep links to related content and Refinitiv statistical data.

Company & Industry Research:

Statista This link opens in a new window Statista provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on more than 600 industries. In addition to tables and charts, Statista also provides infographics and studies on selected industries and topics.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window Access to global company database available with information such as U.S. Company Data, International Company Data, U.S. Company Archives, International Company Archives, U.S. Annual Reports, International Annual Reports, U.S. Earnings Estimates, Industry Reports, Competitor Reports and much, much more. Also includes Experian National Business Private Company Database.
Gartner This link opens in a new window
Requires MyMC username and password to log in.

All Business & Management Databases

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Search for information about nursing and health:

CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window CINAHL Complete is a comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1300 journals indexed in CINAHL. Includes indexing for more than 5000 journals and searchable cited references for more than 1460 journals.
Ovid Nursing Database This link opens in a new window Provides full text for 60 core nursing journals such as AJN, the American Journal of Nursing, and more. Users can also switch over to the larger Journals@Ovid database by clicking on the Change link to access and search the index and abstracts.
PubMed This link opens in a new window Provides openly-available, peer-reviewed scientific research in biomedical and life sciences at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. PubMed is developed and managed by NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information in the National Library of Medicine.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This link opens in a new window Full-text database covering an array of Nursing-related topics, including pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and many more.
Nursing and Allied Health (Gale) This link opens in a new window Access includes peer-reviewed, full-text titles cited in CINAHL supporting specialized care, treatment, and patient management. Functionality features a topic finder, highlighting, and note-taking tools.
Nursing Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window Provides evidence-based information for point of care, continuing education, nursing research, and more.
Biological Science Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Provides full-text journal articles, abstracts, and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.

All Nursing Databases

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Writing as a Professional Nurse This information from the Purdue Online Writing Lab is intended to help you get used to accurate writing essential in the nursing and health sciences field.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research from Question to Proposal
Recommendations for Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications

Search for information about computer science:

Gale OneFile: Computer Science This link opens in a new window Covers all aspects of computer hardware and software and related topics; 362 of these titles are full text.
ScienceDirect Elsevier Science Journals This link opens in a new window Online access to Elsevier journal subscriptions in the physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities.
Engineering Source This link opens in a new window Engineering Source offers full-text coverage for nearly 2,000 publications, including journals, magazines, and trade publications, all directly dealing with engineering-related issues.
Scientific American This link opens in a new window Full text access to Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the US and a leading publication for science in the general media, from 1910 to the present.
O'Reilly Online Learning This link opens in a new window
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Company & Industry Research:

Gartner This link opens in a new window
Requires MyMC username and password to log in.

All Computer Science Databases

In addition to research tips provided elsewhere on this toolkit, following focused resources will help you in writing business/technical proposals or scientific reports for ENGL 103.

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CSE Citations

CSE Citations Guide

Visit the guide linked above to learn about the Council of Science Editors (CSE) citation style, including information on how to create in-text citations, a reference list, and how to cite different types of sources.

Scientific Style and Format Online This link opens in a new window
Part of the Chicago Manual of Style suite of citation guides, intended for authors, editors, publishers, students, and translators in all areas of science and related fields.

Writer's Handbook (UW-Madison) CSE Documentation Style

Scientific Style and Format by Council of Science Editors
Call Number: T11 .S386 2014 (Germantown and Rockville campus libraries, use link above for online access)

Always check with your course instructor to verify which style you should use when writing a paper.

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