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Use databases to find articles on your topic. These databases are the best place to start.

• America: History and Life
  Citations and abstracts to the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada, from prehistoric times to the present. Includes over 2100 journals.
  Date coverage: 1964-present.

• Social Sciences Full Text
  Full-text articles on the literature of political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, and social work.
  Date Coverage: 1983 to present.

• JSTOR
  Contains archive images of searchable scholarly journals in various disciplines:: Arts & Sciences Complement Collection, and Arts & Sciences Collections I through IV (which include Language & Literature, and Music collections.
  Date Coverage: 1995-present
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• Humanities Full Text
  Full text articles, page images, abstracts, and bibliographic citations for noted scholarly resources as well as specialized magazines in the humanities. Among the disciplines included are: art, dance, film, folklore, history, literary and social criticism, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology.
  Date coverage: 1984-present.

Tips: When searching databases, use AND, OR, and parentheses to focus your search.

The asterisk * symbol will search for all variations of a word. For example: basket* will search for baskets and basketry. Using quotes will search for a phrase.

Combine synonyms with OR and put them inside parentheses, like this:

"north america* AND (film OR cinema)

Here's another example:

america* AND (novel OR fiction)

 

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