Research Guides
AIS 475 Northwest Native Peoples and the Flora of the Pacific Northwest: Find Articles & E-Journals
Instructor Cynthia Updegrave
Database searching tips
Use databases to find citations (and sometimes full text) to articles and other materials. There are specialized databases for various subjects. Listed in the boxes below are some selected database starting points for finding articles on topics in Native Americans.
Tips:
- AND returns results with both terms: Native Americans AND ethnobotany
University of Washington AND environmental impact - OR returns results with either term: American Indians OR Native Americans OR First Nations
Good for use with related terms or synonyms - Placing terms in parentheses ( ) indicates separate concepts, like an equation, (A or B) and C
genocide AND ( American Indians OR Native Americans OR First Nations ) - Placing two or more words in quotation marks " " returns results using that specific phrase
"First Nations" - Truncation * returns results with a root word and any ending
genocid* [finds genocide, genocides, genocidal ...]
Starting Points
- Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Full-text access to scholarly articles and research in all disciplines.
[UW restricted]
The following are recommended starting points for locating articles. Use these databases to find citations (and sometimes full text) to articles and other materials.
[UW restricted], databases with this icon are accessible remotely by UWNetID only.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly and general interest sources in business, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
[UW restricted] Find full-text articles
- GeobaseInformation and abstracts for the earth sciences, ecology, geomechanics, human geography, and oceanography.
[UW restricted] - PAIS - Public Affains Information Service
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Scholarly sources in social and public policy
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Beyond the surface
- IPNI: International Plant Names IndexA collaboration between the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium. A database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants
[UW restricted], databases with this icon are accessible remotely by UWNetID only.
- Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection This link opens in a new window
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Provides citations and abstracts to the literature of the environmental sciences.
[UW restricted] The citations describe journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs, and selected books and patents.
- Kew Bibliographic DatabasesA combined searching tool to three bibliographic databases: KR, Kew record of taxonomic literature, PMBD, Plant micromorphological bibliographic database, and EBBD, Economic botany bibliographic database
- Plant information onlineCollection of databases containg listings of currently cultivated plants of North America and more.
- Taxonomic Literature (TL2)The standard reference work for plant taxonomic literature from Linnean times to 1940. In this online edition you can browse the volumes and supplements of TL-2, and the original work is enhanced by the addition of various search options, including full text searching.
[UW restricted]
- Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Covers journal literature in all sciences; includes arts & humaities and social sciences.
[UW restricted] Some links to full-text articles
No Online Article Available
If the full-text of an article is not available directly in a database such as America: History and Life, then click on the purple Check for UW holdings button to find out if the UW has an electronic or print copy of the journal article you need. If there is no button, then search the UW Libraries Catalog for the title of the journal to determine if the UW owns a copy.
How do I find out if the article I need is online?
Determine if the article you need is available to you online through our Electronic Journals web page. | Time - 01:35 | Transcript | Play Video
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How do I access full-text articles with the proxy bookmarklet?
Access subscription articles by installing the UW Libraries proxy bookmarklet on your web browser. | Time - 01:37 | Transcript | Play Video
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How do I use Google Scholar to search for UW materials?
Use Google Scholar to search specifically for materials held by the University of Washington. | Time - 01:38 | Transcript | Play Video