Finding articles
Journal articles are found by searching in a database. Each database works slightly differently. Some have the full articles available, others just contain information about the article.
If there is an article that isn't full text within the data base, click on the UCONN Full Text button to check if the Library has access through a different source.
- LGBTQ+ Source
Covers gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues including civil liberties, culture, employment, family, history, psychology, and religion.
- Alternative Press Index
Includes article abstracts covering cultural, economic, political & social change.
- Women's Studies International
Includes abstracts for articles, newsletters, books, proceedings, and dissertations covering current topics in feminist research.
- Academic Search Premier
Includes articles from scholarly journals and popular magazines covering a wide variety of disciplines with the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Because GSM Studies is an interdisciplinary field, databases from related areas can also be useful.
- ERIC (EBSCO)
Indexes scholarly journals and magazines in all areas of education, from early intervention (birth to age three), preschool, K-12 (public and private), and higher education. Includes bilingual, special, gifted, and computer education.
- PsycInfo (APA PsycInfo)
Scholarly articles in psychology, plus medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, criminology, social science, business, & organizational behavior.
- SocINDEX with Full Text
Scholarly journal articles about sociology and other social and behavioral sciences. Includes culture & social structure; economic development; evaluation research; family & social welfare; management and complex organizations; policy planning.
- MLA International Bibliography
Scholarly articles, ebooks, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies in literature and linguistics.
- PubMedScholarly journal articles about health and medicine.
