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Locating Journal/Newspaper Articles Online
On the Library's Research Resources page, choose chooseResources By Subject. The opening page shows a list of multidisciplinary databases and online reference works. Useful multidisciplinary databases which contain many full text articles are:
- Academic Search Premier indexes nearly 3,200 newspapers, magazines, and journals, with full-text for a sizable majority of the articles.
- http://proquest.umi.com/loginProQuest indexes 1,900 magazines, journals, and newspapers, with full text available for the majority.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic is a large database that spans many subject areas, including News and Medical. The New York Times from 1980 is searchable in this database, and articles from it are available there in full text.
- http://ezproxy.drew.edu/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTFhY2QmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=10355New York Times ( Historical) is keyword searchable and offers pages and images of the newspaper from 1851 to 20052007.
At the top of the Resources By Subjecthttp://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-subject.aspx page are links for Drew's majors and minors, as well as links for News, Careers, and Government Information. Try the links for Psychology, http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-subject.aspx?category=SociologySociology, Political Science, http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-subject.aspx?category=Government%20InformationGovernment Information, and http://www.drew.edu/depts/library/er-subject.aspx?category=Women%20StudiesWomen Studies to look for articles that contain survey information.
Subscription databases in specific subject areas, provided by Drew that may contain survey information: (Tip: include "survey" as one of the search terms.)
- http://ezproxy.drew.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=ahlAmerica History and Life abstracts articles on US and Canadian history to the present; published since 1964.
- http://www.ciaonet.org/Columbia International Affairs Online. See Maps/country data to find statistics on various countries from the Columbia International Affairs Handbook (2003). Case studies can also be a source of statistics
- http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=SU5UPTAmVkVSPTImREJTPTM4M0UrMzgzRg@@Ethnic News Watch covers minority and native press, offering other viewpoints on the news, back to 1990.
- GenderWatch -offers information on the women's movement and the changes in gender roles with some materials back to 1970.
- http://ezproxy.drew.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=hiaHistorical Abstracts -published since 1954, abstracts articles on history of the world, excluding the US and Canada (see America History and Life above)
- Women's Studies http://ezproxy.drew.edu/login?url=http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QWRIWomen's Studies International -searches several databases on the subject of women's studies, going back to 1972 or earlier.
- PsycArticles -offers full text access to American Psychological Association journals.
- PsycInfo -indexes journals, book chapters, on a wide variety of topics relating to psychology including the psychology of opinion and manipulation, back to 1887.
Sometimes accessing full text of an article will be a few easy clicks from the database in which you found the citation. Click on a link or 
. If that does not produce full text, then use the information in the citation (journal title, year, volume, issue, page, article title) and follow the steps in the http://www.drew.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2988Finding Periodicals Guide to determine if articles can be found in the Drew Library. If the library does not own a journal title or book you need, you can request from Interlibrary Loan.
Survey Sources on the Web
Suggested keywords: public opinion, polls, surveys
GovernmentCensus bureau-American Community Survey
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en%20American Fact Finder Source of census information including population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
FedStats has an A to Z topics list to browse, an alphabetical list of agencies with a description of the types of statistics they supply, a link to information on quality of statistics, and much more.StatUSA -provides trade, business, and economic statistics. (Note: This resource must be used in the library, because it requires a reference librarian to enter a user ID and password for you.
)USA.gov Data and Statistics search by topic
Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -collects data on health issues. Click on the Data & Statistics link for more information.
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