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 - Article Databases
Sample searches in ProQuest Social Science databases:
Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject > Ethnic Studies > ProQuest Social Sciences link to search multiple social science databases
1. Example of a search using multiple terms, alternative terms, truncation,etc
educational mobility (all fields + text)
hispanic* or latino* (all fields + text)
narrow down your results: phrase searching (quotation marks)
"educational mobility" (all fields + text)
hispanic* or latino* (all fields + text)
narrow down your search: do NOT search full text (pull down "all fields + text" menu to "all fields (no full text))"
"educational mobility" (all fields (no full text))
hispanic* or latino* (all fields(no full text))
similar:
incarcerat* or prison* or jail* (all fields (no full text))
youth* or teen* or adolesc* (all fields (no full text))
ethnic* or "of color" (all fields (no full text))
use official subject terms:
incarcerat* or prison* or jail* subject heading)
youth* or teen* or adolesc* (subject heading)
ethnic* or "of color" (all fields (no full text))
More examples:
southeast asian* (all fields (no full text))
memor* or trauma* (all fields (no full text))
war* or genocid* (all fields (no full text))
refugee* or immigra* (all fields (no full text))
central america* (subject heading)
united states (subject heading)
immigra* (subject heading)
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Sample searches in Ethnic NewsWatch:
Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject > Ethnic Studies > Ethnic NewsWatch
"day labor*" (all fields + text )
gender or famil* (all fields + text)
ethnic group: Hispanic
(note: ethnic group refers to the selection of the newspaper)
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.
About JSTOR!
Library home > Articles > General Article Databases > JSTOR
Everyone Loves JSTOR:
- interdisciplinary
- scholarly
- full text available AND searchable - you may find topics you won't find elsewhere because they're only part of an article on a related topic
- covers journals from their earliest publication dates
CAUTIONS:
- DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LAST 3-5 YEARS of a journal! not good for contemporary topics!
- doesn't include as many journals in a particular discipline as the discipline-specific database (example: MLA Bibliography for literature)