In a previous post, we discussed St. Louis County Library's database Academic OneFile and its wealth of academic and news articles, video and audio for research tasks. With Academic OneFile so useful, is there a need for a second academic database, such as Academic Search Elite?
The answer is yes! Assume as before that someone is researching nuclear accidents. They will start at www.slcl.org, select the Research tab, then databases A-Z on the left hand side and choose Academic Search Elite, the second database under the letter A. Within this database, after logging in with library card number and PIN, a customer can enter "nuclear accidents" as the subject. The results can be further limited to full text.
As with Academic OneFile, professional journals such as Nuclear Engineering result. However, a significant difference is that now there are results from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. In addition, Academic Search Elite has an "images" link at the top, which the researcher can use to find photos, charts and diagrams to include in their work.
Taken together, these two databases at the top of the list are a powerful, complementary team for most serious research.
--Harry C., Reference
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