ENG / WGS 232 Pearman (Hamilton): Find Articles

MLA International Bibliography - The most important database for research in literature, folklore, linguistics and more.

Academic Search Complete - A good general database for scholarly peer-reviewed articles. Use the "Choose Databases" link at the top of the page to cross-search Historical Abstracts, Humanities International Complete, or America: History and Life, depending on your topic.

Historical Abstracts - History journal articles covering the period 1450 to present. Excludes topics in U.S. and Canadian history.

JSTOR - Full-text scholarly journal articles from older issues. 

Some databases include the full text of the articles described in the them. However, many databases do not. When the database does not have the full text of an article, you should see a Find It button like the one above. 

Clicking this button runs a search through other databases that Miami subscribes to looking for the full text. A new tab will open with availability info:

• If a different database has the full text, you will see a link to it
• If there is no full text link on the new tab, you should see a link to a service called interlibrary loan (ILL). After you fill out the linked form, library staff will get a copy of the article from another library for you. This can take several days, however, so if you need the article right away, it is not a good option for you.