Accessing databases
Now that you understand why we use databases and the planning involved when looking for journal articles, lets do a search using an example from the medical sciences.

Which database do I use?
UNSW Library has access to hundreds of databases on different topics and covering different journals. If you are not sure where to start, try the databases list from the Sports Medicine subject guide which includes the databases Medline, SportDiscus, and Web of Science. We will use the database SPORTDiscus for this example. The SPORTDiscus database indexes over 2000 sport science and related journals.

Accessing a database
Use Sirius to access any UNSW Library database. Sirius is the gateway to UNSW Library electronic resources (databases, e-journals, e-books, subject guides etc.). For more information about Sirius, go to Sirius Help. To access Sirius, go to the UNSW Library homepage, http://info.library.unsw.edu.au then follow the steps below: