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EN 102-01: College Composition II

Video: Why Not Google?

Looking for Articles

Use research databases to search for articles. Most databases allow you to limit to scholarly or peer reviewed articles. Some databases will return full text articles, and abstracts or summaries of articles.

Look for the GET ARTICLE link in the detail screen to see if an article is available in another database. Most databases allow you to limit to full text. If an article is unavailable through Monmouth University Library it may be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

Subscription databases are available to Monmouth University students, faculty and staff. For remote log in, use your university username and password.

Search Tips

  • Use the word "AND" to combine your keywords to make your search more specific, e.g. "substance abuse" AND "domestic violence."
  • Use synonyms and alternative or related terms - broader or narrower - to expand your relevant results, e.g. "teenagers" | "adolescents" | "youth"
  • Use the truncation "*" (star) symbol to search for words with common roots without entering them individually, e.g. searching for teen* retrieves "teen," "teens", "teenaged", "teenagers." Use the "star" symbol (hit "shift" key + 8) to add truncation to your search term.
  • You can limit search results in many databases to academic/peer-reviewed journals, by publication date, or full-text only.

HawkFind

  
Scholarly & Peer Reviewed   Beyond Library Collection
  
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Multi-Subject Databases

Use these multi-subject databases to search for articles in academic journals, newspapers, magazines and other resources.

News Databases

NOTE: Monmouth University has access to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal via their desktop platforms. You must have MU login credentials to set up your free account. Click "more info" to see details on how to get started with New York Times access.

Peer Reviewed Journals & Ulrichsweb

  • Use Ulrichsweb to get a snapshot of the publication details for most academic journals.
  • You can find Ulrichsweb in the Databases A-Z List on the library homepage.
  • To determine whether a specific journal is peer-reviewed, type its title into the search bar.
  • Look for the "refereed" icon indicating that a specific journal is refereed (peer-reviewed).

In the below example, the black and white “ref jersey” icon in the second column indicates that American Anthropologist is refereed (peer-reviewed).

Graphic showing spreadsheet indicating journals list with referee jersey icons

 

Google Scholar Search

Search Google Scholar for scholarly full-text materials available in addition to those you locate in HawkFind. If there is a link to the right of any of your search results, follow the link to view the full article (you may not have access to all the articles in your search results). Check out the Google Search tips video (created by Concordia University) for additional help, and be sure to access Google Scholar from the Monmouth University website in order to view accessible articles.

Google Scholar Search