Different types of articles give you different flavors of the information you need:
Scholarly or Peer-Reviewed or Academic Journal articles are 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 (more info...)
Trade Journal articles are good for finding articles written for specific professions (police officer, veterinarian...etc.) They often analyze new trends, research, tools or techniques important to their area of work(more info...)
Popular Magazine articles are good for summarizing information on a topic for the general public. They often provide a background, summarize research findings, and provide some analysis of a topic (more info...)
Newspaperarticles are good for facts and up-to-date information. They often provide little analysis of a topic. (more info...)
Find Articles in Databases
These ARTICLE DATABASES will help you find journal, magazine and newspapers articles that are often not freely accessible on the internet.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)This link opens in a new windowSearch more than 18,000 academic journals and magazines from a wide variety of disciplines including more than 7500 full text peer-reviewed journals.
Find magazines, journals, newspapers in all academic disciplines
Type combinations of specific search words in the search boxes
You must check the "full text" option below the search boxes to find the full text of an article
ProQuest Combined DatabasesThis link opens in a new windowSearch millions of articles from ProQuest's electronic collections, including a digital newspaper archive, thousands of academic journals, and popular magazines like Newsweek and Rolling Stone.
Find magazines, journals, newspapers in all academic disciplines
Type combinations of specific search words in the search boxes
You must check the "full text" option below the search boxes to find the full text of an article
JSTORThis link opens in a new windowSearch 2,000 full-text scholarly peer-reviewed journals in Science, Social Sciences, Humanities and Health Sciences
Find scholarly journal articles in all academic disciplines.
Works well for topics in literature, sociology and history
Type very specific (not broad!) search words in the search boxes
Provides full-text and abstracts for communication journals covering all related disciplines including media studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse.
For viewpoints not covered by the mainstream press, a bilingual (English and Spanish) database of ethnic, minority and native newspapers, magazines and journals.
See all of the library's database collections, sorted by subject area. This list is a good place to see the entire list of electronic article resources available in a specific field. You will need to log in with your GRC email address and password to access off-campus.
