Articles from Periodicals
To do a quick article search: OhioLINK Comprehensive Article Search
Periodicals (sometimes called journals, serials, or magazines) are a good source of current information. There are two main types of periodicals: general, which include news magazines and popular reading; and specialized, which provide more in-depth analysis and technical information. To find an article in either a general or a specialized periodical, first consult a periodical index or database. Both general and specialized databases are available in the Johnnie Mae Berry Library. It is important that you select the database most likely to index the type of information you are searching. The Help Desk staff would be glad to assist you in choosing the appropriate database for your search. These databases are available from any computer on campus. To use these databases off-campus, you must login using your name and ID number.
General Indexes
- Academic Search Complete (indexes more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals covering nearly all academic areas of study)
- LexisNexis Academic (full-text database of articles from major newspapers and magazines. Includes business and medical information.)
- Master File Premier (multidisciplinary database providing full-text general reference publications)
- OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (provides access to a wide variety of full-text scholarly journals)
- SIRS Researcher (full-text coverage of social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political, and global issues)
- Vocational and Career Collection (designed to meet a wide variety of vocational and technical research needs)
Newspaper Indexes
- AP Images
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
- Master File Premier
- Newspaper Source (selected full text coverage for nearly 225 newspapers, newswires, and other sources)
Ohio Government Information
- Ohio Capital Connection (information about Ohio government and legislation)
Specialized Indexes
Business
- All Data Online (automotive information for use on campus)
- AGRICOLA
- Business Source Complete
- Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
- InterDok: Directory of Published Proceedings
- Insurance Periodicals Index
- Legal Collection
- Regional Business News
- Vocational and Career Collection
Engineering Technologies
- AccessScience: Online encyclopedia of science and technology
- Environment Complete
- Compendex
- GreenFILE: all aspects of human impact on the environment
- INSPEC
- InterDok: Directory of Published Proceedings
Health and Public Safety
- Alt-HealthWatch (complementary, alternative, and integrated approaches to health and wellness)
- CINAHL (index and abstracts for nursing and health)
- Free Medical Journals: Free access to medical. nursinal and allied health journals. Issues usually avilable six months to one year after publication.
- Health Source/Consumer
- Health Source:Nursing/Academic Edition
- Images.MD (the online encyclopedia of medical images)
- MEDLINE
- Natural and Alternative Treatments
- OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center, Health Sciences and Medicine
- ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source
- PubMed (a service of the U. S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health indexing life science and biomedical journals back to the 1950s)
- SPORTDiscus
Humanities
- Art Abstracts
- America: History and Life
- Communication & Mass Media
- Education Research Complete
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center: index and abstracts of articles, books, and documents covering education research and practice.)
- Film and Television Literature Index
- Gender Studies Database
- GLBT Life
- Historical Abstracts
- Historical Statistics of the United States
- Humanities International Complete
- InterDok: Directory of Published Proceedings
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance
- International Political Science Abstracts
- Literary Reference Center
- MLA International Bibliography
- MLA Directory of Periodicals
- Oxford Reference: Art and Architecture
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
- Religion and Philosophy Collection
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Sociological Collection (SocIndex)
- Women's Studies International
- World Data Analyst
Information Technologies
- Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
- ComputerSource
- InterDok: Directory of Published Proceedings
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Safari Tech Books
Sciences
- AccessScience
- INSPEC (index and abstracts to articles, proceedings, books, and reports in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology)
- InterDok: Directory of Published Proceedings
- MathSciNet
- OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center ( providing full-text coverage of 4,300+ research journals)
- Science Citation Index Expanded

