Database searching
Now is the time to be more specific with your searching. Articles tend to cover very specific or niche topics, and are also published more quickly than books, meaning the information is typically more current than the general information you can gather from books.
Possible keywords to use for this example: Mayan pottery Ceramics "Hero twins" Mayan Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sculpture art carving relief serpent snake feathered serpent iconography symbolism religion Calakmul
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JSTOR (including ARTSTOR) This link opens in a new windowProvides 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.
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Art and Architecture Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text access to 380 periodicals, 220+ books, and indexing/abstracts for 780+ journals and 230+ books. It also includes selective coverage for 70 publications and an image collection of 63,000+ images from Picture Desk and others.
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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowOffers 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.
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides full text of hundreds of journals, books & other published sources from around the world. This database includes data from American Humanities Index & Humanities International Index.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a great resource for articles. It searches across many disciplines and sources. Link your Google Scholar to your library account to get access to articles that might be behind a paywall. Here's how:
- Click on the three bars in the top left corner to access your Google Scholar menu.
- Click on "Settings."
- Navigate to "Library links" in your list of settings.
- Type in Salisbury University and check the boxes that come up.
- Click save. Your Google Scholar is now linked to Salisbury University's library resources.
Evaluating Resources
