Animal Rights  Tags: ugl_subject_guide animal_rights ugl  

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 

The Undergraduate Library suggests that users try out several searches, using different combinations of search terms (or keywords). For example, combine the search term, "animal rights," with any of the following search terms, depending on which aspects of animal rights you would like to research. 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.

• Animal sanctuaries
• Rats as laboratory animals
• Slaughtering & slaughter-houses
• Human-animal relationships
• Animal products

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 daily.

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

• Biological Abstracts (ISI) - Identifies journal articles on biology and the biomedical sciences, including biochemistry, biology, plant biology, cell biology, medicine, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, and zoology.
• Sociological Abstracts (CSA) - Lots of scholarly journals articles, dissertations, books, and other information covering a wide variety of sociology topics. Useful for many Controversial Issues topics as well.