Recommended Journals
These journals are recommended by Dr. Colven. Most journal homepages will have a search box, allowing you to search the journal's contents.
Area Studies
These are the major databases for finding articles and other materials related to Area Studies.
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American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABEES)Multi-disciplinary coverage of East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. References to journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, online resources, and selected government publications published in the United States and Canada.
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Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS)Multidisciplinary coverage of East, Southeast, and South Asia. References to western-language journal articles, books (to 1991), book chapters, conference proceedings.
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ClasePeriodicaMultidisciplinary coverage of Latin America. References to journal articles, books, book reviews, essays, conference proceedings, and technical reports in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English.
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Handbook of Latin American StudiesMultidisciplinary coverage of Latin America. References to journal articles, books, book chapters, and conference papers in Spanish and English. OU Link to Article does not work in this database. You must search Discover Local (the catalog) for the book or journal title to see if we own it.
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HAPI, the Hispanic American Periodicals IndexMultidisciplinary coverage of Latin America and Hispanics in the U.S. References to journal articles, book reviews (through 2001), documents, original literary works in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.
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Index IslamicusIslam, the Middle East and the Muslim world, all time periods. References to books, book reviews, and journal articles.
Find Journal Articles and More
Besides looking directly in recommended journals, try searching databases for journal articles (and sometimes books and other materials). Because articles from journals from many different disciplines may be relevant to your topic, multidisciplinary databases and databases for various disciplines are listed here.
Multidisciplinary Databases
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Academic Search CompleteReferences (and some full text) to magazine articles, major newspaper articles, journal articles, and book reviews.
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Discover Advanced SearchSee tab to the left! Discover searches across many OU Libraries resources and platforms to find journal articles, books, ebooks, newspaper articles and more.
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Google ScholarGoogle Scholar enables you to search for literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, and technical reports from all broad areas of research. However, it indexes these items automatically and you should take care to verify the scholarly nature of items you find. Additionally, sometimes the OU Article Linker does not work correctly from Google Scholar results; in those cases take the title, journal, or authors and search in a database from the Libraries website.
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JSTORFull text and complete archives of core scholarly journals in most disciplines. Some journals date from the 1600s. Current issues may not be available.
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Web of ScienceMultidisciplinary index covering topics in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is the electronic equivalent of the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Science Citation Index. Some full text available.
Environmental Science
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Annual Review of Environment and ResourcesJournal that synthesizes research literature and identifies the principal contributions in the field.
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GreenFILEDatabase to search for scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, related to the the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment.
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Natural Science CollectionSearches across multiple ProQuest science databases. If the results are too heavy on the hard sciences, look at the left hand side facets, click the down arrow next to the "database" facet, click "more" and then check the boxes to include environmental databases.
Geography, including Human Geography
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Anthropology PlusFull text journal articles for anthropology, demography, art history, folklore, museum studies, psychology, and religious studies.
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GEOBASE (part of Engineering Village)Choose GEOBASE. Covers geography, geology, ecology, international development, and related disciplines. Materials indexed include journals, books, conference proceedings, and reports.
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SocINDEXSociology and other social and behavioral sciences. References to journal articles, books, and conference papers.
International Affairs and Political Science
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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)Designed to be a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs. Some full text.
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PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) InternationalPublic and social policy issues, foreign and domestic. References to journal articles, government documents, books, pamphlets, yearbooks, directories.
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Worldwide Political Science AbstractsCovers international literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
Business and Economics
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ABI/INFORM Complete (Now called Proquest One Business)Focus is on business and management topics, but includes many other subjects as well. Full text and references to journal and magazine articles.
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Business Source EliteCovers business, management, economics, banking, finance, and accounting. Materials indexed include scholarly and peer-reviewed journals. Some full text available.
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EconLitIndexes literature focusing on economics and economists' views on social issues. Materials indexed include books, chapters, working papers and dissertations, and abstracts to journal articles.