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Resources For Online Students: Online Databases

This guide will help students find the resources they need to succeed in online classes.

How To Log In To A Database

Once you have clicked on the title of a database, you will be asked to log in. You can log in with either your Library Barcode OR your myLoneStar Username & Password.

 

How To Find A Database

To find a database, go to https://www.lonestar.edu/library/article-databases.htm and choose from the list of subjects. If you are not sure how to get to a database that you can search, click on the document below.

 

How To Find A Scholarly Article

If your instructor has required you to use scholarly or peer-reviewed articles (they are the same thing by the way), there are easy ways to limit your search so that all the articles in your results list are scholarly/ peer-reviewed. Look for words such as "Limit Your Results" on the search page. It is also a good idea to limit your search to "Full Text," so that everything in your search results will include the full article.

Here is an example from Academic Search Complete: