There are several databases that you can use to find articles. Remember that databases will only include journals that are within that particular subject area. For instance, if you are interested in nutrition needs for the elderly, then you would want to use AgeLine. If you want articles on behavioral therapy interventions for anorexia, then you would want to use PsycInfo.
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature covering scientific journals, books, conference proceedings, datasets, and funding data dating back to 1970. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine social sciences and arts, and humanities. Scopus features tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Cabells Journalytics help professors, graduate students, and researchers publish their manuscripts in academic journals. The directories are aimed to assist in organizing and preparing manuscripts. They provide the information on the type of review process, acceptance rate and the number of internal and external reviews.
OneSearch allows you to search the Cal State LA library catalog and most of our databases. It is a great place to begin searching.
AND
for when you need all terms in a search string included in the articles you retrieve
OR
for when you have more than one way to say the same thing
if either of the terms shows up in articles retrieved it will be a useful article
* !
wild-cards for getting a root word and all of it's endings
for example: nutri* will search for nutrition, nutritious, nutrient, nutritional, etc.