How to Find an Article or a Library Database

Search for articles on a specific topic...

Select a Library Database to Search

Library databases (also called indexes) are like search engines (but search journal, magazine, newspapers and other sources), usually dealing with a broad subject.

• Library databases help you search for articles on a particular topic
• Some library databases provide the full text of the article. Click on the "Find it" button in the results to connect to the full text if we have it
• Some contain records for government documents, books/ book chapters, dissertations, theses or images

If you really don't know where to start...

Try using one of these recommended library databases:

• General/Multidisciplinary Search: Academic Search Premier
• Agriculture, Biology, and Ecology: BIOSIS Previews
• Arts and Humanities: Academic Search Premier
• Business and Economics: Business Source Premier
• Engineering and Physical Sciences: Web of Science
• Health Sciences: Medline
• Mathematics: MathSciNet
• Social Sciences: Academic Search Premier
• Search multiple library databases simultaneously: Library OneSearch

If you are searching for a specific article...

CitationLinker
CitationLinker allows you to enter your citation and find out whether or not the University Libraries provides full text. To use CitationLinker you must know the title of the journal, magazine or newspaper the article is in (e.g. Journal of Nursing, New York Times).

Electronic Journals
Search for the title of the journal, magazine or newspaper (e.g. Newsweek, Journal of Anthropology). Then search within the publication for your article or topic.

University Libraries Catalog
Search MNCAT, the University Libraries catalog, for the title of the journal, magazine or newspaper. MNCAT will tell you how to locate a copy in print or online.

If the University does not provide access to the journal, magazine or newspaper you need, request it from Interlibrary Loan.