Green River LibGuides: ENGL 101 English Composition 1 (Bartley): Find Articles

Finding articles in the Holman Library

The following library databases provide you access to a number of different types of articles.

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Part of Academic Search Complete (Also known as "Ebsco"). Thousands of full text articles from psychology and behavioral science magazines and journals ready to search with your subject keywords.
Communications and Mass Media OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles covering all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Search more than 18,000 academic journals and magazines from a wide variety of disciplines including more than 7500 full text peer-reviewed journals.
ProQuest Combined Databases This link opens in a new window
Full-text newspapers, magazines, and academic journals
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Search 2,000 full-text scholarly peer-reviewed journals in Science, Social Sciences, Humanities and Health Sciences

Different sources give you different perspectives on your issue, and using a range of source types helps bring in different perspectives.

Good for facts and up-to-date information.
They often provide little analysis of a topic, and may not provide much background especially if it is an ongoing issue.
Some newspaper articles can share similarities with popular magazine articles.

Good for finding articles written for specific professions (police officer, veterinarian...etc.)
They may offer analysis of how an issue affects the profession.

Good to find results of scientific or academic research.
They are written for scholars and provide in-depth analysis of a very specific area of your topic.