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Note: Journal articles, news paper articles, and magazine articles are all referred to as periodicals in these style guides because they are published on a regular schedule.
DOI stands for Direct Object Identifier. It is a number that identifies a specific journal article. If you search that number in Google, it will always take you to that article even if it is from a different website than where you originally accessed it. We use these numbers to help others identify the sources you have cited.
A DOI will appear as a link starting with https://doi.org/ or as just a series of numbers (and occasional letters). It always starts with 10.
Use the DOI as the link to the source in your bibliography or reference list.
If there is no DOI, find the permalink. This is usually indicated with an icon of two chain links or will be included in the autogenerated citation in the database or website you are using. It usually has "plink" included in the URL. Use the link at the top of your browser as a last resort for citations.
This guide will walk you through the research process with recommended course-specific resources. A list of some recommended resources included in this guide is below.
Don't forget to check out our other Research Guides for any interdisciplinary research and the Communication Research Guide for other subject-specific resources.
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Full-text for almost 1,200 journals and citations of millions of articles. Content includes leading trade journals, professional and technical society journals, and conference proceedings.
ProQuest Central combines the complete content of over thirty of the most heavily used ProQuest databases across all major subject areas, with deep coverage in business, health and medical, news, social sciences, arts and humanities, and science and technology. It provides access to scholarly journals, high value market research, country, economic, and industry reports, pre-print working papers, full-text dissertations, and a vast number of newspapers, professional journals, and general interest periodicals.
Is the National Library of Medicine's interface for searching MEDLINE, the major index to medical research, from clinical medicine to cellular and biomolecular biology. Free citations and abstracts, limited full-text. Coverage from 1893 to Current. Updated weekly.
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Covers world-wide literature in psychology and related disciplines. Journal articles, technical reports, books, book chapters, and dissertations are included. Coverage from 1806 to Current. Updated weekly.
Legal Source provides access to indexing and full-text coverage of 1,000 journals covering current issues, studies, thoughts and trends in the legal world.