Identifying and locating articles on your topic is a simple 3-step process. If you are looking for a specific article, skip to step 4.

• Databases provide information about articles in a certain subject area. You can search for articles by subject, title, and/or author.
• To identify the best database for your need, click on a relevant category and review the database descriptions or see the librarians’ recommendations in the Subject Guides.

• Use significant keywords or subject terms to describe your topic when searching.
• Scan your results to identify citations that seem relevant or interesting.

• Search in the library catalog for the journal title to see if the Library subscribes to this journal – either in print or electronically.
• Follow the links from the citation to the full-text online article.

• Search in the library catalog for the journal title to see if the Library subscribes to this journal in print.

• Articles are a great source of highly specific information for your research.
• Articles can provide the most recent information available.
• Articles are an excellent source of historical information.
• Articles are available from many different types of publications: scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, chapters in books, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journals, etc.