Pew Learning Center & Ellison Library

• Use our catalog to find books, videos, CDs, etc.            
• Use WorldCat to find and request books from other libraries.  If you are overwhelmed by the amount of content in WorldCat, try looking up a book that has already been helpful to you.  Then search by some of the same subject terms.  Or look for the section of the record that says 'More Like This' and click the 'Advanced Options' link.  What you see there should help you find similar materials.                                                              

Finding an article can involve three steps.

 1. Use Articles & Databases to find articles or citations. If the citation includes the full-text or image, you can get the article right away. If not, go to Step 2.

 2. Use Journal Finder to see if we have the journal you want. Note: this is the step to go to if you *already have a citation* in hand. If we do, get your article from the source. If not, go to Step 3.

 3. Use Interlibrary Loan to request the article from another library. Please allow time.

 Interdisciplinary databases 

• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR - consider limiting by Discipline to make results more focused
• MasterFILE Premier
• OmniFile Full Text
• Proquest Research Library
• New York Times Historical 

• Social Sciences Full Text- indexing and full text access for journals in the social sciences
• Social Sciences Package - choose the databases that best suit your needs
• AnthroSource - content from the American Anthropological Association's peer-reviewed publications
• Science Direct - large full text database that includes social and behavioral sciences 
• CQ Researcher – current and controversial issues
• PsycInfo – psychology and related fields including sociology

• Guidelines for Writing a Literature Review - from the University of Minnesota
• Write a Literature Review - from UC Santa Cruz
• Literature Reviews - from UNC Chapel Hill

  Suggestions for Citation Management:

• Painless Library Research includes additional information on documentation and plagiarism.                                                  
• Personal assistance: send me email, call me at ext. 3062, or come see me.                                                                            
• Tour the library.