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1. Decide what type of articles you are looking for:
    • General interest articles
      • Written by authors and scholars
      • Published in journals, magazines, newspapers
    • Scholarly articles
      • Written by specialists in various fields of study and reviewed by a selected panel of experts in the discipline covered by that journal
      • Published in academic or peer-reviewed journals.
2. Identify a database using "Electronic Databases by Title" or try our beta version of "Database By Subject."

3. Use Journal Finder if you know of a specific journal title and want to see if that journal is accessible through our databases.

Some Tips When Searching in Databases:
  • Use the Boolean operators - AND, OR, NOT - to have more control on your search results.
  • Do not use long sentences as your search terms, instead pick out main ideas of keywords and use those.
  • Always check your spelling if you get zero results.
  • If the article is not available in full text use the "Check Availability at Ramapo" or "Check for full-text" links to see if it is available from other databases or in print.
Recommended Databases for your class: (Note: If you are accessing these off campus you will be required to log in using your Ramapo user name and password.)


Wilson's Omnifile Fulltext Mega
(Some Full-text)
 Provides electronic access to full text articles, images, abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage is back as early as 1982. Users have access to information on virtually any subject. TIPS: Refer to the left side bar of your search results page for more focused results; Scholarly or peer-reviewed articles are marked with a graduation cap (Peer Reviewed).



Academic Search Premier
(Some Full-text)
 This is a multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. It offers information in nearly every area of academic study. TIP: Refer to the left side bar of your search results page for more focused results. TIP: If the article you need is not available in full-text, click on "Check Availability at Ramapo" link to see if the full text is available in our collection.

Expanded Academic ASAP
(Some full-text)		Provides access to more than 3,500 journals (of which 2,100 are peer-reviewed in the areas of humanities, social science and science and technology.


CQ Researcher
(Full-text)
 Provides in-depth analysis of the most current and controversial issues with complete summaries, all the pros and cons, and more. TIP: Use "Browse Topics," "Issue Tracker" or "Recent Reports" for ideas for your speeches.

JSTOR
(Full-text)
 JSTOR complete covers archival full-text scholarly articles in the arts and sciences, biological sciences, humanities, social sciences, mathematics, ecology, botany, music, business, and statistics. TIP: To print, use JSTOR 's print option.

LexisNexis Academic
(Full-text)		This is a good resource if you are researching on news, current events, business and legal topics. TIP: Use the "How do I?" link or the view the tutorials on the left side bar of LexisNexis if you have problems searching.

Historical New York Times
(Full-text)		This database offers full-text and full-image articles for newspapers from 1851. For most titles, the collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.

Social Sciences Full Text
(Full text)		Covers the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods in the social sciences. Some of the subjects covered are Environmental Studies, Ethics, Gender Studies, Law, Community Heath & Medical Care, Sociology, etc.







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