Academic articles are a mainstay of scholarly research. This page includes databases of articles you can search and helpful information using them. For more information on finding specific kinds of articles, explore the following pages:
Article Databases
- Art, Design, and Architecture Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive survey of current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts. This collection includes the specialist indexes ARTbibliographies Modern (covering modern and contemporary art), Design and Applied Arts Index (for all aspects of design and crafts) and the International Bibliography of Art (covering scholarship on Western art history), together with a complementary collection of current full-text journals, Arts and Humanities Full Text.
- Communications & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowScholarship in areas related to communication and mass media, including new media, rhetoric, film, broadcasting, and more. Significant full text is available.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowA trusted digital archive of academic journals and other scholarly content. Most journals include extended historic backfiles and not current issues. Arts and Sciences collections 1 thru XV are available, plus the Life Sciences collection, and Business III.
Newspapers
- Boston Globe (1872-present) (Proquest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new windowHistorical and current access to the Boston Globe. Includes variations on the title: Daily Boston Globe and Boston Daily Globe. Historic content (1872-1990) includes a PDF view of the newspaper including illustrations, charts, and advertisements. After 1990, only text is available.
- Boston Herald (via Access World News) This link opens in a new windowFull text articles from 1991 to the present.
- Economist This link opens in a new windowEdited in London since 1843, The Economist is a weekly international news and business publication, offering clear reporting, commentary and analysis on world current affairs, business, finance, science and technology, culture, society, media and the arts. The online edition features content from 1997 to the present.
- Factiva This link opens in a new windowIncludes access to the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and hundreds of other international newspapers.
- Regional Business News (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowCoverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.