Finding Academic Articles
It's helpful to keep track of the databases you've searched in and the combinations of keywords you've used to find articles for your research. You can use this customizable Excel spreadsheet (linked below) to keep track of what databases you've used, your keywords for your search strategy, number of results, and permalinks or DOIs to get back to the source.
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PubMedMEDLINE biomedical database. Molecular biology databases of DNA/protein sequences and 3-D structure data.
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PsycINFOAbstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the behavioral sciences and mental health. Includes full text articles from journals published by the APA and other top psychology journals.
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SocINDEX with Full TextSocINDEX with Full Text offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and many others.
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SPORTDiscusSports, physical education, sports medicine, exercise physiology, recreation, leisure studies, and tourism.
How to search in multiple EBSCO databases at once
Your research topic might involve using articles from different disciplines. One way to search for relevant articles from different disciplines is to search in multiple Ebsco databases at the same time.
To search more than one database at the same time, select Choose Databases and click the box next to the other databases you want to use like in the screenshot below:
Note: If you're unsure what kind of articles are in the databases, hover over the yellow speech bubble to learn more!
Next, press Ok and then click the Search button to re-do your search with the same keywords as your original search but this time in all the databases you selected.
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Academic Search UltimateAcademic Search Ultimate offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more.
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Gale Academic OneFile SelectScholarly journals, news magazines, and newspaper content covering all disciplines.
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JSTORAn archive of important scholarly journals, eBooks and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Offers high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as originally published.
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SpringerLinkJournals, books, series, and protocols in biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities, and economics.
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Web of ScienceWeb of Science provides indexing, full text linking, and citation tracking for articles from vetted, high quality journals in all disciplines (arts and humanities, social sciences, business and sciences), as well as author and journal metrics. Cited Reference Search includes books, artwork, and other cited works. Analyze results identifies frequent authors, funders, universities, and journals for a search or topic.
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Wiley Online LibraryIn 2008 merged with Blackwell Synergy to deliver 1400 Wiley-Blackwell journals, and more than 6000 online books, reference works, databases, protocols and other electronic resources through one integrated service.
Google Scholar can be a great resource when you're trying to find related articles for your topic. It's also helpful if you've found some good articles but they're not the most recent publications.
Access Google Scholar from Quick Links on the Library homepage. In Google Scholar, paste in the title of the article you're using for your research. Look for the Cited By link underneath the article info. For the example below, 88 articles have cited the Oakleaf & Kaske article since it was published in 2009. By clicking on Cited By, you would see the information for the 88 articles. Look for the PDF or FindIt@UND button to access the articles.
Pro-tip: Don't see the FindIt@UND button next to an article you need for your research? Get it through our Interlibrary Loan service!
Finding Dissertations and Theses
Need to FIND A DISSERTATION OR THESES?
- Dissertations produced at UND are available full text for UND members.
- UND Scholarly Commons also has many dissertations produced at UND that are available full text for anyone.
- Dissertations NOT produced at UND are still searchable and you can read the citation and first ~25 pages of the text.
- If you want the full text of the dissertation, you must do an InterLibrary Loan requesting the title. There will likely be a cost for this service but we will let you know ahead of time.
- You may prefer to buy a personal copy (digital or print). This option is available from the vendor.
- Make sure to perform an internet search before buying a copy, as there may be a free version.
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Dissertations & Thesis GuideAddresses how to find and access UND and non-UND dissertations and theses.