Research Guides: EARS 7: Leaving Our Mark: Find Articles

Strategies for searching databases

Tips for effective database searching
View these tips on how to search library databases effectively and efficiently.

Find scholarly articles

Web of Science
Citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Indexes the journal literature and tracks article citation histories.
GeoRef
The major index to the international geological literature from 1785 to the present. Covers geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mineralogy, petrology, economic geology, hydrology, oceanography, geomorphology, and engineering geology.

Find scholarly, popular and news articles

ProQuest central
Proquest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities.
Academic search complete
A scholarly, multidisciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for over 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and others. Also includes full-text access to over 5,000 journals. It offers coverage of many areas of academic study including: archaeology, astronomy, biology, engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion, women's studies, and other fields.

Review Articles

It's worth a quick look to see whether there's a recent review article on your topic. Review articles differ from primary journal articles since they synthesize the published research on a given topic, while a primary journal article is an original study. Review articles are a great place to start since they provide a useful overview on a topic.

Tip: Many article databases like Web of Science also allow you filter to "review articles".

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Covers significant developments in all areas of earth and planetary sciences, from climate, environment, and geological hazards to the formation of planets and the evolution of life.

If We Don't Own It

Did you know that you can request items that the library doesn't own?

Interlibrary Loan
Dartmouth's Interlibrary Loan system. Request books, chapters, articles, -- anything Dartmouth doesn't own and we'll borrow it from another library for you.
BorrowDirect
Request books (only) from a small, but strong, group of libraries (the Ivies). Often the fastest option for getting books that Dartmouth doesn't own, or that are missing or checked out.