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HOW DO I FIND ARTICLES?

There is not one single place to look for all possible articles on a subject. Searching only one database might find what you need, but we suggest you search more than one. EBSCO's Web databases allows you to search more than one database at a time. For a list of all databases with descriptions go to the All Databases page.
  1. Select a database to search from below or choose a database from the Resources by Department page. In general, Academic Search Complete or WilsonSelectPlus is a good place to start.

  2. Enter subject, keyword(s), author, or title of the topic you are searching plus any limits (date, full-text). If you are having trouble finding anything, think of different words for your topic that mean the same thing. For example, instead of searching for raising children, search for child rearing.

  3. If the article is full-text (actual article appears on the screen), you can print it out or e-mail it to yourself.

  4. If the article is not full-text, see if ACU or another Abilene library has the journal/periodical/magazine by looking in ALCON or the Abilene Library Consortium Union List of Serials (Red book).

  5. Make sure to write down or print out the citation information--author, title, journal, date, volume, page--in order to find the article. If none of the Abilene libraries has the publication it can be ordered through ILL.

  6. If you still need help, ask or call a librarian at the research desk in the Learning Commons (674-2941), send a question through the Ask a Librarian form, or send an e-mail to: johnsonm@acu.edu

To find articles, you can search the databases and services provided by the ACU Library listed below.

For a listing of resources by subject, click here. For descriptions and links to each database, go to All Databases page.

  • EBSCOhost Web (Click for access to these databases)
    Academic Search Complete, ATLAS Full Text Plus, Business Source Premier, CINAHL, CINAHL with Full Text, Clinical Pharmacology, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Family & Society Studies Worldwide, MasterFILE Premier, MEDLINE, Middle Search Plus, Military & Government Collection, MLA, Pre-CINAHL, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Regional Business News
  • Gale Group InfoTrac & Galenet (Click for access to these databases)
    Business & Company Resource Center, Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Health Reference Center Academic, Health & Wellness Resource Center, InfoTrac Newspapers, Literature Resource Center, Student Resource Center Gold
  • LEIAN FirstSearch (Click for access to these databases)
    AGRICOLA, AHSearch, Alt Press Index, Alt Press Index Archive, ArticleFirst, BasicBIOSIS, BioDigest, Books in Print, Bus Date Line, BusIndustry, BusinessOrgs, BusManagement, Clase Periodicals, CWI, Disclosure, Dissertations, EBooks, ECO, EconLit, ERIC, GEOBASE, GPO, MEDLINE, NewsAbs, PapersFirst, Periodical Abstracts, Proceedings, PsycFIRST, RILM Music Abstracts, SIRSResearcher, WilsonSelectPlus, WorldAlmanac, Worldscope.
  • Lexis-Nexis (Click for access to these databases)
    News, Business, Legal Research, Medical, Government Periodicals Universe