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Databases & Resources

This guide provides an overview of CSM library databases and other resources for finding information.

CSM Libraries provide access to many databases where you can find articles, journals, eBooks, book chapters, and reference sources (such as encyclopedias, quick introductions to a topic, and dictionaries). 

Databases may look different and include different subjects or types of source, but ALL databases will have a few common features:

  1. Search Box(es) - enter keywords
  2. Limit / Refine Search Results - by date, source type, subject, peer-review, etc.
  3. Tools to Manage Your Research - link (URL), copy, save, email, print, cite, export, etc.

Note: If you are off-campus, you will need to login to myCSMD after clicking the database links.

 

Quick Links

Saving Database Links

Don't lose your work!

Any links to database sources need to fit two criteria:

  1. The link is stable URL ("permanent link" or "permalink").
  2. The link includes a proxy string (an addition that will prompt log in through myCSMD so you can be properly "logged in" when going into database resources).

Proxy

If the link you copied from the database does not include "exproxy.csmd.edu/login" anywhere in the link, you will need to add the following proxy prefix BEFORE the database link:

https://ezproxy.csmd.edu/login?url=

Stable URLs

These links can be found for sources in each of the library databases, but may be called something different by each database provider.

Icons for permanent links in ProQuest, EBSCO, and Gale.

ProQuest

Click "Copy URL" OR click "All Options" to see and copy the permanent link.

Tool options in ProQuest including buttons for: Download PDF, Cite, Copy URL, Print, All Options

EBSCO

Click "Permalink" (under "Tools" on the right side of the page) then copy the link that appears above the article title.

Gale

Click "Get Link" (at the top of the page below the header image) and copy the link.

CREDO Reference

After selecting your source, click "Page Link" (at the top of the page) and copy the link.

Oxford Reference

Click the "+" icon (at the top of the page on the right, above the title) and select "More."

Tools in the Oxford Reference Database

This will open options for sharing, with the link at the top of the box.

"Share" options in the Oxford Reference database

Infobase Academic eBooks

Click "Embed/Link" (towards the top of the page, underneath the title) then copy the record URL, or you can copy the embed code to add to MyLearning.