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ArticlesPopular and Scholarly

Where can I find articles?

From the library website select the database icon.

The Databases

A-Z Databases lists all the various databases available.

Descriptions beneath the database titles describes the contents of that service.

When searching for articles look at databases that offer article indexes, citations, abstracts and full text articles.

Don’t limit yourself to full text only databases. You may miss many important articles pertinent to your research.

Remember that articles you do not find may be requested through RapidILL inter-library loan.

Proxy ServerWhen you select a database to search you are required to logon to the University’s proxy server. This authenticates you as an Eastern University user.

The username and password are the same as that use to logon to other Eastern University services such as MyEastern.

News Articles

Access World News

Access World News, also known as Newsbank, allows searches across hundreds of newspapers and thousands of news articles.

The service provides Special Reports that gathers information from many resources and presents it in one convenient location.

LexisNexis Academic

Lexis is a huge reference database that allows searches across a variety of news resources, including newspapers, news broadcast transcripts and blogs.

You can also search for the full text of court cases, legislation and additional legal information.

Lexis is also an indispensible tool for finding company information.

Magazine Articles

EBSCOhost and ProQuestBoth EBSCOhost and ProQuest contain databases that include popularly written publications such as magazines and trade periodicals.

Academic Articles(Articles from Peer-reviewed Journals)

Annual ReviewsAnnual Reviews offers reviews of the literature across a range of academic disciplines.

Articles and the bibliographies at the end of the reviews provide an excellent means to find the most relevant information on a subject,

Coverage is primarily in the sciences and social sciences.

EBSCOhostEBSCOhost offers a wide range of databases that include access to citations and the full text of academic journals.

Databases within EBSCOhost of special academic interest include Academic Search Complete, Business Source, CINAHL, PsycInfo and PsycArticles.

Check with the descriptions on the A to Z Databases site to learn about the offerings within EBSCOhost.

ProQuestProQuest offers a range of databases largely in the social sciences.

Sociological Abstracts offers the most complete index of academic journals available.

The ProQuest Sociology database provides full text to many of the most important journals in the social sciences.

There are other databases within ProQuest well worth the effort to explore.

JSTORJSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

Eastern University’s subscription grants access to a large selection of academic and professional journals with a focus on the sciences, social sciences, economics and education.

Sage PremierThis service gives you access to a collection of over 240 of the highly regarded Sage Journals, covering a variety of professional and academic disciplines.

Eastern University’s subscription covers health sciences, life & biomedical sciences, material sciences & engineering, social sciences & humanities.

RapidILLWhen you can’t find the full text of an article from our databases request an inter-library loan using Rapid ILL.

Articles not found in our database collections are e-mailed to you directly through the RapidILL service, usually within 48 hours.

A to Z Journal ListWant to know which journal title are owned by the library? Search the A to Z Journal List found at the top of the database list.

You may not need to wait for that inter-library loan! The list will show you all the journals that the library owns and the issues that are available online.

The End

Tuesday, October 6, 15