Finding articles in magazines, journals, and newspapers (known collectively as periodicals) usually requires two steps. With thousands of articles published each year finding a particular article, or even several articles on a particular topic, is a daunting task. Article indexes are tools which help you locate the articles you need by telling you where they are published. The following online article indexes are restricted to use by Union College students and faculty unless otherwise noted.
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| Index | Topics | Format | *Dates Indexed |
| Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) | General | Partial fulltext | 1975 - present |
| AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library) | Biology, Nutrition | Citations | 1970 - present |
| American Chemical Society Journal Search | Chemistry | Partial fulltext Additional fulltext may be purchased. |
Current year + 4 previous |
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Physics |
Abstracts |
1893 - present |
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| ArticleFirst (OCLC FirstSearch) ArticleFirst (WorldCat Local) |
Business, Humanities, Medicine, Popular Cultures, Science, Social Science, Technology | Citations | 1990 - present |
| ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (EBSCOhost) | Religion | Partial fulltext | 1949 - present |
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Biography Reference Bank (EBSCOhost) |
Biography |
Partial fulltext |
n/a |
| CINAHL with Fulltext(EBSCOhost) | Nursing, Allied Health | Partial fulltext | 1981 - present |
| EBSCOhost (multiple databases) | Use this link to search multiple EBSCO databases simultaneously | Partial fulltext | n/a |
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EBSCOhost (off campus access) |
Use this link login to EBSCO databases from off campus using your Union College ID card barcode. |
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Includes a link to the EBSCOhost Mobile profile for use with most smartphones. |
Partial fulltext |
n/a |
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| elibrary |
General topics - includes television and radio transcripts, maps, and pictures | Fulltext |
1994 - present (a few older items) |
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ERIC (EBSCOhost) |
Education, Psychology, Social Work | EBSCOhost contains partial fulltext; OCLC FirstSearch contains abstracts only |
1966 - present |
| Evidence Based Medicine Reviews (Ovid) | Medicine | Partial fulltext | 2000 - present |
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Global Issues in Context (Gale) |
International perspective on all topics. Includes multimedia. |
Fulltext |
Focus on current events |
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GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) |
Environmental studies |
Partial fulltext |
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| Humanities International Index (EBSCOhost) | Literature, Art, Music, History, Political Science, Communication, Drama, Religion, Philosophy | Partial fulltext | 1925 - present |
| Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives | Partial fulltext | 1930 - present | |
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Language and Literature, Life Sciences |
Fulltext |
1884 - 3-5 years ago |
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| Lexis Nexis Academic | Business, Communication, Government Documents, Law, and News | Partial fulltext | 1789 - present |
| Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts (EBSCOhost) | Computer Science, Library Science | Partial fulltext | 1965 - present |
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Literary Reference Center (EBSCOhost) |
Literature |
Fulltext |
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New! MEDLINE Complete (EBSCOhost) |
Medicine, Nursing, Biology | EBSCOhost contains partial fulltext; OCLC FirstSearch contains abstracts only |
1965 - present |
| Military & Government Collection(EBSCOhost) | History, Political Science | Partial fulltext | 1964 - present |
| National Geographic Magazine Archive(Gale) | Science, History, Geography | Fulltext | 1888 - 1994 |
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General topics - includes digitized books and articles, born-digital texts, audio files, images, movies, datasets, and more. |
Fulltext |
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Omnifile Fulltext Select (EBSCOhost) |
General |
Fulltext |
1994-present |
| PsycARTICLES(EBSCOhost) | Psychology, Social Work | Fulltext | 1988 - present |
| PsycINFO(EBSCOhost) | Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, Medicine | Partial fulltext | 1887 - present |
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Religion |
Abstracts |
1948 - present |
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| Scirus | Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Technology articles published on the WWW. | Fulltext, some articles may require purchase | n/a |
| Seventh-day Adventist Obituary Index - no restrictions | Genealogy | Citations | 1850 - present |
| Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index - no restrictions | Religion, Education | Citations | 1963 - present |
| Social Work Abstracts(EBSCOhost) | Social Work | Partial fulltext | 1966 - present |
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Teacher Reference Center (EBSCOhost) |
Education |
Partial fulltext |
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* These dates do not represent actual coverage of each periodical title, but rather the earliest indexing of a title in this database.
Once you have the publication information or citation for an article, check to see if the library has it. There are several possible places to look:
- Some article indexes provide full text access to some or all articles indexed.
- Periodicals A to Z, a list of all online and print periodicals in the library. This list must be consulted before making Interlibrary Loan requests.