How will you find research articles?

Are you likely to find the full text of scholarly articles on the World Wide Web for free?

If you cannot find information on your topic in Schmidt Library, what access do you have to collections in other libraries?

What steps can you take to insure that you are able to obtain all the resources you need no matter where they are?

The Internet provides you with access to libraries and their collections all over the world.  Does this enhance your research process?

Articles

Finding Articles using Schmidt Library

Basics

There are several ways to find articles in the Schmidt Library. Sometimes you will find a link to a full-text article in a database. Sometimes you will discover that the library owns a physical copy of the periodical that you can copy. Sometimes you will only find a citation (What is a citation?). If the library does not own or have access to an article and you may request it through document delivery.

1. From the Schmidt Library home page, click on Finder in the left-hand navigation menu. Choose Find Articles . From there you can find ways to search for journal or newspaper articles using:
   Links to all the library's online periodical indexes
   Links to electronic journals and other full-text sources
2. From the Find Articles page, click on Our Journals List to access a searchable database of the library's periodical holdings. Search here to see if the library owns or has access to a journal title.
3. Click Subject Guides:
   Recommended periodical indexes for that topic area
   A list of the library's periodical subscriptions for that field
   Subject-related electronic journals
   And more!
4. Cite Periodical Sources

General Information

Types of Articles

1. Scholarly, Popular, and Trade Periodicals
2. Scholarly Journals vs. Popular Magazines Articles -- USTA Library Pathfinder
3. Kinds of Articles--Purposes for Writing and Publishing

Article Databases

1. EBSCOhost User's Guide - (Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Health Source, CINAHL, ERIC, PsychINFO, SPORTDiscus, History Reference Center)
2. Lexis Nexis Academic Universe User's Guide
3. Proquest Quick Reference Guide - (Criminal Justice Periodical Index, Newspapers)
4. JStor Help Topics
5. Google Scholar

1. Yahoo! Online Newspaper Directory
2. Newsdirectory.com

Document Delivery

1. Schmidt Library Document Delivery Services - Request items from another library

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Dennis Weiss Philosophy Professor

"As a professor in a traditional liberal arts field, I always enjoy the experience of searching through a library archive or perusing a shelf of the latest journals and coming across something unexpected. At the same time, having so much information available at your fingertips and on your computer screen is remarkable and makes searches from home easy. I am currently working on a book project and have had to make extensive use of Schmidt Library’s online resources for newspapers, magazines, and journal articles. From the comfort of my home office, I’ve been able to find and download articles from the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, The Journal of Philosophy, and many other resources. I’ve been both surprised and pleased at the amount of information now easily available through the Library’s web site. It won’t keep me from visiting the Library regularly, but it sure is nice having all this access.."

Mary Graham Geography Professor

"Just as improvements in transportation have changed the perception of distance, so have advancements in information technology changed the perception of time.  Places and events that formerly seemed far away in distance and time now appear to be closer at hand.  This leads to the increased interconnectedness among countries around the world that is often referred to as globalization. A flood in India, and epidemic in Zimbabwe, high economic inflation in Brazil, or a change in government in Russia is not only widely known around the world, but has impacts throughout the world.  How small the world now seems compared to the time before the advancements in information technology began."