Articles - INAF 100-74: Proseminar - Genocide in the Modern World - LibGuides at Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Key Article Databases

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Full-text publications from all academic areas of study, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, education, computer science, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text (in PDF format) of selected, important scholarly journals in a number of fields. Note: journals in JSTOR usually do not include the most recent three to five years.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly journals in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and many others. Full text is available for titles marked with a green arrow.

Finding Articles - Introduction to Library Databases

Where to Start?

Go to the library website and use the HoyaSearch tab or the A-Z Database list (if you want to browse and search in specific databases)

Where books can be broad in their coverage, articles can be very focused. For example: You can find a book on the entire History of the Holocaust.. An article might just be about Camp conditions in Auschwitz.

Google Scholar is another great source for articles (and some ebooks)

*Be sure to go into Settings, Library links and add in Georgetown University the first time you use Google Scholar.

Searching using Quotations and terms like AND, OR, and NOT

Not all searches are equal: Auschwitz AND "camp conditions" VS Auschwitz AND camp conditions

Journal Articles vs. NOT a journal article

Content available on a database can include journal articles, book reviews, pamphlets, etc.

Authority

Be aware of the concept of peer-reviewed journal articles. These are journal articles that have gone through a rigorous review process by scholars in their field of study. You want to avoid articles that are not peer-reviewed, like popular magazines and many online sources (e.g. blogs, message boards, personal websites, etc.)