Math 145 (for humanities)

Why not just use Google????

• library databases contain full text of articles ↓
• you must make sure you selected "full text" on the search interface
• you can narrow your search to particular dates, to scholarly (or peer-review) articles, to articles on particular subject, etc. ↓
• select the limits on the "Advanced Search" page or in the search results page - it only takes a couple of minutes to look through the interface
• articles come with ready citations..though it is up to you to make sure the citations are correct ↓
• look for the "cite" or "email" links or icons on the page.

Short, illustrative and interactive guide to recognizing a scholarly article (from NCSU).

• use "advanced search" - and the tools (menus) it provides to limit the search to
  
• full text
• scholarly or peer-reviewed articles
• certain dates or time
• check the references - and consider following them (i.e. searching..)
• check the journal title - and consider serching/browsing this particular journal
• read the summaries, abstracts and subjects to expand vocabulary
• if the terms you thought of do not bring any results , check Thesaurus or Subject Terms or "Look up subjects"
• try different databases on the same subject - and the "multi-disciplinary" ones as well
• quickly scan the article you see for the terms you used to search. The terms might be highlighted; if not, use CTRL+F (Command+F on Mac)
• cite the article: look for the word "cite" or "citation tools" etc on the interface, check all the visible icons
• email the article to yourself (can you include the citation in the email?)

This is an example of interface you will see after you run an advanced search. Take a moment to look through the menus and check the drop-down menus.