About Research Navigator™

The goal of Research Navigator™ is to help students understand the steps in the research process so they can more confidently and efficiently complete research assignments. In addition, Research Navigator™ offers students four exclusive databases of credible and reliable source content to help focus their research efforts and get the research process started.

Research Navigator™ includes four databases of credible and reliable source material:

EBSCO Academic Journal and Abstract Database, organized by subject, contains leading academic journals for each discipline covered. Instructors and students can search single or multiple disciplines simultaneously using either simple or sophisticated search strategies, such as keywords, article numbers, exact matches, or Boolean operators. Articles include abstract and citation information and can be cut, pasted, emailed, or saved for later use.

The New York Times Search by Subject™ Archive is organized by academic subject and searchable by keyword, or multiple keywords. Instructors and students have access to a one-year archive of full-text articles from the world’s leading journalists from The New York Times. The New York Times Search by Subject™ Archive is available exclusively to instructors and students through Research Navigator™.

Link Library, organized by subject, offers editorially selected “best of the web” sites. Link Libraries are continually scanned and kept up to date providing the most relevant and accurate links for research assignments.

Search a one-year archive of this leading daily business newspaper for news stories affecting companies, industries, and economies. Also use this database to access five-year financials for the 500 largest U.S. companies (by gross revenue).

In addition, Research Navigator™ also offers extensive content on the research process itself, tips on how to navigate and maximize research time in the campus library, a step-by-step guide to writing a research paper, and instructions on how to finish an academic assignment with endnotes and bibliography.