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Articles
The best way to locate relevant articles is through the library databases.
Some of the key databases for locating relevant sources for your topics in this class are located below.
You may also locate articles by going to Databases by Subject and looking under a relevant subject area for your topic. For instance, if you are looking at education in the United States and Japan, click on the Databases by Subject link, and then click on Education to bring up the most focused databases for that subject area.
Multi-Disciplinary Databases (These have sources on a wide range of subjects)
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary database which offers information in many areas of academic study. This database supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing access to journals, periodicals, reports, books and more. (VIVA)
Subject-Specific Databases (These have sources more focused on a subject or broad discipline)
- AtoZ: World Culture This link opens in a new windowA wealth of reference information about the nations of the world. Includes information about demographics, climate, culture and travel. (NVCC)
- Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowJournal articles related to communication and mass media studies. (VIVA)
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowCitations and full-text journal articles. Subject coverage includes emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. (VIVA)
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new windowThis resource offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. In addition to nearly 900 full-text journals, SocINDEX with Full Text also contains informative abstracts for more than 1,500 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. (VIVA)
Suggested Keywords
Connect your related terms using OR and your key concepts using AND when searching in the library's article databases
- gender AND identity AND "generation Z"
- values OR beliefs OR norms AND "baby boomer"
- school or education AND Japan
- Hawaii AND culture