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Below are some great places to begin your research for scholarly journal articles (as well as eBooks) on your topics:
- Diversity Collection This link opens in a new windowThree databases combined in one collection: Alt-Press Watch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch. Alt-PressWatch includes full-text newspapers and magazines from alternative, independent presses. Ethnic NewsWatch contains full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press and also Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, covering Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. GenderWatch publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books and NGO, government and special reports focused on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas.
- Taylor & Francis Social Science & Humanities Journals This link opens in a new windowOver 1,400 online journals from ca. 1997 - present.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowArchive of past issues of scholarly journals from all areas of study. Includes full runs of covered journals, excluding content from the past 2-5 years. Includes full runs of covered journals. NOTE: Internet Explorer is no longer supported by JSTOR. See 'More Info' re: browser troubleshooting.
- Sage Journals This link opens in a new windowContains more than 1,000 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
- Project MUSE (Journals and E-Books) This link opens in a new windowFull text of all journals of the John Hopkins University Press as well as some other selected university publishers. An important academic resource for the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Coverage generally from 1990s forward. Trinity also has full-text access to select eBooks from Project MUSE.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle's search engine for scholarly material.
When on campus articles available through Trinity Library resources are indicated by an Online- Trinity College link to the right of the article title. To view these indications when off campus open Google Scholar Settings and in the Library Links page search for Trinity College. Select Trinity College – Online- Trinity College and save your selection. - HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowHeinOnline is the world’s largest fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. It contains comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials and more than 2,300 scholarly journals, all of the world’s constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase.
Who is Citing Whom
How to Find Citation Counts via Google Scholar and "Who is Citing Whom"
- Go to Google Scholar.
- Select Advanced Scholar Search (link to right of search button).
- Enter the appropriate search terms for the item under study. Enter just enough information to find what you need - do not fill in the complete search form.
- Click on the Search Scholar button.
- Locate the correct article in the search results list.
- If the article was cited by others, you will see a "Cited by" link at the bottom of the record. Click this link to view who has cited this item. For more information about searching, access Google Scholar's Help page below.
Be aware:
- Google Scholar does not index all scholarly articles; therefore, some articles citing the item under study may not be counted.