Ways to Find Articles
- Do you know the database you need to search?
- Browse the Databases by Name
- Not sure what database will fit your topic best?
- Go to Databases by Name and limit by subject
- Have an article citation (partial or full) or just a journal title?
- Search the journal title in the Journal Finder. Then look for a link to a full-text provider service that will link you to the contents of the e-journal. If the journal is a title we have in print, head to the shelf.
- Still not finding what you need?
- Order your article by Inter-Library Loan.
- Always ask for help at the Library Services Desk if you need it!
Best Bets
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ERICIncludes 1017 journals from 1966 to current with 192,000 ERIC documents online
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Business Source Premier This link opens in a new windowIncludes: over 1,100 full-text business publications, more than 10,100 company profiles. It also access to 77000 video content from the Associated Press, the world’s leading news agency.
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Education Full Text This link opens in a new windowIncludes: indexes over 1000 journals (1969 to present) and over 500 full-text journals (1983 to present).
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ProQuest: Business This link opens in a new windowCombines multiple ProQuest business information databases to provide global coverage in business and economics. The collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, and working papers as well as trade publications, market research reports, and key journals such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and the Economist.
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Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new windowIncludes: full-text journals specialized in education subject especially for educators, professional librarians and education researchers.
Dissertation and Theses Databases
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ProQuest (all databases) This link opens in a new windowSearch all of the ProQuest databases across all subject and formats.
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Open Access Theses and DissertationsOATD.org provides open access graduate theses and dissertations from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 5,218,230 theses and dissertations.
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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), which contains 5,964,685 electronic theses and dissertations, is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).
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EBSCO Open DissertationsEBSCO Open Dissertations includes the content from American Doctoral Dissertations. It is a free database with records for more than 1.2 million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world
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OAIsterOAIster is an online combined bibliographic catalogue of open access material. Content can be limited by thesis and dissertations
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PQDT OpenPQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.
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Google ScholarDissertations/Theses can be found using Google Scholar but limiting by these material types can be challenging
Other related databases
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Scopus This link opens in a new windowScopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It covers nearly 22,000 titles from over 5,000 publishers, of which 20,000 are peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences (including arts and humanities).
Coverage: 1995 to present
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ProQuest Central. Social Science Database This link opens in a new windowSocial Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.
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PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1887 to present.
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PolicyMap This link opens in a new windowOnline data and mapping application with access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more.
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Sage Research Methods video This link opens in a new windowOn-campus link to the database
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Child Welfare Information Gateway This link opens in a new windowProvides information/links to publications, websites, databases about child welfare, abuse, neglect, adoption and more.
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Mental Measurements Yearbooks with Tests in Print This link opens in a new windowProvides a comprehensive guide to contemporary testing instruments. Designed for an audience ranging from novice test consumers to experienced professionals.