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Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Gather background information on your topic from hundreds of full-text general and subject-specific reference titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.

How to Configure Google Scholar:

For best performance using Google Scholar, before you begin set your preferences to Wilmington College.

1. Access the Google Scholar webpage by going to http://scholar.google.com.

2. Click the three strips on the upper left side of webpage, and then click on "Settings" link.

3. Click on "Library Links" link, and search for Wilmington College and select Wilmington College - Check Full Text. (Also search for Worldcat and select Open WorldCat - Library Search.)

4. You should see the following and click on "Save" (bottom of page):

Wilmington College - Check Full Text

Open WorldCat - Library Search

You're ready to search Google Scholar with access to Watson Library resources!

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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 5,217 active global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking.
EBSCO also offers their own mobile app experience, click here to learn more.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete includes rigorous curation and indexing of open access (OA) journals, which has resulted in a growing collection of 1,160 active global OA journals. Once validated and certified for inclusion, these OA journals are treated with high-quality subject indexing and sophisticated, precise/accurate full-text linking.  
EBSCO also offers their own mobile app experience, click here to learn more.
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) This link opens in a new window
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) brings together the most comprehensive collection of content – including superior indexing from top subject indexes, high-end full text, and a library’s collection – all within an unparalleled, full-featured customizable discovery layer that is vendor-neutral and fully interoperable with other important library services.

EDS supports integrated searching of content from full-text databases, citation databases, and local content collections such as library catalogs and other locally managed digital collections. The integrated search experience is achieved by compiling and indexing metadata from a variety of content sources into a unified pre-indexed search platform.
EBSCO also offers their own mobile app experience, click here to learn more.
EBSCO Publication Finder This link opens in a new window
Looking for a particular book, journal, or newspaper? Full Text Finder is a state-of-the-art knowledge base search service for locating publications in your institution’s collection, regardless of publisher or provider. In this video, we will look at the features of the new Publication Finder interface, which include search and browse.
EBSCO also offers their own mobile app experience, click here to learn more.
Electronic Journal Center (EJC) This link opens in a new window
The OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) is a full text searchable database of electronic journal articles from more than 11,000 academic journals from top scholarly publishers, academic societies and university presses. The EJC covers a wide range of disciplines and contains just published scientific research as well as historical journal articles. New articles are added daily.
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Nexis Uni is an easy-to-use academic search engine. It delivers relevant content that makes scholarly research more efficient, and it provides personalization, discovery, and collaboration features that students and university faculty want in a student research tool.