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Search databases to find journal articles
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- Academic Onefile Extensive coverage of the social sciences, physical sciences, technology, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
- Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APAFT) (Index 1978 - present Fulltext 1995 - present)
Covers information on current affairs, humanities, politics and social sciences. Australian. Partial fulltext - Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) (Access dates vary)
International affairs, comparative politics, area studies - Expanded Academic ASAP (1980 - present)
General database in arts, humanities and social sciences. Partial fulltext - Project Muse (Access dates vary)
Includes history, political science. International. Partial fulltext - Factiva (Access dates vary), International including Australia
Fulltext access to newspapers and television news sources - JSTOR (Access dates vary)
Fulltext archives of significant scholarly journals. Includes arts, humanities and social sciences - More ARTS databases Complete list of UOW databases for Arts
What's the difference?
| Library databases | |
| University focus | Useful results hidden in a jungle |
| Target journal articles | Everything and anything! |
| Better results in less pages | Results in 1000s of pages |
| Fulltext scholarly articles |
May need to pay for scholarly articles $$$ |
| Refines your search by subject area, date and lots more! | Fewer limits available |
| UOW quota free | Runs down your quota |
Refereed journals
Some databases such as ProQuest and Expanded Academic ASAP allow you to limit your search results to academic / refereed journals.
What is a Refereed Journal? Click here for a description or view the "Show me!" video below
To verify a journal is refereed search the ULRICH'S Periodical Directory database.
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