Scholarly Journals:
Technical/Trade Journals:
Popular Magazines:
Hunter Library has a great comparison of these types of articlesavailable for more information: http://researchguides.wcu.edu/scholarly
OR watch the following quick, fun video from Kimbel Library about popular vs. scholarly sources (there are sock puppets involved!): http://vimeo.com/13186317
Start with the following databases to locate scholarly articles for your research and remember to use the following search tips:
NOTE: Searching using keywords will retrieve ANY document that mentions/uses that keyword at least once, regardless of whether or not that document is actually about that keyword.
Searching using a database provided "subject term" guarantees that any article you retrieve will have that term as the "subject/topic" of discussion. However, only the "words/phrases" a database provides as a "subject term" can be used in a subject search.
DATABASES to start with:
Comprehensive, scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database which features journal articles, but includes monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Subjects covered include: area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, ethnic & cultural studies, general science, geography, geology, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, theology, women's studies and other fields.
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.
The library subscribes to several databases that have various newspaper and magazine collections. Some of our most popular and general periodical databases are featured below.
OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS
After selecting a resource a you will be asked for your Username and Password (this will authenticate you for a search session). Use your EagleID.
EagleID is the first 4 characters of your last name plus the last 4 digits of your Campus Wide I.D. (CWID) number. If your last name is 3 characters long or less, just use those letters. If your name has a special character, such as an apostrophe or space, omit the special character and just use the letters. See the examples below:
Jones, John / 123456789 à jone6789
Lee, Kelly / 123456789 à Lee6789
O'Brian, Carol / 123456789 à OBri6789
Initial Password The initial Password is Tamut followed by the last four digits of your CWID number (example Tamut6789).
Self-Reset Password instructions. Recommended to do this sooner rather than later. Then you can self reset your password when you forget off campus and or during the weekend.
Having trouble with EagleID Login or Password Self-Service did not work, call IT Service desk 903-334-6603. To report problems or need help with a database contact the library.