Research Guides: WRIT 400: Nonprofit White Paper: Scholarly Articles

Scholarly Articles

Essential scholarly article databases

For the broadest range of articles, these two search engines provide scholarly research and news from a variety of disciplines.

Library Search
The Library Search box on the Library's homepage will find articles and more in multiple database which is helpful for multidisciplinary topics like communication. Start broad with your general keywords and then use the filters in the results page to narrow down to the best results.

ProQuest All This link opens in a new window
Single interface to search all of the ProQuest databases (ABI/Inform; AltPressWatch; ArtBibliographiesModern;Dissertations & Theses; EthnicNewsWatch; MLA International; New York Times (Historical); Nursing & Allied Health Source; PAIS; Philosopher's Index; PILOTS; Social Services Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts)

TIP: If your search results are too specific, try adding AND "literature review" OR "systematic review" OR "meta-analysis" to find studies that synthesize a broad swath of the research on your topic.

Other useful databases

Unless otherwise noted, these sources are NOT included in Multisearch. These links will just limit results to those specific sources.

Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes and abstracts articles in the fields of sociology, anthropology, criminology, demography, education, law and penology, race relations, social psychology, and urban studies. Coverage also includes policy issues in areas such as aging, violence, abuse and neglect, crisis intervention, urban development, and development policy
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Let Google Scholar find articles for you, within our library's collection! Use this link when off campus and Google Scholar will help you access items from Saint Mary's electronic resources collection.