- Types of ArticlesLearn the difference between scholarly, trade, popular, news and opinion articles.
General Databases:
- cover all subject and fields
- provide articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, trade journals and more
These are some popular general databases:
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Provides multidisciplinary periodicals, peer-reviewed journals, monographs, reports and conference proceedings dating back to 1887. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Contains scholarly journal articles in a variety of fields from 1880 - the past 2-5 years. - LexisNexis Academic
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Provides documents from worldwide news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. - Gale Onefile: News This link opens in a new window
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Searches America's top 5 newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post. - Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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Includes pro and con viewpoints on a wide range of social issues. - Research Library This link opens in a new window
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Provides coverage of a broad range of subject areas.
Databases for Finding Articles by Discipline
Search Databases
To find articles in a specific subject area, here is a list of our databases by subject:
Using AND, OR & NOT
How Boolean Searching Works
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