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Two
Types of Online Databases
(Also called Periodical Indexes)
1. General
2. Subject
Which
article index to use depends upon your topic and the type of paper you are writing.
2. Subject Indexes
- Do you need to gather a lot of in-depth information
on your topic?
- Is your topic
in a particular subject area?
- Is your topic very specific, or very technical?
If so, use a
subject index. Subject indexes specialize in a particular subject,
and the articles indexed are generally from scholarly sources. Examples
of subject indexes and the kinds of articles they identify are:
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Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS
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Indexes
scholarly journals, books, meetings, reports, symposia, patents, and conferences
in the life sciences. Citations and abstracts--no full text. |
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PsycINFO
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Contains citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters,
books, and technical reports in the field of psychology--no full-text articles. |
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ERIC
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Contains
citations and abstracts from over 750 educational
journals and related documents from the Educational Resource
Information Center (ERIC). Does have some full-text access to articles. |
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MLA International
Bibliography
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Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations, on literature and language.
Does not include abstracts, but occasionally links to full text in other databases.
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