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PEA_ST 2016 - Democracy and Authoritarianism: Articles

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles in Discover@MU

  • Start with a simple search in the search box on the MU Libraries homepage.
  • Create a multi-line search after checking initial search results. Multi-line searches allow better precision.

Ways to capture MORE article results when constructing the search:

  • Use multiple synonyms, separated by OR, on each search line (ex. totalitarian OR dictator*)
  • Use truncated terms (ex. nationalis*)

Ways to add FOCUS to your search results when constructing the search:

  • Impose further requirements on the search by adding one or more additional search lines
  • Require that terms on a search line be found in article TI Title

Ways to add FOCUS to your search results after searching:

  • Use Academic (Peer-Reviewed) Journals checkbox
  • Use date limits

Even More Peer-Reviewed Articles in Dimensions

Finding the Article in Full

In both Discover@MU and Dimensions, some articles will have direct links to full text, while others will require you to go through FindIt@MU to locate full text. When MU does not have the article, use the ILL@MU link to get the article via interlibrary loan. Delivery is usually same-day via email.