Research Guides: A Guide for Urban Doctoral Students: Articles/Research Databases

Michael Schwartz Library

Connecting to the Full Text of an Article

-Many articles are available full text online in HTML or PDF format in the Research Databases. Look for buttons and/or links that say Access Options, Available Online, PDF Full Text, Get PDF, or something similar.

-If an article is NOT available full text from the database you are searching, then check Journal Finder. Use Journal Finder to determine if the Michael Schwartz Library provides full text access (either online or in print) to the TITLES of specific journals, magazines, or newspapers.

-Search for the article title in Google Scholar. Make sure Google Scholar is connected to Cleveland State University and Open WorldCat. Go to Settings--Library Links.

-If the article is not available in any of the sources mentioned above, then request it through Interlibrary Loan.

RESEARCH DATABASES

Articles are published in periodicals -- JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, and NEWSPAPERS. To find articles on a topic, search the Michael Schwartz Library's Research Databases.

The databases are listed in Alphabetical Order by Title and grouped by Subject Category on the Library's website. The Library also provides access to several Newspaper Research Databases.

Below are some databases to get you started -- this is not an exhaustive list!

Academic Search Complete
Indexes, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study.
America: History and Life
History and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
Business Source Complete
Index, abstracts, and full text covering scholarly business journals, business and industry news on management, economics, marketing, finance, accounting, international business and much more.
Electronic Journal Center
A full text database of journal articles covering a wide range of subjects. Includes review articles.
Environment Complete
Full text database for environmental studies
JSTOR
Full text access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in various disciplines of the humanities and social sciences.
International Political Science Abstracts
Includes current indexing and abstracts of the world's leading journals in political science from 1989 to present.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Provides access to hundreds of full-text journals with strong coverage in child and adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling.
Public Administration Abstracts
Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to public administration, including public administration research, public administration theory, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Social Sciences Full Text
Access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language journals published in the social sciences. This resource provides detailed indexing for over 625 periodicals dating back as far as 1983—nearly 400 of which are peer-reviewed.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Comprehensive coverage of scholarly literature in sociology and the social sciences.
Sociological Collection (1965-)
Comprehensive database with coverage of more than 500 full text journals, including nearly 500 peer-reviewed titles. Sociological Collection offers information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure. Updated daily.
Web of Science Core Collection
Citation index of peer-reviewed journals published worldwide in science, social sciences, and humanities disciplines. Conference proceedings and book data are also available.