An Article Database

Article databases (also called periodical article indexes) include the citations of articles in magazines, journals and newspapers.

Most of the article databases that the library subscribes to contain millions of full text articles, and sometimes the entire content as they originally apppeared in the periodical.

Online article indexes, purchased by the Inver Hills Community College library, are accessible from the library Web site, as well as through off campus Proxy authentication. The library also owns print indexes, good for researching older materials.

Use an Article Database

• when you want to find articles on your topic in magazines, journals or newspapers

Examples of Article Databases

• InfoTrac (a general article database)
• CINAHL (an article database of the nursing and allied health professions)
• Lexis Nexis (a newspaper, legal, and business article database)