Research Guides: GIPA 501: Find Articles

How to Access the Library's Electronic Resources from Off-Campus

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Anthropology Databases

Anthropology Plus (EBSCOhost)
Database includes Royal Anthropological Institute’s Anthropological Index and Harvard University's Anthropological Literature which covers journal articles, reports and commentaries for anthropology, archaeology, and related research back to the 19th century.
JSTOR
Around 200 anthropology and archaeology journals, along with thousands of journals covering virtually all subjects, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
Scopus
Indexes articles and analyzes citaitons for around 800 anthropology and archaeology journals, along with tens of thousands of others for the sciences and social sciences.
EWU Library Catalog
Along with books, the EWU Library Catalog has records for millions of articles. For scholarly articles, click Peer Reviewed Journals on the left side. The default is to what we should have available full text online. To expand to more articles, click the box Include results with no full text in the upper left corner.
Google Scholar
Use this link to Google Scholar, specific for EWU. You will see "Find it @ EWU" in your results, to check to see if we have it full text in a database, in print/microfilm, or a link to request it via Interlibrary Loan

Business & Economics

Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost)
Articles from periodicals (including peer-reviewed journals) on all aspects of business. Contains books, plus reports, papers and company profiles. Selected titles go back as far as 1886, but most begin in the 1990s.
EconLit (EBSCOhost) -- 1969-present
Indexes articles on economics issues from journals and magazines, dissertations, books and working papers.

Environmental Studies

GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)
Indexes journals and magazines (along with selected books, pamphlets and government reports) relating to human impacts on the environment.
Scopus
Indexes articles and analyzes citations from 20,000+ journals in the sciences and social sciences back to 1970, though some are as far back as 1788. Search this database in lieu of Web of Science.

Geosciences

GeoRef (EBSCOhost)
Database for geology and geosciences. Indexes and summarizes relevant articles from journals, books, maps, conference papers, and dissertations back to 1669 for North America and 1933 for the rest of the world.

Health Sciences Databases

Health/Medicine Databases: CINAHL, MEDLINE & Health Sources (EBSCOhost)
Search four health/medicine databases simultaneously: the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, MEDLINE, Health Source Consumer and Health Source Academic.

Multidisciplinary

JSTOR
Back files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.

Psychology

PsycArticles - APA (EBSCOhost)
Articles from all American Psychological Association journals. Coverage back to the first issue of each journal, for example Psychological Review goes back to 1894.
PsycInfo - APA (EBSCOhost) -- 1806-present
A large and comprehensive index of peer-reviewed psychology journals, plus selected book chapters, books, and dissertations, in some cases back to the 1800's. Produced by the American Psychological Association.

Science & Technology

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost) -- 1983-present
Core journals and magazines in chemistry, energy, engineering, physics, etc.
ScienceDirect
Articles from journals that are mainly medical or scientific and indexing for additional journals. Most of the journals are published by Elsevier, but includes titles from 15 other scientific publishers as well.
Scopus
Indexes articles and analyzes citations from 20,000+ journals in the sciences and social sciences back to 1970, though some are as far back as 1788. Search this database in lieu of Web of Science.
SpringerLink
Articles from journals that are mainly scientific and medical back to 1997 with indexing for additional journals, books, and protocols. Includes ebooks in the field of education.
Wiley Online
Access to journals published by John Wiley & Sons, back to 1997. The database includes citations for additional titles, as well citations for articles older than 1997.

Note that it is impossible to tell if EWU has the rights to the full text of the article until you try to access it. There is no limiter for "full text only".

Social Sciences

SAGE Journals Online
Articles from social science & humanities journals, back to 1999. Indexing only for articles older than 1999 & some journals this library does not subscribe to.
Scopus
Indexes articles and analyzes citations from 20,000+ journals in the sciences and social sciences back to 1970, though some are as far back as 1788. Search this database in lieu of Web of Science.

Sociology

SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
Database for sociology, with solid coverage for social work, social psychology, addictions, and criminal justice issues. Full text for journals dating back as far as 1908, with selective text and abstracts for others going back as far as 1895, plus numerous books, conference papers, and other monographs.