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Start Your Research Here!

The Library's Roadrunner Search searches across most of the Library's databases.

For more information, see the Roadrunner Search FAQs.

Contact the NU Library!

The Library’s website and resources are available 24/7.

Phone: (888) 628-1569
Text/SMS: (928) 550-6552
Email: library@ncu.edu

Library Staffed Hours (not including observed holidays)

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Monday through Thursday: 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM -7:00 PM

The Research Consultation service offers students an in-depth, personalized, one-on-one meeting with a reference librarian to discuss possible information resources and search strategies for class assignments, master’s theses, and doctoral dissertations.

Research consultations focus on:

Developing your search strategy
Identifying relevant databases and journals
Finding and evaluating information resources
Discovering alternative search terms for your topic
Using advanced search techniques for specific databases
Narrowing your search results

Click here for more information about research consultations and booking an appointment.

Library Guides

Specialized Databases

To browse all NU Library databases, go to A-Z Databases.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
EBSCO’s multi-disciplinary journals database including full-text and abstracts of articles. Includes a text-to-speech listening feature for some articles, as well as a tool for discovering citing articles, a browsable index of subject terms, and text-to-speech feature for some articles.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
EBSCO’s business database including scholarly articles, company profiles, and market research reports. Functionalities include SWOT analyses search filter, ability to search companies by criteria, a tool for discovering citing articles, and thesaurus to assist you in the discovery process.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
A reference database useful for accessing scholarly definitions, background and contextual information. Links you to various reference materials and includes a mind map feature that provides a visual of concepts related to your term. Subjects covered include art, biography, business, economics, education, history, literature, music, psychology, religion, and science and technology.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
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Proquest’s multi-disciplinary e-book collection. Download or read books online, as well as highlight and take notes in text. Browse by subject option.
Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Collection of GALE subject-specific databases. Includes visualization and browse by topic feature that aids in brainstorming topics, a Lexile feature that filters texts by difficulty, ability to highlight and add notes to text, and read-aloud feature.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Financial records, country and industry reports. Searchable by company name, country, number of employees and more. Up to 15 years of historical data. Also provides news articles on recent mergers and acquisitions, as well as industry and country reports.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
News, business and legal sources. Legal cases, statutes and news, as well as the Shepard''s Citations® service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789. Business research resources like SWOT analysis functionality, financials, merger and acquisition information and industry/country reports. Company Dossier retrieves detailed company information and financial performance measures and identifies/compares companies matching specific criteria. Regional, national and international news coverage, wire services, and broadcast transcripts.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Collection of more than 30 Proquest subject-specific databases covering Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities. Includes a Thesaurus feature that assists in using the database’s controlled vocabulary, as well as read-aloud feature.
SAGE Journals This link opens in a new window
Collection of SAGE journals specializing in behavioral science and education from 1999 to present. All SAGE content is scholarly/peer reviewed. Filter by source type, discipline, and search for keywords within texts.
Taylor & Francis Online This link opens in a new window
Scholarly, peer-reviewed journals covering all disciplines. Browse by topic or keyword search.