All-purpose Databases (your starting points for finding articles on any topic)

Click on the "Search Database" or "Search Inside" link

• Academic Search Premier
• JSTOR

News media

• Access World News (US and World: print media, and newswire, radio, and television transcripts)
• AltPress Watch; Gender Watch; Ethnic Newswatch (alternative points of view)
• Proquest Historical Newspapers
• American periodicals series online. 1740-1900
• Facts on File World News Digest: U.S. and world news : 1940-present (you can look for the big stories of the year/decade; you can see news and related sources on current and historic events)

Topical Databases

TIP: Use a variety of Databases to locate articles because different databases cover different subjects, viewpoints, and types of sources.

• Art: Art Full Text
• Business: Business Source Complete
• Communication: Communication studies
• Education: Education Full Text and ERIC
• History: America History and Life with Full Text and Historical Abstracts with Full Text
• Literature: MLA International Bibliography
• Music: RILM Music Literature Abstracts
• Politics and Policy: PAIS International
• Psychology: PsycINFO
• Science, Arts, Humanities, Social Science: ISI Web of Knowledge
• Sociology and Popular Culture: Sociological Abstracts
• Statistics: Proquest Statistical Insight
• United States Government: Congressional Publications

TIP: If you don't see a Full-Text or PDF link for an article in your results, use the link to see your other options for Full-Text or print.