Find Scholarly Journal Articles
- In general, start your searching with just one or two keywords. Add more as needed.
- Be sure to try your topic in more than one database.
- Read citations and abstracts to get ideas of different keywords to represent your topic.
- If the full text of the article, is not available, click 360 Link to Full Text to check if OSU subscribes to the journal.
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America: History and Life
Scholarly citations and articles covering world history. Type chem* to find the words chemist and chemical. Use quotes, "Linus Pauling", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Can limit by language (recommended). Can limit by Historical Period.
Coverage Dates: 1964 - -
Historical Abstracts
Scholarly citations and articles covering world history. Type chem* to find the words chemist and chemical. Use quotes, "Linus Pauling", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Can limit by language (recommended). Can limit by Historical Period.
Coverage Dates: 1955 - present -
JSTOR
A multi-disciplinary archival collection of full-text scholarly journal articles. Type chem* to find the words chemist and chemical. Use quotes, "whooping cough", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Under the advanced search, check mark articles to limit to scholarly articles.
Coverage Dates: - Varies by Journal -
Project Muse
Interdisciplinary collection of full-text, peer reviewed journals. Type chem* to find the words chemist and chemical. Use quotes, "Linus Pauling", so the terms are searched as a phrase. Use parentheses to search for multiple concepts ("biological sciences" or "physical sciences") and history. Use the limit to articles on the Advanced Article Search page.
Coverage Dates: - Varies by journal -
Google Scholar
Google Scholar searches a variety of academic publishers. Some articles are available in full-text. If the full-text is not available check OSU Libraries Catalog for print. If not available, request it from InterLibrary Loan. Use quotes, "Linus Pauling", so the terms are searched as a phrase.
Coverage Dates: coverage range - unknown -
Academic Search Premier
A multi-disciplinary database indexing citations and full-text scholarly and non-scholarly articles. Click Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals to limit your search. Type chem* to find the words chemist and chemical. Use quotes, "Linus Pauling", so terms are searched as a phrase.
Coverage Dates: 1975 - present
Current Newspaper Articles
Alternative Press Index
Lexis Nexis Academic Full-text to hundreds of national and international newspapers, some from 1980's-present. For the full-text of The Oregonian, 1987-present, choose News and checkmark The Oregonian as a Source. Tutorial.
Oregon Index Citations to Oregon newspapers, 1975-present.
PressDisplay Full-text to international and some U.S. newspapers, last 60 days.
Check out Cornell University Library's 2-minute video "Research Minutes: How to Identify Substantive News Articles."
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Historical Newspapers
Here is a list of newspapers, historical and current, on microfilm at Valley Library.
Search these full-text databases for historical news:
American Periodicals Series a database of magazines and newspapers from 1740-1900. This unique and valuable collection contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals that originated between 1741-1900, when Andrew Bradford's American Magazine and Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine were launched. Deriving from the acclaimed American Periodicals Series microform collection, APS Online features over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years-from colonial times to the advent of American involvement in World War II. Titles range from America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository, to popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal.
America's Historical Newspapers a database of newspapers from 1690-1876. Also known as Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876. This historical collection contains hundreds of historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's authoritative bibliography and in additional subsequent bibliographies.
Here is a list of historical Oregon newspapers in microfilm on the 3rd floor of The Valley Library.
For locating historical citations from newspapers, you can try Google News Archive. After identifying citations, check if OSU Libraries holds the newspaper and if we don't, request it from interlibrary loan.
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Finding Books
- The OSU catalog lists all the books held in the OSU Libraries. This includes all e-books!
- Learn more about getting a book from the OSU Libraries
- The Summit catalog lists books at other regional libraries that can be retrieved for you and delivered within 3-5 business days, free of charge. If the OSU Libraries do not own an item, use Summit.
- Learn more about Summit
- WorldCat lists books that are available at other libraries in the United States, and sometimes in other countries. If you find a book you want, and it is not listed in the OSU Libraries catalog or the Summit catalog, you can request the book by clicking on the Request from Interlibrary Loan button in the Summit/WorldCat catalog. This service usually takes 2-3 weeks.
Tip! By using the catalogs' date limits in the advanced search, you may uncover primary sources.
- Use the advanced search and limit by publication date, full view and public domain to find primary sources.
- Google Book Search searches within indexes and texts of books. How much of the book you see depends on the copyright status, and on how much of their copyrighted work that authors and publishers who participate in the program will allow. For many items you can click on "Find this book in a library" to see if OSU owns a copy.This is not a complete catalog, so please check OSU and Summit catalogs, to
Archival Research Tutorial
Primary Sources
Primary sources can be found in many places:
Digitized books can be found here:
- Google Book Search: use the advanced search to limit to full view (out of copyright) to see the complete full text
- OSU Libraries Special Collections: featuring original papers by: Linus Pauling, Milton Harris, Paul Emmett, etc
- History of Science, Technology and Medicine Links
The Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals (American Memory, Library of Congress)
Search, browse and display books and periodicals published in the United States during the nineteenth century, primarily during the second half of the century.
American Memory Project: browse by timeline and then browse or search.
NWDA: Northwest Digital Archives: search listings of archives. Some results available online, for others visit the archives in person.
OSU Archives & Special Collections: OSU's digitized collections.
More Primary Sources
OSU Archives: in addition to the digitized collections you can visit the archives and an archivist will help you find items related to your topic. Search descriptions of their holdings to inform your visit.
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature: a print index to magazine articles published since 1900. Call number is AI 3 .R4. Tells you which magazine published the article and when.
The Valley Library 6th Floor: browse the AP call number area for magazines published during the 20th C. Examples include: Time, Mother Jones, Nation, National Review, New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, etc.
The National Archives ARC Catalog: use the Digital Copies to search.
UofDelaware Subject Guide to Internet Resources for History of Science & Technology.
The History of Computing Project: great timeline, biographies, hardwar and software information. All information should be corroborated with other materials.
Writing & Citing Resources
OSU's Writing Center Make an appointment or review their online help.
APA Guides:
OSU Libraries links to several style and citation guides.
Cite U Like: manage your citations
Slate Citation Machine: style information
Plagiarism? It's Your Call: website with examples of how to cite correctly. From Western Michigan University's online tutorial SearchPath, "learn to find and critically evaluate information sources."
