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Article: A written piece on a specific topic found in a journal, periodical, magazine, or newspaper

Peer Reviewed Process: When an article is submitted to a scholarly journal, it is evaluated by experts in the field who examine the article's originality, quality of research, clarity of presentation, etc. and determine if the article falls within the scope of the publication. Also known as refereed, scholarly or academic.

Access is restricted to UW-Stout students, faculty, and staff. When off campus you will enter your Stout email username and password when prompted.

See Remote Access instructions.

When in a database, click on an icon:

 oror  = Full Text

  Links to:

• full text in another database or
• the periodical title in the Library Catalog, if it is available in the Periodicals Area on 2nd floor or
• the Interlibrary Loan/Illiad form to request from another source if the article is not available full text online nor in the  library 
• More info: Find It! FAQ  

When you have a journal title:

• use Periodicals Holdings List
• More info: Finding Periodicals

Use the Indexes and Databases to identify articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many indexes provide full text articles.

• FirstSearch: CWI (Contemporary Women's Issues)  + Instructions 
• EBSCOHost + Flash Tutorial | Instructions 
  • Academic Search Complete
  • Masterfile Premier
  • Education Reference Center
  • ERIC  Flash Tutorial | Instructions
  • Family and Society Studies Worldwide
  • PsycINFO  Flash Tutorial
  • PsycARTICLES  Flash Tutorial
• Lexis Nexis: Academic
• Newsbank Newsfile  newspapers
• Project MUSE 
• ProQuest: GenderWatch   + Instructions
• Web of Science: Social Science Citation Index
• WilsonWeb   + Flash tutorial | Instructions 
  • Education Full Text  Flash Tutorial
  • ERIC
  • Humanities Full Text
  • OmniFile
  • Social Sciences Full Text
• SuperSearch searches several vendors/databases simultaneously.  Flash Tutorial | SuperSearch FAQ
• Free Online Databases Available to All

Selected periodicals available on the second floor of the library:

• Esquire
• Essence
• Feminist Collections
• Gender and Society
• Journal of Men's Studies
• Ms
• Psychology of Women Quarterly
• Women's Studies Quarterly

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