This collection includes all 2,800+ academic journals on JSTOR, covering more than 60 disciplines across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Also included are millions of primary sources from the 19th Century British Pamphlets, World Heritage Sites: Africa, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, and the Global Plants collections.
The JSTOR platform does not provide access to the most recent 3-5 years of a journal’s content. Current issues of journals hosted on the JSTOR platform are available through separate subscriptions on other platforms. Please check LibrarySearch for access to embargoed content.
This database focuses on the collective experience of the LGBTQ community while illuminating the personal experiences of individuals of different races, ethnicities, ages, religions, political orientations, and geographical locations that constitute this community. The archive contains personal correspondence and interviews with numerous LGBTQ individuals, gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS, materials tracing LGBTQ activism in Britain from 1950 through 1980, and more.
Many different terms are used to describe different identities. Library Search and databases search for exactly what you enter in the search bar while Google's search engine automatically interprets context and searches synonyms. It can also find sources that are not in our collections that we can access through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
See how to connect Google Scholar to WMU resources in this guide.
Now that you have a focus, you can start exploring subject-specific resources. Many times a topic is not only covered in one subject or discipline. Going back to the topic of social media influencers with a focus on authenticity, you could find information in psychology, sociology, business, philosophy/ethics, health, or education.
While most WMU databases are searchable in Library Search, at this point in your research, it's best to use subject-specific databases to narrow your pool of sources. For lists of subject-specific databases for other disciplines, check out our other research guides.
Citation Mining is a technique to find sources to understand the scope of the scholarly conversation around your focus. Once you find a source that is relevant to your work, look at the sources it cites or what sources it has been cited in. Some databases and search engines have this function built-in.
Use the arrows on Item Records to find sources cited in or cited by that source.
Click the link at the bottom of the search result.
There are many different ways to keep track of your notes as you research. Check out this guide for suggestions and an example.
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Check out our Citing Sources Guide for helpful resources on how to cite your sources in APA, MLA, and Chicago formats. Purdue OWL and Excelsior College OWL also have helpful guides for each style with examples. Always check with your instructor on what style they want you to use and if there are any specific modifications they would like.
If you're still unsure of how to cite something, contact a librarian.
Check out our Using Zotero research guide
Why use citation management software?