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Articles are a valuable resource in any research paper or project. Articles (as opposed to books) generally possess the following characteristics:

• Shorter length
• Currency of information
• Focus on a specific aspect of a topic 

Try different combinations of these keywords as you search for information.

Check the subject headings/descriptors for individual articles in your searches and repeat your search using these terms. Please note, subject headings are not consistent across databases.

General Interest Databases (cover a variety of subjects/topics)

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Host) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated daily.
• Academic OneFile (InfoTrac) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated weekly.

Discipline Specific Databases (focus on a specific discipline or collection of related disciplines) - brief description

• Alt-Health Watch (via EBSCO) - Identifies articles in complementary and alternative medicine.
• America: History & Life - Has citations and sometimes full-text of historical articles.
• EBSCO Health Source - Provides basic coverage of literature in journal articles, pamphlets, and health reference books.
• LegalTrac - Identifies articles in all major law reviews, specialty law journals, and bar association journals.
• MD Consult - Identifies articles on clinical information from journals and clinics, medical reference books, clinical practice guidelines, and drug information for over 22,000 medications.
• PubMed - Identifies articles in basic and clinical biomedical research, psychology and other allied health fields.
• Sociological Abstracts - Includes the full-text to articles, papers, book chapters, and dissertations in the sociology and related disciplines.
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - Includes articles on political science, law and associated fields.