Try First

Try First: Resources for Research

General and Multidisciplinary Databases

The following databases are good places to start your research. They all search scholarly peer reviewed journals and provide access to the full-text of articles.  

ebsco

 

 

 

 

Academic Search Complete Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri Icon_External_Link_Video

 

  • Search over 12,500 journals 1984 to date
  • Can limit search results to scholaly (peer reviewed) journals

logo_scopusScopusRestricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri Icon_External_Link_Video

 

 

 

 

  • Search over 18,000 peer reviewed journals 1996 to date
  • Find out who's citing particular articles

jstor
Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri

 
  • Search full-text back files of over 300 scholarly journals
  • Does not include the last five years of issues



Discover@MU Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri Icon_External_Link_Video video

 

 

 

 

  • Search for articles in journals, magazines and newspapers
  • Search for books, government documents, DVDs and more

 


Google Scholar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Search for scholarly articles, books and theses

 

Online Encyclopedias and Handbooks


Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri

 

 

1230510Oxford Reference Online
Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current and Controversial Issues

CQ Researcher Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri CQ Researcher Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri

 
  • 1991 to date
  • Weekly reports on controversial topics

Journalist's Resource: Policy Studies

  • Research reports on environment, economics, society and government

Public Agenda

  • Research reports on people's views and values

Pro/Con.org

  • Pros and cons of controversial issues

 

 

News and Newspapers

Factiva Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri

  • Over 8000 full-text newspapers and trade journals
  • Includes broadcast transcripts and wire services
  • 1980's to date
  • Company business and financial information

Proquest NewsStand Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri

  • Over 500 full-text newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe.
  • 1980's to date

Proquest Historical Newspapers Restricted to faculty, students, and staff at The University of Missouri

  • Full-page images and article images from the New York Times (1851-2010), Chicago Tribune (1849-1990), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Wall Street Journal (1889-1996) and Washington Post (1889-1997).
  • Can search and see images of advertisements in the New York Times

Creating Bibliographies/Citing Sources