Research Guides: ETHN-100 Dr. Hinzo: Database Suggestions

Searching tips

When searching databases, look for the "Advanced" search screen so that you can combine terms (e.g., "immigration" and "legislation") and use limiting options, such as a specific date range or type of source
If you want to search for a specific phrase, use quotation marks (e.g., "civil rights movement")
Use OR and parenthesis to search for synonyms for similar concepts in order to get more results, e.g., teenagers OR youth OR adolescents
In many databases you can find variants of the same word by using an * (e.g., sex* will retrieve "sex", "sexy", "sexual", "sextuplet", and "sexuality")
Too many results? Narrow your search by adding more terms, using the limiters, or doing a subject search instead of a keyword search
Too few results? Broaden your search by using more generalized language (e.g., "media" instead of "television commercials") or fewer search terms or removing limiters

Database Suggestions: News

The following databases can help you find news and/or popular sources. All of these databases are also accessible from Database page of the library's website.

US Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
Beginning in January 1, 2023, Copley Library now licenses these titles through Global Newsstream. Hyperlinks to the original five newspapers in US Major Dailies has not changed.

US Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected US national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times and Washington Post, co-exclusive access to The Wall Street Journal, and exclusive access to Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Use this link: https://search-proquest-com.sandiego.idm.oclc.org/ethnicnewswatch
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television and radio news transcripts are also provided.
CQ Press Library This link opens in a new window
CQ Press Library - the place to search or browse resources on American government, current affairs, history, politics, public policy, and data analysis for the social sciences.

Database suggestions: Scholarly sources

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
ATTENTION: Please note that Academic Search Premier also includes news and popular sources!
Provides full text for over 2,940 scholarly publications including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, health sciences, and ethnic studies.
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With selective indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
Sage Premier Journals This link opens in a new window
The Premier package provides access to virtually all of the SAGE journal titles in the social sciences, business, humanities, medicine, physical and life sciences
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Provides online access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.