DeWitt Library Research Guides: ESL 203: ESL Writing: Find Articles

What is a Library Database?

A library database is a searchable electronic (online) catalog or index containing information about published items.

The types of material found in databases include articles from journals/magazines/newspapers, electronic books, images, and reference sources.

Databases provide citation information that consists of the author's name, the title of the article, source (the title of journal, magazine, newspaper), publisher and date of publication. Citations may also provide abstracts (summary of the article).

Databases contain full text (entire article) in HTML or PDF format.

General Topic Database

ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
A large multidisciplinary collection of databases.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A full text archive of scholarly journals covering many disciplines. DeWitt Library subscribes to a number of collections, and JSTOR also includes a number of Open Access collections as well.

Subject Databases

Choose a database by subject area to find more related articles on your topic.

oogle Scholar

Google Scholar is a freely accessible Web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across many disciplines.