Ask KSL
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Kelvin Smith Library Ask A LibrarianInformation on how to get help by email, phone, chat, and in-person.
Reminder: Online Access
- Library resources require going through CWRU Single Sign-On.
- The best method is to follow links from the library website.
- When logged in and a browser window is not closed, access should continue from resource to resource.
- Remember to close your browser when done.
- More information see this guide.
Recommended databases
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Academic Search CompleteA multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
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ISI Databases (Web of Knowledge)Portal to the ISI Citation Databases, multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals. Covers the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Journal article search strategy
1. Identify the concepts and their synonyms in your topic/problem.
2. Build your search statement using boolean operators (AND, OR , and NOT), and wildcards and truncations. Connect your concepts with "AND", and connect the synonyms of each concept with "OR".
3. Do the initial search and examine the results.
4.Go back and modify your initial search and possibly repeat the re-search process.
5. Save or export the articles you have found for your topic.