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Article Database Recommendations

MULTIDISCIPLINARY DATABASES

Academic Search Ultimate
Covers over 11,000 journals in all fields of study.

Peer-reviewed, full-text journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more.
Web of Science
Covers the citation indexes: Science, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, and Emerging Sources Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports

Also includes BIOSIS Citation Index, Data Citation Index, Current Contents Connect, Derwent Innovation Index. Medline (1950-present), Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Zoological Records.
JSTOR
Primarily a journal archive with some current content. If you are looking for current information, you may want to try other databases as well.

JSTOR has a "moving wall," which represents the time period between the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of a journal. Publishers determine the moving wall length in their license agreements with JSTOR. Moving walls may range from zero to ten years, and those with walls from zero to seven years participate in our revenue sharing program. In calculating the moving wall, the current, incomplete year is not counted.

SUBJECT-SPECIFIC DATABASES

Anthropology Plus
Indexed materials focus on topics of anthropology, archaeology, and related disciplines.

Anthropology Plus joins the databases Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index to index more than 5,870 sources and contains over one million records ranging back from the early 19th century to present. Articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries cover a variety of anthropological studies including cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic.
Sociological Abstracts
Provides access to the latest research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Includes the subset Social Services Abstracts.
GenderWatch
Full-text database that focuses on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Coverage: mid-1970s - present.

Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, NGO, and special reports.
Women Studies International
Includes over 232,000 records drawn from a variety of women's studies databases. Subjects includes activism, art, culture, domestic violence, developing countries, family, feminism, health and social concerns, immigrant experience, prejudice & sex discrimination, reproductive rights, racial/ethnic studies, and more.
Ebsco
PsycINFO (APA)
Covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology. Coverage: 1887-current.
LGBT Source+
Provides abstracting and indexing for more than 130 LGBT-specific core periodicals and over 290 LGBT-specific core books and reference works.

This coontains all of the content available in LGBT Life as well as full text for more than 130 of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as more than 170 full-text monographs/books including Classics in Lesbian Studies, Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research, Handbook of Research with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Populations, Queer Theory & Social Change, etc. Includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBT Thesaurus containing over 7,500 terms. Full-text content available in LGBT Life with Full Text includes The Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, James White Review, ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide, New York Blade, ONE, Tangents, and many more.

Tips for Locating Articles

Use the list of recommended databases found within this guide. Below are some suggestions for search strategies

Use symbols within your search fields

* (an asterisk) allows for term variation (child* = child or children)
"xx" (quotes) specifies an exact term ("United States" rather than how the search might interpret United and States)
AND, OR, NOT (boolean operators) use these terms to narrow and broaden your search (Results for Sex* AND Porn* versus sex* OR porn*) will differ

Proquest and EBSCO databases allow multiple database searching at one time-- Locate this link at the top of the database page.

EBSCO multiple database search link says | Choose Databases
Proquest multiple database search link says | Change Databases

Separate your search ideas within different fields but put similar terms within the same field connected with OR

Tips for Locating Books

To efficiently locate books, click on the Catalog tab and use the Subject Keywords option and type in core concepts. Use the asterisk symbol (*) to search for term variations (such as sex or sexual or sexuality). Use the word OR between words when searching for similar terms.