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EWU Reference Desk
- Call 509-359-2263 or 1-800-722-6092
- Send Email
Bellevue College Reference Desk
- Visit Building D, Room D126
- Call 425-564-6161
- Send Email
Access Article Databases
For EWU article databases...
All of our databases may be accessed from any computer connected to the Internet, with your NetID username and password. (This username/password is the same one that you used to initially set up your EWU email account.) Your username is the first letter of your first name, your last name, and the last 2 digits of your EWU ID number. To see a flash video demonstration, click NetID Login.
If you have not created your password, go to accounts.ewu.edu. See NetID Account for more information. For questions about your EWU ID number, contact IT Help Desk.
For Bellevue College article databases...
When prompted to log in, use your BC Student ID number (nine-digit number starting with 950), and your last name. For help with BC logins, contact the Bellevue College LMC reference desk at 425-564-6161 or email reference@bellevuecollege.edu.
Starting your research? Try these databases first!
These article databases are good places to begin your research, or when you just need some articles on your topic.
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)Full-text articles on all subjects from about 9000 journals, with indexing and abstracts for at least another 4000 periodicals (including magazines and newspapers) dating back as far as 1887. Also indexes books, reports, and conference proceedings.
- ProQuest (Bellevue College Login!)ProQuest electronic database contains newspapers, scholarly journals and other periodicals, many in full text. Great for business subjects, including Wall Street Journal and a wide variety of business and marketing journals.
- JSTORFull-text back files of over 2100 core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
- Sage Journals OnlineFull-text articles from around 500 social sciences & humanities journals, back to 1999. Indexing only for articles older than 1999 & around 30 journals this library does not subscribe to. Click "Sage Content Available to Me" to limit to full text.
In-Depth Research
Not happy with the results from the databases above? Want to go more in-depth on your issue?
- Business AdministrationGuide to resources for business issues, including company information
- Children's StudiesDetailed guide for resources for Children's Studies
- PsychologyDetailed guide for resources on psychology
- Applied TechnologyGuide to resources for computer science
- Library Guides by SubjectThese guides have recommended article databases for more comprehensive searching, along with links to other resources for the discipline.
- Databases A-ZAlphabetical list of all of our databases for finding articles. This does not include the individual online journals and magazines by title. Use the link below Electronic Journals A-Z to access a particular online periodical.
- Electronic Journals A-ZThis resource will tell you if a particular journal, magazine or newspaper is available full text in any of our article databases. This does not list every article database -- see the above link Databases A-Z to find a particular database, such as ProQuest or JSTOR.
Find the Full Text of an Article
From
any of our article databases click on this icon 
or the
link EWU Check for Full
Text. The results screen will look something like the image below.
If the article is available full text online, there will be a link to the name of the database (ProQuest, Wilson Web, etc.)
If the article is not available online, use the link Interlibrary Loan for an Article. You will be prompted to log into the Interlibrary Loan system. If you have not created a username/password, click the gray First Time Users link and you will be prompted to set up your personal account. Be sure to indicate that your Preferred Book, DVD Delivery Method is Mail to Distance Education and your Pickup Location is Distance Ed Location. Click the red link Interlibrary Loan for an Article again and log in using the username and password you created for yourself. The request form will automatically be filled out. Simply verify the information and click the gray Submit Request button at the bottom.
It usually takes 1-2 weeks for an article to be sent to you. When it's ready for you to pick up online, you will receive an email from the Interlibrary Loan department, with a link to log back into your Interlibrary Loan account. Go to the section Electronically Received Articles and click on the link under the heading View.
- For a flash video demonstration of the Check for Full Text button taking you to another database, click here.
- For a flash video demonstration of the Check for Full Text button taking you to requesting the article via Interlibrary Loan, click here.
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For Faculty
Arranging Library Instruction for Your Students
To advance the educational goals of information literacy and critical thinking, the EWU Libraries offer online tutorials, class and subject guides, and/or face-to-face instruction in library research methods to distance students in all programs. To integrate library instruction into your curriculum, then please contact:
- Ielleen Miller, EWU Libraries Coordinator of Instruction. 509-359-4816, [imiller@ewu.edu].
- Correspond directly with the Library Instruction Liaisons for your discipline.
- David Oar, BC Librarian coordinating EWU Distance Education efforts. 425-564-3134, [david.oar@bellevuecollege.edu].
Try to schedule at least one month in advance for a face-to-face bibliographic instruction session, and if you have a research-related student assignment, providing an advance copy to the library liaison would be appreciated.
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