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Finding Scholarly Articles



Using Databases

The Library has access to approximately 100 databases.

These databases with communication holdings are full text and entirely scholarly:

These databases include non-scholarly sources, but you can limit your search or search results to "peer-reviewed" journals.  The first three also include some full-text articles:

In databases that contain only some or no full-text articles, don't forget to click on the

link to find out what access the Library has to an article whose full text is not included in that database.

Other Tips

Google Scholar can be used to supplement database searching and may provide citations to useful articles (or books).

Be sure to look at the bibliography of any source that you find useful.  It might include references to relevant articles (or other resources).