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
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.
Sample Searches - Article Databases
Choose an interdisciplinary articles database; add other databases as appropriate (NOTE: this is not a complete list of all possible databases - just the ones available from this company)
Library home > Articles > General Article Databases > Academic Search Complete
choose databases: includes Communication Abstracts, Film and Television Literature Index, Music Index, RILM Abstracts of Music, Art Source, etc.
1. Search keywords; split topic into concepts; allow for variant word endings
iran* (select a field - optional)
television (select a field - optional)
* = truncation symbol or wildcard; child* = child, childs, children, childish, childhood
2. Narrow search by using official subject terms (aka descriptors):
iran* (subject terms)
television (subject terms)
3. Narrow search by adding another term
iran* (subject terms)
television (subject terms)
policy (select a field - optional)
Find articles about Business:
Library home > Articles > Article databases by subject > Business > Business Source Complete
"latin america" (select a field - optional)
radio (select a field - optional)
"latin america" (subject)
radio (subject)
in the left sidebar, click on the Geography category, then check off latin america
Find Newspapers from all over the World: Access World News:
Library home > Articles > News Article databases > Access World News
Asia
(all text) "hong kong" and "music industry"
too broad? instead of searching the full text, search heading and lead paragraphs:
(headline and lead paragraph): "hong kong" and "music industry"