Research Guides: Automotive Research Guide: Finding Articles

Recommended Databases for Automotive Research

ChiltonLibrary (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Repair, maintenance and service information cars, trucks, vans and SUVs. Step-by-step tear-downs will facilitate work on the engine, chassis, electrical, drive train, suspension, and more. Includes photos, illustrations and repair procedures.

Use these general databases to find articles about specific vehicles, automotive technologies and companies.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Full text access to articles from academic journals, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals covering a variety of subject areas. Search results also include video news footage from the Associated Press, dating back to 1930.
Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
This business database provides full text for over 1,110 business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Elite provides information dating back to 1985. More than 10,150 substantial company profiles from Datamonitor are also included.
GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
A freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment. Provides approximately 612,000 citations from open access scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. Full text available for more than 9,100 records.
Science Full Text Select (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Full text science database that covers over 400 journals in a broad range of science topics. Includes scholarly journal articles.
Science & Technology (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Articles on science and technology topics from scholarly journals, trade journals, magazines and newspapers.
SIRS Issues Researcher (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
SIRS Issues Researcher provides insight into the most-studied social issues by delivering the pros and cons from relevant, credible documents and graphics selected from over 2,000 global sources. Leading Issues pages provide a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources.
US Major Dailies (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Newspaper articles from the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Washington Post. PCC offers a brief video with instructions for using this database.
EBSCOhost (Combined) This link opens in a new window
A combined search of a wide variety of EBSCOhost databases containing thousands of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles covering all disciplines. Includes scholarly journal articles. Includes Academic Search Premier, America: History and Life, science and medicine/health databases, psychology databases, and many more. PCC offers a brief video with instructions for using this database, and more advanced ways to improve your search,
ProQuest (combined) This link opens in a new window
A combined search of a wide variety of ProQuest databases offering full text access to articles from academic journals, newspapers, magazines and other periodicals covering a variety of subject areas. Includes ProQuest Research Library, GenderWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and many more databases.

Finding Articles

Evidence found in newspaper, magazine and journal articles is more specific than background information and support your arguments. Scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles are often required for academic papers. These articles are found using subscription library databases.

The short list of databases on this page may be particularly useful for your assignment. A full list of our databases can be found here:

Database List (all databases)
A list of all databases available through the PCC Library. Can be viewed as an alphabetical list or sorted by subject and type of content.

Popular vs. Scholarly Sources

Do you know what a peer-reviewed journal article is? The videos below discuss the difference between "popular" non-scholarly periodicals (including newspapers and magazines) and scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.

Also, check out these links about popular vs. scholarly sources:

Popular Magazine or Scholarly Journal. What's the difference?
Anatomy of a Scholarly Journal Article
From NCSU Libraries

Automotive Research Guide

Automotive magazines available online

Off Campus Log In (Database Access)

Why Use a Database?

Using Google Scholar at PCC

Recommended Databases for Automotive Research

Finding Articles

Popular vs. Scholarly Sources