Research Guides: STSU1100 (Whitely): 4 Finding academic articles in a database

Other databases to try

The video on this page demonstrates using Academic Search Complete, which is an excellent multidisciplinary database for almost all research projects. Here are more databases for you to try.

PsycINFO
PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations.
Subject: Psychology.
SocINDEX
Contains full text for 397 "core" journals dating back to 1908 and 150 "priority" journals. Also includes full text for books, monographs and conference papers.
Subject: Sociology and related fields such as Criminology and Criminal Justice, Gender Studies, Social Psychology, Religion etc.
CBCA Complete
Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) Complete combines full text and indexed content from all four CBCA database subsets
Subject: Covers current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information as produced in Canada.
ERIC
ERIC contains citations and abstracts from over 900 educational and education-related journals, primarily American with some Canadian and British publications.
Subject: Education.
Canadian Points of View
Canadian Points of View is a full text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
Subject: Environment, health, human rights, crime, race, technology, substance abuse, and many more.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a subset of Google that focuses on academic literature such as peer-reviewed journal articles and scholarly books.
Subject: Scholarly literature.

Finding academic articles in a library database

The user interface for Academic Search Complete is different from that shown in this video. We are updating the video to accurately show changes made to the database very recently. You can get help from a librarian or watch this video to help you get oriented.

Test your knowledge: Academic Search Complete
Take this short quiz to test your knowledge of searching for articles in Academic Search Complete. It's not for marks, just for you to see what you've learned!

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary full text database, with more than 8,600 full text periodicals, including more than 7,500 peer-reviewed journals.
Subject: All subject areas.