UNST What are Great Books?: Books & Articles
What is a Scholarly Article?
Academic or scholarly journal articles:
- Written by experts in a particular field
- Written for other experts in that field
- Use expert language, or jargon, specific to that field
- Report on the results of research such as a scientific experiment
- Typically longer
- Very narrow and specific focus
- Give little to no background information
When searching for scholarly articles, match your search terms with the language experts use and be specific with your terms.
Article Databases
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowProvides selected full text, scholarly, and peer reviewed articles in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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Business Source Premier This link opens in a new windowProvides full text and citations to articles in various business publications; also includes company profiles, industry profiles, and country information.
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America: History and Life This link opens in a new windowIncludes citations of articles and books on the history and culture of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowIndexes citations to journal articles, dissertations, and books about world literature, literary criticism, language, linguistics, and folklore from 1921 to the present.
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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowFind citations to academic articles on world history (except the U.S. and Canada), from the 15th century to the present.
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Alt-HealthWatch This link opens in a new windowContains full text articles and other publications covering topics in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
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Health Source: Nursing/Academic edition This link opens in a new windowPresents article citations and full text articles from health and medicine journals.
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BuildingGreen This link opens in a new windowAn authoritative online resource for reliable content on sustainable design strategies, green building materials, and case studies of high performance buildings.
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Urban Studies Abstracts This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing and abstracts for urban affairs, community development, and urban history.
Requesting Books & Articles
While the Portland State Library has a large collection of books, articles, and journals, we may not have a specific item you are looking for. In that case, you may be able to get it for you from another library.
- If you find an item in the catalog and our copy is not available you can Request from other libraries
Finding Recent Articles in the Library Catalog Video
This video demonstrates how to find recent newspaper and peer reviewed articles in the Portland State University Library Catalog.
Searching for a Known Article Video: PSU Library Catalog
Find Books & eBooks in the Library Catalog
Finding eBooks
Use the search box on the Ebooks page to quickly find books the Library has available online or use the "ebooks" limit to filter your search results.
