Research Help Videos
- Picking Your TopicThis video explains the research process and provides effective strategies for producing a robust research topic.
- Search TipsThese short videos show how to use search terms effectively.
- Read It, Save It, Cite ItThese videos show you how to access and save articles.
Recommended Databases for Finding Articles
- America: history and life This link opens in a new windowThe definitive article database covering the history, culture, area studies, and current affairs literature of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
- Historical abstracts This link opens in a new windowCovers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in the database, America: History and Life). Indexes the journal and book literature.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides image and full-text online access of core academic journals in a variety of disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The following collections are accessible: Arts and Sciences Collections I-XIII; Business IV; Life Sciences Collection; Public Health Reports, and Global Plants.
- Sociological abstracts This link opens in a new windowAbstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
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