Welcome
Searching for Journal Articles:
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Presenters: Odile Harter, oharter@fas.harvard.edu Ramona Islam, rlislam@fas.harvard.edu Hugh Truslow, truslow@fas.harvard.edu |
Online version of this handout: http://guides.hcl.harvard.edu/searchingjournals
To delve further into any of the issues discussed at today’s session, you might want to take a look at Tools of the Trade: A Library Starter Kit for Harvard Freshmen
http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/toolkit/
E-resource 101: common features of library databases
Search screens: basic v. expanded
Search language: keywords v. subjects
Refine: options to modify & sort results
Read: Article previews & full-text links
Track: Ready-made citations & "list" or "folder" options
In the disciplines: some major journal article databases in the social sciences and humanities
MLA International Bibliography
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:mlabibli Literature, language, linguistics, and folklore, from 1963 to the presentfor over 3,000 journals and series.
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America: History & Life http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:amhislif History of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present, covering over 2,000 journals published worldwide. |
EconLit http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:econlitx The world's economic literature; coverage of over 600 journals as well as articles in collective volumes, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers. . |
Historical Abstracts http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:histabst History of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada), from over 1800 journals published throughout the world. |
Anthropology Plus http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:anthplus Anthropology and related disciplines from the mid-19th century to the present: social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology and archaeology (particularly prehistoric archaeology).
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:woposcab Political science and its related fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. |
Sociological Abstracts http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:sociofil Sociology, social planning/policy, and related disciplines, from over 1800 journals, relevant dissertations, selected books and book chapters, and association papers, as well as citations for book reviews and other media. |
PsycInfo http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:psycinfo Professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines (psychiatry, education, linguistics, neurosciences, etc.) from over 1800 journals in more than 24 languages annually.
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Art Full Text http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:artfullt Art and architecture periodicals published throughout the world, including English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. |
Philosopher’s Index http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:philoind Scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy, on research published since 1940 including over 680 journals from more than 50 countries with and a variety of languages. |