Library Guides: GENL 103: Advanced Learning Strategies: Find Articles

Searching Library Databases

Use your list of keywords to develop a search string to find articles. Here is an example using a topic about yoga and yoga therapy.

Keywords

yoga yoga practice yoga therapy mindfulness anxiety stress

Searching in Academic Search Ultimate

1. Search: yoga = 11,289 results

2. Add: therapy = 2,634

3. Narrow further by adding: anxiety = 361

4. Decide whether or not to LIMIT results to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals.

5. Review the list of articles.

General Databases:

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
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.
JSTOR (including ARTSTOR) This link opens in a new window
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.
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
Provides abstracts and indexing for 2,650 general periodicals. Full text of articles for nearly 2,000 periodicals, and 5,000 full text Magill Book Reviews.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect's Freedom Collection includes extensive full-text journal coverage of the physical and biological sciences, as well as some coverage of the social sciences and humanities. For a LIMITED TIME, Elsevier is making all of their textbooks available at no charge, as well as 20,000 free articles.