Finding Articles
This module covers how to use article databases to identify articles on a topic.
After completing this module you should be able to:
- distinguish between popular and scholarly periodicals
- know the difference between primary and secondary sources
- choose an article database appropriate to your information need
- use it to identify an article on a topic
- use a database's email function to send a record to yourself
- use the Search for Full Text link to locate a full text article in another database
- search the Journals A-Z Directory to find full text of known articles
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Resources
for Librarians and Educators, Credits
Original UI&U Library Research Guide © 2006 by Union Institute
& University Library. This tutorial incorporates material
from Searchpath,
a tutorial developed by Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University
© 2001-2002, from SBU
Library Research Guide material © 2004 by the Stony Brook
University Libraries, from TILT,
a tutorial developed by the Digital Information Literacy Office
for the University of Texas System Digital Library, © 1998-2002,
and from TIP,
a tutorial developed by University of Wyoming Libraries © 2005.
This material may be reproduced, distributed, or incorporated provided
that appropriate credit is given.