RESEARCH LINKS:
FIRST STOPS |
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Some of these links will work only if you are ON the Arkansas Tech campus.
If you are OFF campus, or have trouble accessing any link,
go to the Pendergraft Library database page
and access the databases from there.
STEP ONE:
CHECK: WEBFEAT (allows you to search multiple databases)
STEP TWO:
IF YOU CANNOT FIND THE FULL-TEXT ARTICLE IN WEBFEAT,
RECORD THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND LOOK FOR THE FULL-TEXT ARTICLE HERE: ELECTRONIC PERIODICALS PAGE
STEP THREE:
CHECK: JSTOR (full-text articles)
STEP FOUR:
CHECK OTHER DATABASES INDIVIDUALLY (see below: the ones not in WEBFEAT are marked with a double asterisk)
To locate NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, TRANSCRIPTS, POLLING DATA
**Lexis-Nexis (full text)
To examine BOOK PAGES (copyright-restricted access)
**Google Book Search (restricted full text)
To locate BOOKS on GENERAL SUBJECTS
WorldCat (FirstSearch) (citations)
Pendergraft Library Catalog (what's available on campus)
**NetLibrary (etexts) (full text)
To locate ARTICLES on GENERAL SUBJECTS
Webfeat (search multiple databases)
Academic Search Elite (full text)
**WilsonWeb (citations and full text)
**Article First (FirstSearch) (citations and full text)
ProQuest (abstracts and full text)
To locate ARTICLES on LITERATURE
MLA Bibliography (citations and some full text)
Project Muse (full text)
Literature Online (LION) (citations and some full text)
Periodical Index On-Line (especially good for primary sources)
To locate ARTICLES on HISTORY
Historical Abstracts/America: History and Life
Periodical Index On-Line (especially good for primary sources)
To locate ARTICLES on ISSUES
To locate GENERAL INFORMATION (reference sources)