Find Articles in Library Databases
To find articles published in journals or other scholarly sources, you will need to use the Library's online databases. Be sure to check the "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" box to narrow your search to academic sources.
Login Instructions
If you are using any of the library's online databases from off-campus, you will need to log in.
Username: Your W Number*
Password: First 2 letters of first name, first 2 letters of last name, and last 4 digits of W# (i.e. jado6789)
* Don't know your W#, look it up in Class-Web.
General (Multi-disciplinary) Databases
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
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Multi-subject database includes 10,000+ peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and other publications covering a range of academic disciplines and current issues. Suitable for most research projects. - Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new windowCovers current controversial issues in pro/con viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and magazine and newspaper articles.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowNonpartisan reporting and analysis of current controversial social, economic, political, and environmental issues. Weekly issues are devoted to a single topic and feature an overview, background, chronology, current situation, outlook, and bibliography.
Examples of Subject-specific Databases
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window Covers topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods.
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- Sociology Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window Access peer-reviewed journals on social behavior and interaction. Topics range from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology.
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- GenderWatch This link opens in a new window Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles focus on the impact of gender on culture and society, including gender and women's studies, LGBTQ+, sexuality, religion, societal roles, feminism, masculinity, etc.
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Scholarly or Popular?
- Scholarly vs. Popular PeriodicalsFrom Vanderbilt University.
- Peer Review In 3 MinutesAnswers the questions: How do articles get peer reviewed? What role does peer review play in scholarly research and publication? -- From NCSU Libraries.