Research Guides: International Development : Finding Articles

Databases - Highly Recommended

Geobase
Index to research literature on the earth sciences, ecology, geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management, and nature conservation.

Databases - Also Recommended

Agricola
Primary database for agricultural research covering animal science, horticulture, entomology, forestry, land management, nutrition, pesticides, soil science and other related topics.
AGRIS
Catalog and index to the collections of the National Agricultural Library, as well as a primary public source for world-wide access to agricultural information. The database covers materials in all formats and periods, including printed works from the 15th century.

Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database
Indexes articles from English language and multi-lingual journals and periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent.
Usually from Vol. 1 of the indexed periodical.

Bibliography of Asian Studies
Contains references to western-language books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings related to Asian and South Studies.

British Library for Development Studies
Catalog of a major research collection of development studies literature that indexes over 150,000 reports and articles from over 150 journals not indexed in standard article indexes. Includes links to online fulltext if available.

EconLit
Provides citations and abstracts and over 400 full text journals in all fields of economics including economic history and theory, microeconomics, macroeconomics, economic development, economic forecasting, finance, production, welfare, inflation, accounting, international trade, consumer finance, urban economics and more. Published by the American Economic Association, coverage begins with 1969.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Broad ranging index to environmental science and pollution publications in scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Index to scholarly literature on Latin America from the social sciences and humanities.
Population Index
Provides a searchable and browsable database containing 46,035 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986-2000.

POPLINE
Indexes journal articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues. Includes links to online fulltext if available.

Sociological Abstracts
Comprehensive database of scholarly literature from the field of sociology, social and behavioral sciences, with some coverage of criminology and criminal justice studies. The database provides access to abstracts, citations, and some full-text coverage of journal articles, serial publications, books, book reviews, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.

How to Pre-Read Scholarly Articles

Google Scholar

Link your Google Scholar results to HSU and see which articles you have access to as an HSU student. Under Google Scholar settings, set "Library Links" to include Humboldt State University! View this short video for demonstration on how to do this.

Google Scholar

How do I find journal articles on my topic?

There are search strategy guides tailored to science: Identifying Concepts and Generating Search Terms and AND, OR, NOT (Boolean Operators).

Also, the Begin Research online tutorial and the Search Strategy guide give a step-by-step description of how to develop your search.

Finding Articles in Fulltext

Many articles will be available fulltext online. If you don't see the full text article, click on "Find It@HSU"

to see if the article is in another HSU database.

"Find It" will locate your article online, or direct you to the print journal on the 2nd floor of the library.

If we do not have the article in any format, you may request it via Interlibrary Loan with no additional fee

Citation Searching

If you know of an article on your topic, you may use Citation Linker to locate the article.

Always look at the References list at the end of each relevant article you find, to see if any of the listed sources might be useful!

Google Scholar is useful when searching citations. The Advanced Scholar Search option is the best way to search for articles which cite a known article. Check the 'Cited by #' link below a search result to find additional useful sources - more recent articles which cite that relevant or classic article.

More ways to search citations may also be found in the Citation Searching section of Searching the Scientific Literature.

Peer-Reviewed Article?

Peer-reviewed articles have been read and evaluated by experts in the field to determine their quality and relevance to the subject they address before being published.

The links below explain more about peer-reviewed articles and the peer-review process.

Peer Review in 3 Minutes is a brief tutorial, from North Carolina State University that explains the peer review process in detail.