Article Databases
- Academic Search CompleteIndexes nearly 11,000 scholarly and other publications covering academic areas of study including African Studies.
- Ethnic NewswatchContains materials from the newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic minorities, across a range of disciplines. In depth coverage of a wide range of current and historic topics, in the fields of business, education, ethnic and cultural studies, literature and the arts, environmental studies, history, journalism, political science and government, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture.
- Humanities International CompleteCovers indexing for over 1700 journals plus books and other important reference sources in the humanities. "The database includes bibliographic records from a multitude of international journals, books and reference works.
- JSTORElectronic archive of full-text electronic journals. Does not contain recent issues of journals.
- PAIS InternationalSubjects covered include legislation, public policy, economics, demography human rights, international relations and media and communications.
- ScopusInternational multi-disciplinary indexing & abstracting database for scientific, medical, technical, social sciences and arts and humanities. Includes tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar searches for scholarly journals, books, theses, conference papers, etc.
Some things to note:
- It lacks most of the search limiting functions of other article databases.
- Google does not make clear what journals it searches or excludes or what years are covered.
- Google's definition of "scholarly" may not agree with ours!
- Never pay for an article! C&P the title into Articles Plus to see if we have it. IF not, use Interlibrary Loan to request it for free.
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Did you know?
- You can set Google Scholar to find the full text of articles in OU Libraries:
- Click on the
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should show up in your search results. You may have to login to get to the full text.