Library Guides: HIST 4004: History of Spain: Secondary Sources: Articles

Citation Search

Strategies: Early Modern Spain Class

Finding Articles

1. Try the specialized databases

a. Historical Abstracts back to 1400's

b. Iter for earlier periods

c. IMB for earlier periods - language limits are in Advanced Search

2. Try one or more general databases

a. Discover@MU

b. JSTOR (all full text; no recent issues)

3. Design a keyword search or browse technique

4. Use pre-search limits where appropriate

5. Gather more keywords (people, places, named events, alternate names/spellings)

6. Locate the best sources using Find It@MU

Article Indexes and Full Text Databases

Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than an abundance of journals and covers extensive academic disciplines and provides comprehensive content, including PDF back-files, videos, and searchable cited references.
Contains 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

Date Coverage:Varies; primarily 1970s-present with some titles covering earlier dates

Maximum Users: Unlimited

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Auto Alerts: http://libraryguides.missouri.edu/alerts/ebsco
ATLA Religion Database
Contains indexes published annually by the American Theological Library Association focusing on theological studies. Also provides bibliographic records covering topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history and religion in social issues.
Date Coverage: 1949-date

Maximum Users: Unlimited

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Search Guide: https://support.ebsco.com/help/Atla
Discover@MU
A simple and fast search engine that helps you find relevant information on any topic from the University of Missouri Libraries’ collections. Results contain citations for scholarly journal articles, books and e-books, DVDs, magazines, newspapers, and dissertations.
International Medieval Bibliography (IMB)
Covers all subjects pertaining to the European Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The database includes articles, conference proceedings, essay collections, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues in many languages.
Date Coverage: 1967-present
Maximum Users: Unlimited
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Iter Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Includes bibliographies of secondary and primary materials related to the period of 400-1700 CE as well as several journals and an international directory of scholars.
Maximum Users: Unlimited
JSTOR
Provides access to scholarly journals in the arts and sciences.
Specifically contains access to Arts and Sciences I, II, III, IV, Complement, Ecology & Botany and General Science Collections.
Free account can be created for personalization.
Date Coverage: Varies by title
Maximum Users: Unlimited
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Search Guide: https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/115004701828-Search-Help-Resources-Overview
Project Muse
Provides full-text access to scholarly journals from the Johns Hopkins University Press and other University presses covering the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Mathematics.
Date Coverage: 1995-date.

Maximum Users: Unlimited

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Article Index Databases "With Benefits"

Scopus
Database with abstracts and citations of research literature and quality web sources, including journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, abstracts, and patent records. A multidisciplinary resource covering materials from the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Also indexes EMBASE and allows you to locate the most highly cited items and the articles that cite them.
Date Coverage: 1970-present; selected access back to 1823

Maximum Users: Unlimited

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Search Guide: http://help.scopus.com

Tutorial: https://supporthub.scopus.com

Auto Alerts: http://library.missouri.edu/search/databases/alertslist.htm#scopus
Web of Science Core Collection
Indexes thousands of scholarly journals, books, reports, conferences and more. Citation information and analysis with cited reference searching available. The collection includes Science Citation Index Expanded (1990-present), Social Sciences Citation Index Expanded (1990-present), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1990-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1990-present), Book Citation Index (2005-present), Current Chemical Reactions (1985-present) and Index Chemicus (1993-present).
Date Coverage: Varies by collection
Maximum Users: Unlimited
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Both these databases allow you to:

Sort results by "citedness" by other articles - most-used/most-cited articles on top
Click from an article to the articles that cite it, and to the articles it cites
Click from the article's listing to its full text via FindIt@MU

journal title or ISBN
year
volume
issue
start page
Or
PMID
Or
DOI