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3 using the Milner Catalog

4 finding articles

5 evaluating sources

6 citing articles

7 using Search It

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Resources for Librarians and Educators, Credits

Two Types of Article Databases
Which article database to use depends upon your topic.

2. Subject Databases

• Is your topic in a particular subject area?

If so, use a subject database. Subject databases specialize in a particular subject, and the articles indexed are generally from scholarly sources. Examples of subject databases and the kinds of articles they identify are:

Business Source Premier	Covers 960 journals on business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting, and more. Updated weekly. Provides citations, abstracts, and full.
Historical Abstracts	Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America History and Life). Over half a million entries in all. Currently over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database. Updated three times per year. Provides citations, abstracts.
PsycINFO	Covers journal articles, book reviews, dissertations in psychology and related fields. Updated monthly. Provides citations and abstracts as well as full-text of recent articles published in American Psychological Association journals.

 

 

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Original I-Search ©2005 by Illinois State University's Milner Library. I-Search is based upon Searchpath
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