Article Databases
Search an article database to find citations (title, author, title of journal, date, page numbers) for articles on a particular topic. The Library gives you access to over 200 article databases covering different disciplines.
1. Think about which academic disciplines might write about your topic. Examples: literature, film, anthropology, history...
2. Find the appropriate article database by subject (academic discipline or department). Look for "Recommended" databases.
Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject
Sample Searches
Black Studies Center (primary and secondary sources)
"james vanderzee"
"james van der zee"
negrotarian*
"small's paradise"
in some databases, quotation marks are required to search for two or more terms together
Black Studies Center: The Movie!
Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) (mostly primary sources)
cotton club (citation and document text)
from: 1/1/1910 to 12/31/1940
to focus your search on results that are really about the Cotton Club, and don't just mention the club, try:
cotton club (document title)
from: 1/1/1910 to 12/31/1940
another example: an in-between search, more results than searching by title, fewer than searching all text:
a'lelia walker (citation and abstract)
from: 1/1/1910 to 12/31/1940
Watch the movie version!
America: History and Life (secondary sources)
harlem renaissance (select a field - optional)
white* (select a field - optional)
time period: 1900 to 1940
Search Results
- click on the title to see full record (including abstracts and descriptors)
- to limit by publication type (peer-reviewed journals, conferences, books, etc.) click on the appropriate tab or link
- if necessary,look for other limits (latest update, journal articles only, english only) and more advanced searches
- select records to save to your personalized list; lists may be e-mailed, downloaded, printed
UC-eLinks - Find Article Text/Location
Once you've searched a database to find articles, you may need to use 
to link to a PDF or html file if the full text is not immediately available. Each database is a bit different, but a good rule of thumb is this: when you see the Uc-eLinks icon click on it to view your article access options, which can range from full text to a call number to an Interlibrary Loan request:
For more information, here's a tutorial on using UC-eLinks.