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Databases: Choosing & Using

Learn how to find which library databases are the best for searching on your topic and how to use the databases to your advantage--saving you time and energy!

A library database is...

Via databases the library provide you with thousands of electronic resources, offering a vast collection of full-text documents (including articles, videos, and music), citations, and abstracts from a wide range of scholarly works.

We subscribe to over 100 research databases, which include journal, magazine, and newspaper articles across a variety of disciplines. These databases also provide access to streaming music and video content.

Our databases can be interdisciplinary, covering multiple fields, or subject-specific, focusing on areas such as history, psychology, literature, and more.

These resources are available 24/7 to current Rider students, faculty, and staff. To access databases visit http://library.rider.edu and click on "Databases." You'll be asked to login with your Rider Key.