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Center for Asian-American Studies

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Contact information:
Paul Rascoe
Asian-American Studies Librarian
PCL 2.402E
(512) 495-4262
prascoe@mail.utexas.edu

HOW TO FIND NEWSPAPER AND JOURNAL ARTICLES




  • type in keyword(s) for your topic in the databases or search the bibliographies listed below
  • if your article is full-text on-line in the database you can print, download, or e-mail the article (note: not all databases allow e-mailing)
  • if you only get the citation (author, title of article, journal title) and summary from the database, index or bibliography:
    • Click on the 'Find it @ UT' button, to see if the article is available in another database or available in paper format.

      OR

    • If there is no 'Find it @ UT' button, copy the source of your article, i.e. journal name, volume number, issue number, page numbers, author and title of the article. Then go to the Library catalog and type in the title of the journal to check if UT owns the journal (DO NOT TYPE in the title or author of the article)

Selected Online Databases and Indexes



Please note:

Academic Search Premier
1990 - present. (EBSCO) Full Text Resource
Provides full text for nearly 3,180 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences (including ethnic studies). Includes color and black-and-white images.

America: History and Life, 1964 - present. (ABC-CLIO)
Contains citations with abstracts on all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present. Covers books, book reviews, journals, films and video projects, and dissertations.

Bibliography of Asian Studies
1971 - present. (University of Michigan)
Contains records on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide. Includes citations to western-language periodical articles, books (before1992), chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, and anthologies.

Contemporary Women's Issues
1992-present. (RDS) Full Text Resource
Provides bibliographic information and the full-text for approximately 10,000 items drawn from journals, book and media reviews, the alternative press, fact sheet sand guides, newsletters, government reports and data, personal narratives, instructional pamphlets, legislative actions, and proceedings.

Ethnic NewsWatch
1985 - present. (ProQuest) Full Text Resource
Provides full text coverage of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in America (some international coverage). Includes more than 400,000 full text articles from 200 publications.

Expanded Academic ASAP
1980 - present. (IAC) Full Text Resource
Index of articles from 1580 periodicals (arts, humanities, science, social sciences and general news).
Full-text articles (some with graphics) from 530 periodicals.

Historical Abstracts
1969-present. (ABC-CLIO)
Contains citations and abstracts of worldwide literature(excluding the United States and Canada) from approximately 2,100 journals and since 1980,books and dissertations on political, diplomatic, economic, social, cultural and intellectual history and related areas of the social sciences and humanities. Covers history dating from1450 to the present.

MLA International Bibliography
1963 - present.
(EBSCO)
Indexes critical materials on literature, criticism, drama,languages, linguistics, and folklore. Provides access to citations from over 3,500 journals,series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Coverage is international.

Periodical Contents Index "PCI Full Text"
1770 - 1995. (Chadwyck-Healey) Full Text Resource
Indexes over 10.75 million articles in 3,142 journals. The scope is international and multi-disciplinary, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages.

Poole's Plus
1802-1903.
Provides bibliographic indexing for approximately 479 American and English periodicals published between 1802 to 1903.

PAIS International
1972 - present.(Ovid)
This database has abstracts covering the full range of political,social, and public policy issues. Topics covered include economic, political, and social issues, business, finance, law, international trade and relations, public administration, government, political science, and any topics that are or might become the subject of legislation. The database covers selected journal articles, books, statistics, yearbooks, directories, conference proceedings, pamphlets, reports, government documents, and microfiche.

Readers' Guide Retrospective
1890 - 1982. (Wilson) Contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. Covers more than 375 titles.

Sociological Abstracts
1963 - present. (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
More than 300,000 records covering sociology, social work, and other social sciences.