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Find Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers

Try one of these multidisciplinary databases


Click to access Scopus


Searches over 46,000 journals, magazines and newspapers


Click to access ProQuest Research Library Database

 
Searches a select 2,500 journals, magazines and newspapers


Click to access SciVerse


Searches 14,000 scholarly journals in the sciences and social sciences


Google Scholar


Searches a wide range of scholarly journals

Or choose an in-depth subject database
(e.g. Education Abstracts, Applied Science Abstracts)

Find a database by name in the Databases A-Z List

Find a journal by title or subject through (External) Journal Finder

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Get article full text
Once you've found an article in a database, get the full text (often linked from the database).

Find a journal, magazine, or newspaper by its title
If you need a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper, check (External) Journal Finder to see whether WMU Libraries has it.

Request articles through interlibrary loan
If WMU Libraries doesn't have an article you need, and you are a current student, faculty or staff member, you can borrow it through interlibrary loan. More information and sign in .

Find articles on course reserves
Use Course Reserves to find articles on reserve for a specific course (consult User Guides for help).

Identify popular, trade and scholarly articles
What kind of article do you need? Learn the differences between popular magazines, trade journals and scholarly journals with this handy guide or (External) watch a video .

Cite articles in a paper and bibliography
Be sure to use the citation style your professor requires. See Guide to Writing Styles for links and examples for all the major citation styles.

Connect from off campus
If you're using a computer that isn't at WMU, you'll need to sign in to use most of our databases, indexes, e-journals and e-books. More information .

Link to an article using course software, e-mail, web pages, etc.
You can create a URL to link to an article, but it will require Bronco NetID sign-in from off campus.

Learn more about finding articles
Use ResearchPath's Module 4 as a step-by-step guide to finding articles.

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