Use the library discovery layer, Bearcat Search, to start your search for scholarly peer-reviewed articles, essays, reviews, and other periodical publications. It's a powerful tool that uses the keywords you input to search across all of our journal databases at once. Below is a search box just for articles as well as tips for using Bearcat Search.
Step 1: Locate an article in Bearcat Search that works well for your topic.
Step 2: Use the article record's citation mining icons to locate similar articles.
Use AND between keywords to narrow your search.
Example: pirates AND sea
Use OR between keywords to expand your search.
Example: (pirates OR piracy) AND (sea OR maritime)
Use NOT between keywords to exclude irrelevant results from your search.
Example: (pirates OR piracy) NOT copyright
Order full text articles from other libraries using Interlibrary Loan. The request page is located on the top nav of our website.
