What Is ProQuest Used For?

ProQuest is

a collection of many databases that provide access to thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, dissertations, and other publications

. Mouse over Find on the library homepage then click on Databases.

What is the purpose of ProQuest?

ProQuest started as a producer of microfilm products, then became an electronic publisher, and later grew through acquisitions. Today, the company provides

tools for discovery and citation management, and platforms that allow library users to search, manage, use, and share research

.

Is ProQuest peer reviewed?

Most (but not all)

scholarly publications are peer reviewed

. Instead, ProQuest excludes these peer reviewed trade publications and only considers publications that are scholarly in terms of content, intent, and audience.

Is ProQuest a search engine?

Search

across all ProQuest platform databases with the Basic Search. You can search All source types or choose to limit your search by a source type such as Scholarly Journals, Videos & Audio, Dissertations & Theses, Books and others that are available through the More menu.

Is ProQuest an academic source?

ProQuest

One Academic

Journals

, ebooks, videos and dissertations, in one unified experience.

How does ProQuest make money?

ProQuest pays

royalties of 10% of its net revenue from sales of your dissertation or thesis

in all formats, including PDF, hardbound, softbound, and microfilm formats. We also pay royalties for downloads as part of a ProQuest Dissertation & Theses Global subscription.

What is meant by ProQuest?

ProQuest LLC is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based global information-content and technology company that

provides solutions, applications, and products for libraries

. Its resources and tools support research and learning, publishing and dissemination, and the acquisition, management and discovery of library collections.

Is ProQuest a reliable source?

Full Details. This database is a part of the larger ProQuest Central Journals Collection subscribed to by the University. It offers

reliable

, comprehensive coverage of the fields of nursing and allied health including journals, video, dissertations, reference books and more.

How do you know if an article is peer reviewed on ProQuest?

If you have located the article in EBSCO or Proquest databases, and are viewing the articles information page, you can

click on the linked title of the journal

to find out more information about the journal, as can be seen in the image below. … Visit the journal website and read the description of the journal.

Does ProQuest have abstracts?

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

Citations for dissertations and master's theses published from 1980

forward have abstracts

. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637.

How much does ProQuest cost?

What does NOFT mean in ProQuest?

Your organization's ProQuest administrator may have chosen to change the default to search

Anywhere except full text

(NOFT) instead. Anywhere except full text (NOFT) searches the full bibliographic record, but does NOT include a search of the full text.

How many databases does ProQuest have?

ProQuest Central includes the multidisciplinary Research Library, Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database, and

nine regional databases

.

Is ProQuest a free database?

Designed to complement other databases and collections, this multidisciplinary database brings together links to full text for publicly available scholarly content from a number of different sources from around the world, all of which are open access

or license-free

.

What is ProQuest eLibrary?

What is ProQuest eLibrary. eLibrary®—

the user-friendly general reference tool

—delivers general reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed to support every range of user, including elementary students, college-prep and college-level researchers, and professional educators.

What journals are in ProQuest?

• Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database.
• Agricultural & Environmental Science Database.
• Arts.
• Biological Science Database.
• Business.
• Earth, Atmospheric, & Aquatic Science Database.
• Ebook Central Popular.
• Ebook Central Español.