Research Design (56:824:713)
Finding Articles
To find articles, you can use the following access points:
- QuickSearch (QuickSearch Help): Use one search bar to find journals, articles, books, periodicals, videos, and more.
- Indexes and Databases: Search all of the libraries' indexes and databases by title, subject or resource type. Once you choose an index or database, search your topic.
- Go directly to the suggested databases given to you by your librarian.
The library databases contain scholarly peer-reviewed literature along with other types and sources of information. The links below provide additional information on the types of information available.
Popular Literature vs. Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Literature: What's the Difference?
Tutorials and Guides:
General Databases
- Academic Search PremierAn excellent place to start your research.
The database offers information in nearly every area of academic study, including arts, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, ethnic studies, engineering, language and linguistics, literature, medical sciences, philosophy, physics, psychology, religion, social sciences, and more. - Google ScholarSearch is limited to scholarly articles. Some available in Full-Text (must be logged in). Advanced Search available.
- Web of ScienceWeb of Science indexes leading scholarly journals, books, proceedings, and other formats. Its major subject areas include sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Political Science Public Admin Databases
- PAIS IndexPAIS Index provides coverage of public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations
- Politics Collection (ProQuest)Politics Collection is a collection of scholarship and research in political science and public policy
- Worldwide Political Science AbstractsThe database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, sociology, economics, and public administration/policy.
- Policy MapPolicyMap is an online data and mapping application that provides access to over 10,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, income, crime, mortgages, health, jobs, and more
- Business Source PremierBusiness Source Premier is a database covering business and management topics, including accounting, banking, economics, finance, international trade, marketing, management information systems, and operations management. It includes articles from thousands of scholarly and professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines.
- Best Bets for Public AdministrationAdditional databases.
- Best Bets for Political ScienceAdditional databases for Political Science research.
Sociology Databases
- Sociology Collection (ProQuest)Sociology Collection covers international scholarship and research in sociology, social services, and related fields.
- Social Science Premium (ProQuest)Social Science Premium Collection is the parent collection that contains all social sciences content available through ProQuest. It covers anthropology, criminology, economics, education, international relations, library science, linguistics, political science, public policy, social work, sociology, and more.
- Sociological AbstractsSociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
- Best Bets for SociologyAdditional databases for Sociology research.
Getting to the Article
We subscribe to thousands of journals, but not to all of the journals you may find cited in our electronic databases. In certain databases, full text is available via PDF or HTML links. However, in many of our databases you will need to select the 
button.
- Ideally, when you the select thebutton, you will be brought directly to the article.
- If the article is not available, you can request a free, electronic copy (PDF) by clicking on the Article Delivery button that will show in Library Catalog record (after signing in with NETID or requesting a copy through Interlibrary Loan and Article Delivery. Requested articles are delivered electronically as PDF files. The turnaround time is generally 1-3 days.
Google Scholar
Not everything on Google Scholar is peer-reviewed. It is not possible to filter only to peer-reviewed, so pay attention to your sources! Google Scholar also does not contain ALL the scholarship, especially the most recent articles that may be available in a library database.
Google Scholar automatically places AND between words: zombie library (This will conduct a search for zombie and library)
Exact Phrase Searching: Enter the phrase in quotation marks: "zombie apolcalypse"
Search related words: ~library (This will conduct a search for library, libraries, librarian)
Search for alternative words: use OR (must be caps), with terms in parentheses:
Search for alternate terms using OR, with the terms enclosed in parentheses: (zombie OR undead)
Settings:
1. Link to Bibliography Manager (RefWorks)
2. Library Links- Choose Rutgers in order to see what is available to you via Rutgers subscriptions.