Library Guides: ELI 77: Find Articles

ARTICLES

Form an approach to research your topic:

Identify the use of information sources based on the type of information (i.e. books for background / journal articles for scholarly conversations)

Understand how to properly use keywords from a research question or statement to search.

Distinguish differences between popular and scholarly articles.

Explore the library's information resources.

Search Engines / Databases

If you want to search for journal articles on specific things, this is your place to start!

Academic Search Ultimate
Offers access to an unprecedented collection of resources including journals, magazines, reports, books, and videos. Many are peer-reviewed and full-text. Subjects range from astronomy to zoology.
Agricola (NAL)
Includes citations from the USDA’s National Agricultural Library, covering articles, reports, books and more on agriculture, animal science, plant science, forestry, nutrition, and related fields.
Biological Science
Contains over 6000 scholarly journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, and and selected books and patents in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology, and plant and animal science.
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science
Part of the Natural Science Collection this resource includes the Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts, and Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts databases, with full-text titles from scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, and more.
ERIC
is an online library of education research and information, including the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
Health Source: Nursing Academic
Includes nearly 600 scholarly full text titles and an additional 400 indexed titles that focus on nursing and allied health topics.
JSTOR (including ARTSTOR)
Provides full-text access to a broad range of resources about the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, including primary sources, images, articles, and books. Does not contain the most recent journal articles.
Nursing & Allied Health Premium
Contains a diverse mix of scholarly literature, clinical training videos, reference materials, and evidence-based resources for nursing and allied health students and professionals.
ScienceDirect
Provides extensive full-text journal coverage of the physical and biological sciences, as well as some coverage of the social sciences and humanities.
Web of Science
Enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from thousands of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. It also provides cited reference searching.