Find journal articles in databases

In addition to databases listed below a full list of databases available through the library are listed in Databases A to Z and other subject specific databases can be found under Subject Guides.

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Searching for articles:
You can search the library's database for articles HERE

  1. Before you start your search always be sure to check the box in the right hand column to "Limit to articles from peer-reviewed journals
  2. If you are supposed to be using scholarly peer reviewed journals you would also take one more step. Under "Format" select "Academic Journals"
  3. Now you are ready to enter your search terms in the main search bar

Some entries have full text via the database.
For others, click on findit.gif to gain access or request a copy through Interlibrary Loan

  Find Specific Articles or Browse Specific Journals

  Identifying Scholarly Journals

 Databases for Scholarly Articles

  A Contracorriente (ejournal)
Founded in 2003 as a refereed, electronic journal designed to stimulate left-wing sociohistorical analyses of Latin American literature and to counteract the relativism present in poststructuralism and postmodernism, A Contracorriente evolved, shortly thereafter, as a journal dedicated to Latin American studies. It aims to foster intellectual debate about Latin American politics, history, economics, literature and culture from left-wing and Marxist points of view. We welcome essays, notes, interviews and reviews on gender, society, politics, history and cultural studies which depart from the isms since the 1960s and which delve into particular historical, political and cultural moments and explore the role of ideology in Latin America. We publish in English and Spanish, and in issues that come out tri-quarterly.

Our Journal is indexed by The Modern Language Association Bibliography and Historical Abstracts, and also by LatAm-Studies and Instituto Cervantes. It is part of the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) as well.

  Arts & Humanities Citation Index - Web of Science (Clarivate)
Indexes core journals in the arts and humanities. Includes citing and cited references for each article. Search fields include article title word, journal title, author, cited author or reference, address word (i.e., author's institution), and funding agency. Coverage goes back to 1991.

  Dialnet (Universidad de La Rioja)
Indexes journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, dissertations, and other documents in the social sciences and the humanities published mostly in Spain and to a lesser extent in Latin America. Much of the content in available in full text.

  Film & Television Literature Index (EBSCO)
Indexes academic journals, popular magazines, and books in the fields of film and television. Includes abstracts for scholarly journal articles. Topics range from film & television theory to preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, and technical aspects. Coverage goes back to the early 20th century and includes foreign language publications.

  Gale Literary Database - Contemporary Authors
Helps researchers discover biographic details on more than 110,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, non-fiction writers, journalists, songwriters, and scriptwriters. Current writers as well as the most-studied literary figures of the early 20th century, and authors from around the world whose works have been translated into English or published in the United States are featured.

  HLAS (Handbook of Latin American Studies)  Tutorial
Indexes books, articles, and a variety of other materials related to Latin American studies. Includes short annotations. Coverage goes back to 1935. (See also HLAS Web, which covers 1970-present in a new interface.)

  Iter Bibliography (University of Toronto)
Indexes academic journals, books, book chapters, book reviews, and dissertations pertaining to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Covers the years 400 to 1700. Includes publications in the major European languages from the middle of the 19th century to the present.

  JSTOR (ITHAKA)
Features a multi-disciplinary research platform with full text archives of selected academic journals, monographs and essay collections, primary sources, and visual collections formerly housed on the Artstor platform. Current issues of academic journals are not included in most cases.

  Lexis Nexis Academic  Limitations on Use
Now Nexis Uni. Provides full text access to national and international newspaper and magazine articles and news transcripts, business, company, and industry information in the U.S. and abroad, and legal documents, including U.S. Federal and State court cases, and law reviews. Coverage varies.

  Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest)
Indexes and abstracts academic journal and magazine articles, conference proceedings, books, and theses covering all aspects of the study of languages. Also includes works in languages other than English. Coverage extends back to the early 1970s.

  MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)
Provides citations to journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations on all aspects of literature, language and linguistics, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, and folklore. International in scope; coverage from 1926 to the present. Includes access to the MLA Directory of Periodicals.

  MLO : Modern Languages Open (ejournal)
"Focusing on interdisciplinarity across the modern languages and engagement with other fields from a modern languages perspective, MLO offers rigorous peer review pre-publication and post-publication interactivity, rapid turnaround from submission to publication, Gold Open Access under a CC-BY or CC-BY-NC licence, rewards for article reviewers, flexibility on article length from 3,000–15,000 words, and international dissemination under the imprimatur of a university press." Launched October, 2014.

  Project Muse
Provides full-text access to books and journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.