Need help? Contact me!
Article Databases -- Broad Coverage
In addition to using the Library Catalog, you can also use general, non-disciplinary specific databases to find a variety of periodical literature.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Excellent starting point. Multidisciplinary article database offers access to more than 16,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers, including over 15,000 peer-reviewed journals.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A digital archive of over 1,100 important scholarly journals. All issues of each journal are included in full-text except for the most recent 2-to-5 years, based on JSTOR's agreement with the journal's publisher.
Article Databases -- Specialized and Discipline Specific
While the Library Catalog, Academic Search Complete, and JSTOR allow you to cast a wide net when searching, the below disciplinary/topical databases allow you to deeply investigate the literature within a field of study.
- American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES) This link opens in a new window
ABSEES contains over 55,000 records (1990-date) representing North American scholarship on East-Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, including citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and government publications. ABSEES is updated monthly.
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive coverage of sociology and its sub-disciplines, with very good coverage of related areas of study, especially politics. In addition to full-text journals, it contains informative abstracts for core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895.