New Student Seminar Research Paper Guide

Step 6: Finding articles

How do I find articles on my topic?

To search for articles on a certain topic, use one of the library databases that index a large variety of journals, magazines, and newspapers by subject. Many of these databases also include the full-text of articles. Each database covers a different collection of magazines and journals, so you need to select a database that is relevant to your topic. To find suggestions of which database is useful for a certain topic, use the databases by subject list. Or you could start your research with a general multi-disciplinary database, such as EBSCOhost's Academic Search Premier or WilsonWeb's Omnifile. Once you are in a database, search by keyword to locate articles on your topic.

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