Hoover Library: How to do Library Research: Find Articles

General Databases

Academic OneFile
A multi-disciplinary database which provides access to scholarly journals and popular magazines.
Academic Search Complete
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This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 6,000 journals, including full text for more than 5,000 peer-reviewed titles.
JSTOR
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A full text archival database covering a variety of subjects ranging from music, art, history, political science to economics and philosophy.
LexisNexis Academic / Nexis Uni
Provides access to over 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
Project Muse
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Provides full-text online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.

Expanded content is available during the pandemic period (unspecified expiration)
Content that is freely available on the Project MUSE platform during the COVID-19 crisis will display a distinctive "Free" icon, different from the "OA" icon used for fully open access content on MUSE, or the familiar green checkmark that users associate with content held by their library.
Sage Premier
SAGE Premier provides access to 550+ SAGE journal titles in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine with backfile to 1999.

Looking for background information on your topic? Try one of these:

GVRL - Gale Virtual Reference Library
Access to many reference works to help you explore topics and better understand the historical context and influences.
MasterFile Premier
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Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975.

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