Finding News Articles
- Global Newsstream This link opens in a new windowRecent global news content, as well as archives. Content from newspapers, newswires & news sites in full-text format. Provides large collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America & Australia.
(Coverage: 1980 --) - New York Times (NYTimes.com) This link opens in a new windowThis subscription allows you to simply go to nytimes.com and log in using an individual account. You can also use that account to access the New York Times app.
How to get an account: 1. Go to accessnyt.com 2. Search for and click the listing for “University of Delaware”. 3. Follow the steps based on whether you are On or Off Campus. 4. Attention Chrome users! You will get a security warning. Please go ahead and click ignore!
Important note: If you already have an nytimes.com account, you will need to log out of your personal accounts (if registered to a non-UD email address) or cancel your subscriptions (if registered to a UD email) before authenticating through the library's subscription. - Washington Post Online This link opens in a new windowDigital edition of The Washington Post. (Coverage: 2005 --) Learn more about this newspaper & how to access older issues.
- Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) This link opens in a new windowYou must register at https://wsj.com/udel and sign in via UD’s Central Authentication Service (CAS) to begin the registration process. Registration details and additional information.
Digital edition of The Wall Street Journal (Coverage 4 yrs ago - Present)
Off Campus Access
You can access all of our electronic resources off campus! You'll be prompted to login through CAS, which is exactly the same as logging into your UD email. Watch this video to learn more.
Accessing Electronic Articles
When you use a library search tool to find sources, there are a few different scenarios you might encounter when trying to get full text.
- PDF Full Text or other full text link: Download the full text directly
- Get It button: Click to try to connect to electronic full text. If we do not have full text, you'll be taken to a page where you can make an Interlibrary Loan request. Watch this video to learn more about Get It.
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL): If the library doesn't have a source you need, you can make an Interlibrary Loan request and we'll get it for you from another library. Watch this video to learn more about ILL.
Finding Books and Articles on Any Topic
Near the beginning of your research process, you can use these general search tools to help you find sources on any topic.
DELCAT is the online library catalog. You can find print books, e-books, articles, videos, and more. For tips on searching, watch this video or see this guide. To learn how to find a book in the library, watch this video.
- Academic OneFile
Use this database to find scholarly, news, or magazine articles on any topic. While this is a good starting point, using the subject databases listed below will help you do more specific searches and find more relevant articles.
Finding Articles with Subject Databases
Once you have a general understanding of your topic, it is helpful to use subject databases to do more specific searches and find relevant, specialized sources. You can start by browsing this list and selecting subject databases to search. Watch this video for a quick overview of how to access electronic articles through databases.
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A premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from scholarly journals & other authoritative sources. Also includes thousands of podcasts & transcripts from NPR & CNN, as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. (Coverage: 1980 --) - America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
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Index of scholarly literature covering the history & culture of the U.S. & Canada, from prehistory to the present. - Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
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Full-text for thousands of journals, covering all disciplines of business. (Coverage: Varies according to journal, some back to 1922.) - Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
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Journals in communication, mass media, & other closely related fields. CMMC offers cover-to-cover (“core”) indexing & abstracts for over 570 journals, & selected (“priority”) coverage of nearly 200 more. Also includes full text for over 450 journals. (Coverage: 1915 --) - Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Bibliographic database for criminal justice & criminology research. Provides cover-to-cover indexing & abstracts for journals covering all related subjects, including forensic sciences, corrections, policing, criminal law, & investigation. (Coverage 1968 --) - Education Source This link opens in a new window
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Indexes & abstracts as well as some full-text education journals. Covers all levels of education, from early childhood to higher education. Also includes a collection of videos that provide practical online teacher training that addresses the evolving landscape of education.
- Family & Society Studies Worldwide This link opens in a new window
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Citations, with abstracts, for a broad range of social science disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history & social work. - GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
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Full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports & conference proceedings devoted to women’s & gender issues. (Coverage: mid-1970s --) - GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
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Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment, including content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, & more.
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Covers nursing, allied health, & consumer health. Contains fulltext periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, videos demonstrating medical procedures & surgeries, photos, charts, news, maps, & broadcast transcripts.
(Coverage: 1980 --) - Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Index of literature covering world history (excluding the U.S. & Canada) from the 15th century to the present. Subjects include world history, military history, women’s history, history of education & more. Indexes 2,300+ academic journals in over 40 languages. (Coverage: 1952 --) - PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
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Covers public policy issues & emphasizes factual & statistical information. Print & electronic journals in the social sciences are indexed with particular attention to articles that bear on public policy, administration & legislation. Business topics are covered, with emphasis on economic factors, industry surveys, business-societal interactions & similar issues, rather than details of business operations. (Coverage: 1915 --) - APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
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Citations & abstracts of peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science, mental health & related disciplines. (Coverage: 1806 --) - Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Indexes the international literature of sociology & related disciplines in the social & behavioral sciences. (Coverage: 1952 --) - SPORTDiscus with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Full-text literature for sports & sports medicine. Provides extensive coverage in the areas of fitness, health, physical therapy, exercise science & other sport studies. (Coverage: 1930 --)
Search Strategies
Using library search tools can feel very different than doing a Google search. To get the best results, you can use these strategies.
- Develop Keywords
Before you search, take time to make a list of terminology related to your topic. You can glean terms from your background research and use the 5W questions (who, what, when, where, why) to help you develop a good list. Try to think through all the facets of your topic, and be sure to add synonyms and related terms. If you're not getting the best results when you search with one term, just switch it out for another and keep exploring. - Use Search Connectors
When you construct a search in a database, you'll usually see search connectors such as "AND" and "OR." Use AND to connect two or more keywords and get results that address all of the terms. Use OR if you want to include a variety of synonyms. - Use Truncation
If you have a term with several possible endings and you want to include them all, add an asterisk. For example, searching for econom* will include results for economy, economies, economic, and economics.