Find Articles - LBS 3020 - Writing the Interdisciplinary Essay

Searching the Library's Article Databases

You can use an Article Database to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles on your topic.

It is important to search in a selection of databases that are appropriate to the nature of your chosen topic.

Don't forget to first search in the "home" discipline of your primary source(s)...

If you're evaluating a movie, search a film or humanities database
If you're critiquing a novel or poem, search a literature database
If you're examining a historical document, search a history database, etc.

Several Cal State LA databases are interdisciplinary and include articles from cross-fields of study--social science, humanities, and natural science. These include...

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Offers interdisciplinary content including approximately 2,600 academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials.
On occasions, you may encounter problems opening PDFs. The reason for this to happen is most likely due to the time out error. This could be due to a slow internet connection or a large download size. Many times, articles with images contained in them will time out the download.
To resolve this, right click on the link "Proceed to PDF" and select "Save Target As..." (or "Save Link as..." for Firefox). This will allow you to save the PDF to your computer and should allow for a faster, more successful download.
If the problem persists, check the PDF Help Page at JSTOR
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Provide access to full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences with over 120 publishers currently participating.
View the List of Journals Covered

Humanities Databases

Several databases specialize in sub-disciplines of the humanities. These include...

America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
Covers history of the United States and Canada from 1493. It indexes over 1,800 journals and Ph.D. dissertations including book reviews. Its Clio Notes provide guides on key topics in United States history and allow you to browse through chronologies and brief summaries of significant events and themes from the Colonization of America to the 21st Century.
Coverage: 1895-present
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media.
Please note:
The link to EBSCO Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) database has been redirected to EBSCO Communication Source. Communication Source covers all content in CMMC with 170 additional journals.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers scholarly literature of world history (1450 to present) EXCEPT that of the United States and Canada. These are covered by America: History and Life . This resource abstracts more than 2,100 journals.
Coverage: 1955-present
Humanities Full-Text This link opens in a new window
Art, film, music, world literature, philosophy, religion, and more - about 400 English-language periodicals.
1995 to date. Updated monthly.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles in literature, language, folklore, and linguistics - over 4,000 U.S. and international journals.
Coverage: 1880s to present

The MLA Bibliography contains detailed bibliographic information on scholarly publications from around the world and across a broad range of topics, including
- Literature from any country and in any language
- Literary theory and criticism
- Dramatic arts (film, radio, television, theater)
- Folklore
- Linguistics
- College-level teaching of language, literature, and rhetoric and composition
- History of printing and publishing
Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window
Philosopher's Index includes references and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields.Contains over 650,000 records from publications that date back to 1902 and originate from 139 countries.
Coverage:
- Articles from over 1,750 Journals and e-Journals
- Books, e-Books, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Anthologies
- Contributions to Anthologies
- Book Reviews

Social Sciences Databases

Other databases specialize in sub-disciplines of the social sciences. These include...

Anthrosource This link opens in a new window
Contains current issues for 15 of the AAA's peer-reviewed publications as well as an electronic archive of all AAA journals
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Indexes with abstracts of journal articles, unpublished reports, and other documents in education and related topics.
ERIC is also available via Proquest, OCLC FirstSearch, and at ERIC website with access to full text documents from 1993-present. ERIC consists of two files:
- CIJE - Current Index to Journals in Education which indexes over 750 professional journals - all are assigned ERIC numbers beginning with an EJ (Eric journal).
- RIE - Resources in Education which indexes a variety of documents; all are assigned ERIC numbers beginning with an ED (Eric document). OCLC provides access to online full-text ED records via subscription links to EDRS Not all ED documents are available online. Inclusion depends on the authors original copyright agreement with EDRS. Typically 80% of ED documents permit online full-text usage. HINT: on OCLC look for the EDRS link at the bottom of the detailed record.
A variety of help options are available:
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Covers news, culture and history of ethnic and minority issues (English/Espanol) in over 200 publications, minority and native press publications, including newspapers, magazines and journals.
Articles written by and about various ethnic groups in the United States including Latinos/Hispanic, African/Caribbean, Jewish, Middle Eastern, Native American, Eastern European, and Asian American.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Provides access to online full-text collection of 125 international publications plus reports, pamphlets, papers and conference proceedings devoted to women and gender issues.
The database provides in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women's daily lives, including family, childbirth, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and societal roles. It also includes content on the impact of gender and gender roles.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Includes access to over 1,800 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally. Additionally, there are more than 8 million cited references in 185,000 journal articles, books, and book chapters.
Subject Coverage
- Applied psychology
- Communication systems
- Developmental psychology
- Educational psychology
- Experimental human and animal psychology
- Personality
- Psychological and physical disorders
- Physiological psychology and neuroscience
- Professional personnel and issues
- Psychometrics and statistics
- Social psychology
- Social processes and issues
- Sports psychology and leisure
- Treatment and prevention
SocIndex with Full-Text This link opens in a new window
Covers a broad range of studies, including gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, religion, racial studies and social work. In addition to full-text journals, SocINDEX with Full Text contains informative abstracts for core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. Complete with extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers and other non-periodical content sources, the database also includes searchable cited references.

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LBS 3020 - Writing the Interdisciplinary Essay

Searching the Library's Article Databases

Humanities Databases

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