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Current News - assignment 1 |
The health or science section of a particular news outlet (Washington Post, NY Times, NPR, etc) New York times access: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/nyt Look for "study" in article titles News databases are linked below, PressDisplay is best for browsing. |
Articles on a topic |
See suggested databases below. Use keywords to search in databases The libraries pay to have access to these databases. |
A specific article you have the citation for |
1. Search for the article title in the main search bar on the library homepage. Look for it under articles and more 2. If you don't find it, try to search for the journal title (journals search: https://search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/jsearch?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCH) and look under journals under results. See if we have the journal for the year you need. 3. Use chat for help. |
Learn more about databases with the video in the right column.
See search examples on the second tab in this box, "Keywords and Database Searching"
Searching databases is different than searching Google. Distil what you're looking for into a few key terms or phrases, rather than whole sentences.
Key Concepts |
Insomnia | Over the Counter Products | Aspect (x) |
Related Terms |
Chronic Insomnia Acute Insomnia Primary Insomnia Comorbid Insomnia
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Melatonin Tryptophan Valerian Tea |
Stress Mental Health Diet Physical activity depression anxiety PTSD |
Multidisciplinary databases
Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals.
Health and Psychology-specific databases
Has over 1.8 million individual records, some dating back to 1887, and includes abstracts from Psychological Abstracts back to 1927, Psychological Bulletin from 1921-1926, and all APA journals and the American Journal of Psychology back to their first issues. Corresponds in part to the print index Psychological Abstracts.
News databases
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This video, from RMIT University, explains what a database is...
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