CSUSM Library Guides: GEW Skokan: Finding Articles

Scholarly Sources and Search Tips

JSTOR
Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American & Asian studies, literature, humanities, music, and biological, health & general sciences.
ProQuest - Literature & Language
Search among ProQuests Literature & Languagedatabases

Gale Literature An integrated research experience, Gale Literature brings together Gale's premier literary databases in a new digital environment that allows researchers, faculty and students to search across these resources to discover and analyze content in entirely new ways. No other publisher offers this unmatched combination of uniquely rich literary content, dependable metadata, and intuitive subject indexing - all enriched by features and design that breathes new life into the study of literature. As Gale makes additional Literary Resources available through Gale Literature, and if your library has access to these products, they will be automatically added to the Gale Literature experience upon release.
Muse Full-text coverage for hundreds of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
Google Scholar @ CSUSM

Tips	Examples
Use keywords, not long search phrases	Instead of searching for "How is The Good Doctor’s Shawn Murphy used to represent ableism? break down your search into the main keywords: representation, ableism, autistic character
Use quotation marks (" ") to keep phrases together Use AND to combine different keywords	"television show" AND "autistic character"
Use OR to combine similar/associated keywords	(representation OR portrayal)
Look for ways to limit your search in the database	You can often limit by type of article (scholarly and peer-reviewed), year of publication, subject