LibGuides: DS 251: Contesting the Global City: Books and Journal Articles

Databases for finding articles

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
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Subject Areas: All Subjects

Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields.

Format: Full Text, Index and Abstracts
Dates of Coverage: 1887 - Present
Update Schedule: Daily
Database Producer: EBSCO
China: Trade, Politics & Culture, 1793-1980 This link opens in a new window
Original source material covering China's interaction with the West, 1793-1980.
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Subject Areas: History, International Studies

This project provides a wide variety of original source material detailing Chinas interaction with the West from Macartneys first Embassy to China in 1793, through to the Nixon/Heath visits to China in 1972-74.

It provides multiple perspectives from politicians, diplomats, missionaries, business people and tourists, and documents many of the key events that happened in this period.

Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1793-1980
Update Schedule: Completed Archive
Database Producer: AM (Adam Matthew Digital)
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Digital library containing over 10 million academic, full text online resources.
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The JSTOR Archive is a digital collection of eBooks and academic journals, which extend back to the first volume published. This digital library is particularly strong in the humanities, but covers all subject areas. The database itself supports data and text mining as well. For additional information, visit the JSTOR Research Guides.
Please note, Artstor is now a part of JSTOR. Looking for ways to use Artstor in JSTOR? Visit Artstor on JSTOR Guides.

Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: Vary by title
Update Schedule: Annual
Database Distributor: JSTOR
JSTOR Sustainability This link opens in a new window
Journals, e-books and research reports on environmental stresses and their impact on society.
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Subjects: Biology, Business, Economics, Ecology, Environmental Science, Law, Public Health, and Urban Studies.

JSTOR Sustainability covers the topics of environmental stresses and takes a broad look at the impact these stresses have on society. To learn more about this collection, visit the related tutorials here.

Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1987 to present
Update Schedule: Annually
Database Distributor: JSTOR
Electronic Journal Center (EJC) OhioLINK This link opens in a new window
Includes the following journals:
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Subject Areas: General

The OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) includes the full text of more than 7000 online research journals covering many subject areas. Most electronic indexes available to the Ohio academic community link from article citations to the full text in the EJC. Scholars can be notified by email about new relevant articles according to subject, author, or journal title.

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Format: Full Text Journals
Database Producer: Various publishers.
Summon This link opens in a new window
Summon is a database of databases, searching the Library databases as well as the Library catalog. Searches may be refined by using the filters available in this interface.
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Subjects: All

Summon is a search interface that indexes the metadata and full text available in the Library databases and catalog. It is a one-stop search tool for searching almost 500 databases at once and links users to full text resources.

Searches may be refined by using the filters available in this interface.

Format: Full Text, Metadata, and Catalog Records
Dates of Coverage: Varies
Update Schedule: Weekly
Database Distributor: ProQuest

Specific Journals

The following Consort catalog records will provide links to the databases where these particular journals can be accessed:

Finding Books in Our Library Catalogs

CONSORT
Step 1: See if a book or other resource can be found at Denison Library or one of the other Five Colleges of Ohio.

OhioLINK

Step 2: See if a book or other resource can be found at any of the other universities in Ohio.

WorldCat
Step 3: See if a book or other resources can be found elsewhere in the U.S. or the world.

Interlibrary Loan (Denison ILL)
For books or resources that cannot be found or obtained through CONSORT or OhioLINK.