The Library Catalog allows you to search for books,
government documents, DVDs, electronic books, and
other materials in the Library's collection. The
catalog will tell you if the library owns a
particular periodical (journal or magazine) but does
not include the articles found in periodicals. To
find these you must use a different database (see
below)
The Advanced search screen allows you to combine
terms using "and, or, not" as well as limiting a
search by location, date, format, or language.
2.
Finding an Electronic Journal:
Electronic Journals
Searching for a specific article or journal title?
Use the Electronic Journals link to
determine if the Library provides electronic access. Click on the letter
corresponding to the journal's title or type the
title in the box next to "Title begins with." This
box may also be used to search keywords in an
electronic journal's title. The Citation Linker
near the bottom of the page can be used to search
for a specific article.
Note: when using
the electronic journals from off-campus you must
first log in through the
Off Campus
Connect. You will need to enter the 14-digit
number from your Owl Card in order to do this.
Searching for articles on a certain subject? FAU Library provides access to hundreds of interdisciplinary and
subject-specific databases, which may include citations,
abstracts (summaries) and/or the full text of electronic journal
articles. If the database being searched does not provide full text,
click on the
SFX button to check all FAU subscribed-to databases for
the full text article. If there is no link to the full text
available, then click on the FAU Libraries Catalog to see if the
journal is available in print or microfilm in the Library. Articles
not available in electronic, print or microfilm by FAU may be
ordered through the Interlibrary Loan service (see below).
General and Subject
Databases
For General
Research:
Academic Search Premier
| 1975-present | Full Text |
Vendor: EBSCO
Contents/Info: Academic Search Premier, designed specifically
for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly,
multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for
nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600
peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this
database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,200 journals
in the collection.
Biography
Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who®
A comprehensive
database of biographical information on more than one million
people from throughout history, around the world, and across all
disciplines and subject areas.
JSTOR: Full Text |
Vendor: JSTOR
Contents/Info: Journal Storage (118 scholarly journals in
education, humanities, mathematics, science [including the
General Science Collection and Ecology and Botany Collection],
and social science disciplines)
Opposing Viewpoints:
2003-present | Vendor: Gale Group
Contents/Info: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the
acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as
well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan
Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for
information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic
overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and
full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
SIRS Knowledge Source
|
Some Full Text | Vendor: SIRS Knowledge Source
Contents/Info: A reference source which includes access to SIRS
Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance, SIRS
NetSelect and SIRS Interactive Citizenship.
For Subject Specific
Research (Some Examples):
Applied Science and Technology Full Text
Indexes the latest
findings in every area of science, engineering, and technology
covering trade and industrial publications, journals issued by
professional and technical societies, and specialized subject
periodicals.
Education Full Text
Subject areas include adult
education, arts, athletics, comparative education,
competency-based education, computers in education, continuing
education, educational technology, and many other related areas.
Health Reference Center - Academic
Provides articles on:
Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public
Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse,
HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
History
Resource Center- U.S.
Contains a vast collection of
primary sources, magazine and newspaper articles, and reference
works covering U.S. history.
Literature Resource Center - LRC, Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne
English, and Twayne World Authors
Delivers
biographical and bibliographical information on authors and
their works. Covers authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry,
drama, history, and journalism.
SocINDEX with Full Text
The world's most comprehensive
social sciences research database. Abstracts and indexes
the international literature in sociology and related
disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
