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Library One Search
Find articles, books, ebooks, and videos with one search. 

Academic Search Complete
Find articles, including scholarly peer-reviewed articles, on a variety of topics.

See all databases (Databases A-Z)
List of all of the databases available from the NLU Library.


These resources are a great starting point for research, but also see the Databases by Subject section to search databases for specific subject areas. 

Contact the NLU Library with questions: library@nl.edu

Select a subject below to open the list of databases for that subject area. On the next page select a database to open and begin searching for resources on your specific topic.

See all databases (Databases A-Z)

Business & Management

Children’s & Young Adult

Criminal Justice

Culinary & Hospitality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Education

      Health & Human Services

      Psychology & Counseling

      Social Sciences


Library One Search - Journal Search
Limit your search to find specific journal titles available from the NLU Library.

Interlibrary Loan - Tipasa Account
Use your Tipasa Account to request articles that are not available full text in an NLU Library database.
See the Library Resources & Services guide for more information about Tipasa.

Library One Search - Books and Ebooks Search

Limit your search to find only books and ebooks available from the NLU Library. 

Library One Search - Search All Partner Libraries Across Illinois (I-Share)

Limit your search to physical items available from the NLU Library and all partner libraries in the CARLI I-Share system. Login to your Library One Search account to request physical items to borrow from the NLU Library and CARLI I-Share member libraries to be sent to your preferred pickup location. 

Boundless

Check out this collection of popular eBooks and digital audiobooks from Baker & Taylor available for download. Check out the Boundless Guide for information on logging in and navigation. (Note: Library card ID can be found in the Portal or on your NLU ID card.)

Ebook Databases

Select an ebook database from the next page in order to search within a specific ebook collection.

NLU Library Material Recommendation Form

Suggest materials for the library to purchase to enhance our academic, popular, and children's collections.

Library One Search - Videos Search

Limit your search to only videos available from the NLU Library.

Academic Video Online from Alexander Street

Streaming video database with videos on subjects such as black studies, business, counseling and therapy, criminal justice, education, diversity studies, health, history, and more. See the Alexander Street Video Database Tutorial for more information.

Films on Demand

Streaming video database with videos appropriate for academic research on topics such as business, communication, criminal justice, education, humanities, mathematics, psychology, and science. See the Films on Demand Tutorial for more information.

Teaching Channel

Streaming videos about current trends and best practices in education.

Digital Commons

Find NLU dissertations published after 2009. The NLU Wheeling campus library has NLU dissertations published before 2009, which can be found by searching Library One Search. Contact the NLU Library if you have questions about a print dissertation or need help locating a dissertation: library@nl.edu 


NLU doctoral students are encouraged to publish their dissertations in Digital Commons. See the Digital Commons guide for instructions on submitting your dissertation for publication. Contact digitalcommons@nl.edu if you have questions about how to submit your dissertation for publication.

Library One Search

Sign into Library One Search to request physical items from the NLU Library as well as from over 80 Illinois academic libraries in the CARLI I-Sshare system. Use your Library One search account to view the status of your requests and to renew items checked out to your NLU Library account. See the Library One Search Tutorial for more information.

Interlibrary Loan - Tipasa Account

Use your Tipasa Account to request articles that are not available full text in an NLU Library database. All articles are delivered electronically to your Tipasa account. See the Tipasa Account page in the Library Resources and Services guide for more information.

Library Account Questions

Contact the NLU Wheeling Campus Library at 847-947-5503, or email library@nl.edu

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