Finding Journal Articles
Use these databases to search for scholarly sources, mainly journal articles:
- JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive.A large collection of searchable and browseable full-text scholarly journals. Covers from the beginning of the journal (earliest is 1665) up to within two to five years of the present [the "moving wall": https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/115004879547-About-the-Moving-Wall]. To find book reviews, select Advanced Search. In the Advanced Search page, type one or two keywords from the book title in the first search box. Under Narrow Your Search to "These Types," check the Review box. Click Search.
- Project MUSESearchable database that provides access to the full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and others.
Use these online databases to find articles in journals and online books. If there isn't a direct link to the article you want, use the Cornell Library Catalog to look up books and the journal titles you find by searching these databases. Our catalog lists both the print and electronic versions of journals (when available).
Databases for searching broadly, across disciplines and source types:
- Academic Search Premier[EBSCO]
A general periodical database that provides citations and abstracts for articles from over 4,100 journals and includes full text from over 3,170 journals. You can limit your search to peer-reviewed articles (scholarly articles). Good source for film reviews. - ProQuest Research LibraryIndexes and abstracts over 2,000 general interest magazines and scholarly journals. Includes citations and abstracts to selected television and radio programs. Many of the articles found by searching in this database are available in full text electronic formats. The database can be divided by subject (general or business), format (newspaper or magazine and journal articles), or by date.