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Two
Types of Article Databases
Your database
choice depends upon your topic.
1. General Article Databases
- Is your topic general
or cross-disciplinary?
- Currently in the
news?
If so, start with one of
the general article databases. These cover a wide range of subjects and often
index a mixture of popular
and scholarly sources. This is often a good place
to begin research. Examples of general databases and the kinds of articles they
identify are:
Ebsco Host's Academic
Search Elite
MasterFILE Premier
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Several of the Ebsco Host databases index articles from magazines and journals
on a range of topics from 1984 to the present. Many are full text. |
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Lexis
Nexis Academic Universe |
Lexis Nexis Academic Universe indexes full text news, business, legal
and reference information sources. Coverage for some titles begins with 1985. |
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Sirs
Knowledge Source |
SIRS Knowledge Source indexes selected from magazines and newspapers.
It is a full-text database. |
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