• Use the databases to locate citations, abstracts, and full-text articles
• They're available to you 24/7
• Off campus use requires login: Ramapo email username and password
• Scholarly/peer reviewed/refereed articles have been reviewed by a selected panel of experts in the discipline covered by that journal.

JSTOR Complete

Entirely full-text, from scholarly journals. Cannot email articles -- email yourself the stable URL.
**Do not print from browser print button. Use the JSTOR print option.

Project MUSE

Full-text access to prestigious humanities and social sciences journals

Gallup Brain OR http://gallup.com

Contains records of more than 70 years of public opinion polls

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International and Archive

Tip: When only a citation is included, click on the Check availability at Ramapo link to see if the full text of the article is available in our collection

CQ Researcher

A weekly publication providing original in-depth analysis of the most current major and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, all the pros and cons

See also:

America: History & Life

Abstract database.
Tip: When only a citation is included, click on the Check availability at Ramapo link to see if the full text of the article is available in our collection.

Wilson Omnifile Full Text Mega

A multi-disciplinary database containing both full-text articles and citations.
Tip: When only a citation is included, click on the Check for full-text link to see if the full text of the article is available in our collection.

Newspaper databases:

Lexis Nexis Academic

Full-text coverage of newstopics

America's Newspapers

Full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for more than 300 U.S. newspapers

Historical newspaper databases:

Historical New York Times

full-text of the entire NY Times from 1851-2004
Tip: Use the Page Map link (upper right hand side of screen) IN a record to view the entire front page of paper OR from the search screen click on MORE OPTIONS then DOCUMENT TYPE: FRONT PAGE

Historical Washington Post

Full text of the entire paper from 1877-1991 Tip: Use the Page Map link (upper right hand side of screen) IN a record to view the entire front page of paper OR from the search screen click on MORE OPTIONS then DOCUMENT TYPE: FRONT PAGE

Historical Christian Science Monitor

Full text of the entire paper from 1908-1994 Tip:Use the Page Map link (upper right hand side of screen) IN a record to view the entire front page of paper OR from the search screen click on MORE OPTIONS then DOCUMENT TYPE: FRONT PAGE

Historical Wall Street Journal

Full text of the entire paper from 1889-1990 Tip: Use the Page Map link (upper right hand side of screen) IN a record to view the entire front page of paper OR from the search screen click on MORE OPTIONS then DOCUMENT TYPE: FRONT PAGE

Strategies for searching the databases:

• Go back and revise your searches! Use different terms and synonyms.
• Switch to the Advance Search page in a database. This will give you more control over your results.
• Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) when running a search. For Example: political debates and "presidential campaigns"
  • AND: narrows your search. e.g., political debates and presidential campaigns
  • OR: broadens your search. e.g., television or radio and political debates
  • NOT: eliminates the second term. e.g., Television not radio
• Always check your spelling if you get zero results
• To look for full-text use the check availablity at Ramapo (language differs slightly in the various databases) link in the databases
• Use the Subject Terms or Thesaurus link in databases to find the best search (or descriptor) terms to use
• Limit or filter searches to scholarly, peer-reviewed, academic, or refereed articles. These articles are found in journals which have been reviewed by a board of experts. The database generally has an option for specifying this limit. If it doesn't, you can check to see if an article is coming from a peer-reviewed publication by checking another database, Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory.

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Beginning Research : Finding Articles
This tutorial is designed to help you find articles using a database.