When and Where Can I Access Databases?
Databases are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can use them on or off campus. If you are using them from off campus you will be prompted to put in your SU username and password (the same one you use for Gull Net, MyClasses, or an SU computer).
What is a scholarly article?
Database List
- 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.
- 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.
- Social Sciences Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIncludes indexing and abstracts for over 700 active peer-reviewed journals (and over 700 more that are not peer reviewed), covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowProvides data and infographics on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources, categorized into 21 market sectors with quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas.
- ProQuest Newspapers This link opens in a new windowIncludes the full text of these newspapers: The Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal.
- Washington Post This link opens in a new windowIndexes, abstracts, and provides online full text for the Washington Post newspaper 1987-present.
Use SURF to Find Articles
You can filter your search in SURF to just Articles if you know what kind of source you need, isn't that helpful? You can select that filter yourself or use this nifty search box which is already set to only look for articles.
Article Databases: an A-Z List
You can search for databases by name or by subject.
Citation Linker
- Citation LinkerUse this to locate specific articles that you find via Cited Reference searching.