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Tips for using and making the most of ProQuest Central.

ProQuest Central

ProQuest Central is a library database of both scholarly and popular sources including academic journals, magazines, and newspapers from a wide variety of subject areas. It’s a great place to start your research on almost any topic. Here are a few tips to get started.

Searching ProQuest Central

Review the interactive tutorial below for steps on how to search within the ProQuest Central database.

Click the purple "Next" button to progress through the slides.

Next Steps

If you’re not finding enough relevant articles for your topic, check out the information on the Search Tips tab of this guide to learn how to improve your search results.

For help accessing the full-text of an article, see the Accessing Full-Text tab.

For help with saving, sharing, and citing articles, see the Saving, Sharing & Citing Sources tab.

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