Two Types of Article Indexes
Which article index to use depends upon your topic.

1. General Article Indexes

  •  Is your topic general or cross-disciplinary?
  •  Currently in the news?

If so, start with one of the general article indexes. These cover a wide range of subjects and often index a mixture of popular and scholarly sources. This is often a good place to begin research. Examples of general indexes and the kinds of articles they identify are:

Periodical Abstracts
 Academic Search Elite (through EbscoHost) indexes articles from magazines and journals on a range of topics from 1987 to the present. Many are full text.
NewsBank Indexes full text articles from national and international newspapers, from 1991 to present.
Permission requested from EBSCO & NewsBank.
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