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
Sample Searches - Finding Articles
Finding International (and US) Newspaper Articles: Access World News
Library home > Articles > News Article Databases > Access World News
1. (all text) urban poverty china
possible ways to narrow down your results:
2. search just the headline and lead paragraph, most important part of newspaper articles:
(headline/lead paragraph) urban poverty china
3. use quotes to put 2 or more words together as a phrase:
(headline/lead paragraph) "urban poverty" china
4. if you still have too many irrelevant searches, try searching words just in the headlines:
(headline) "urban poverty" china
5. search for articles from a particular part of the world:
new search
click on plus sign next to "Asia" to expand menu
check off India
(all text) "katherine boo"
Finding Interdisciplinary Scholarly and Popular Articles: Academic Search Complete
Library home > Articles > General Articles > Academic Search Complete
poverty (select a field - optional)
mumbai or bombay (select a ield - optional)
slum* (select a field - optional)
* = truncation symbol/wildcard (child* = child, childs, childhood, childish, children...)
Finding Scholarly articles on Literature: MLA Bibliography
Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject > Literature > MLA Bibliography
a small place (all fields (no full text))
better:
"a small place" (all fields (no full text))
kincaid, jamaica (all fields (no full text))
urban poverty (all fields (no full text))
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.