Articles are published in newspapers, magazines, and journals and can be found using various search tools:
Scenario | Description | Best Library Search Tool |
General topic | You have an idea about a topic and you might have a specific research question. | Quickfind |
Specific topic | You have clearly defined your topic and have a research question. You need more in-depth, discipline related searching. | Select a Database |
Specific journal | You identify a specific journal. | eJournal Finder(Serials Solution) |
Books | You would like to find comprehensive information (e.g. historical, biographical, overviews, etc. usually published in books). | Library catalog |
News and current events | You need to locate news and current event articles. | Newspaper databases (see below) |
Quick Find:
This is a Google-like search box that will search almost every resource in the library collection in one go.
Watch these short movie clips (4 mins each) to help you to use Quick Find:
"Using Quick Find to search for articles" and "Using Quick Find to search for books"