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Library Resources: Body Image TSEM – Finding Journal Articles

Journal articles in research represent the latest findings and developments within a specific field. If you are looking

for journal articles, choose a journal article indexing database. You can find these listed in the Subject Guides or

the A to Z Database list on the library’s web page.

Subject Guides for Research

Think about the broad subject areas that includes your research topic. For this class, in addition to Dance, you will be looking at other disciplines such as Sociology, Women’s Studies, Psychology, Cultural Studies, Communication Studies, and Health Science.

Visit the library web page and click on the icon for Subject Guides to see a list of subject areas for starting your research.

Start at the Cook Library web page: http://libraries.towson.edu

On the library web page, click on the icon for Research Guides:

Then choose Subject Guides to see a list of subject specific resources to explore:

Scroll to the Subject Guide of your choice and try some of the suggested online resources:

Note: You can also open the A to Z Database icon shown above to search alphabetically by the title of each

database.

Finding Journal Articles – Recommended Databases

Journal article databases index (and often provide full text of) journal articles. Below is a list of recommended

databases to use to start your searching. Try these first when researching topics for this class, but remember to

think out of the box and try any subject gateways that look intriguing to you.

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Subject Guide: Dance

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance

Academic Search Ultimate

Women’s Studies International

SportDiscus with Full Text

Physical Education Index

SocIndex with Full Text Subject Guide: Psychology

PsycInfo

PubMed (use Find It button to see full text options) Subject Guide: Communication Studies

Communication and Mass Media Complete Subject Guide: Health Science

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (technical)

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

General Tips for Finding Journal Articles

Use the Advanced Search mode when possible to combine two or more terms in separate boxes.

Check out subject tracings of articles that are on target to find additional search terms.

Truncate terms by using the asterisk (*) symbol to get all variations in spelling.

Use Find It buttons to access full text not visible on screen.

Use Interlibrary loan to request electronic copies of articles that are not owned here at Cook Library.

Find It tags and their Meanings

Read Full text at – click directly on the hypertext link to another database which will provide the electronic version of the article

Check availability Towson’s Cook Library – TU most likely owns a print subscription to this journal - open this link to see that catalog record and verify that the year you need is included in our subscription

Not available online – there is no electronic copy available

Check availability University of Maryland library – a USMAI library owns title –you can either visit that library to get a copy or request a copy of the article through Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)

Request it through Interlibrary Loan – click on this link to fill out the form for an Article Copy Request

Off Campus Access to Electronic Resources

If you are accessing electronic resources from off campus, you will first need to log in as a TU user to gain access.

Use your Net ID information to do this.

Questions? Call me for an individual research appointment

Lisa Woznicki – Performing Arts Librarian Web page & blog: http://wp.towson.edu/lwoznick/

email: lwoznicki@towson.edu office: (410) 704-2498