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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 ...]
Note:  some databases use different truncation symbols (* is most common; others include !, $,

Starting Points

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.


Beyond the surface

[UW restricted], databases with this icon are accessible remotely by UWNetID only.

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?

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How do I access full-text articles with the proxy bookmarklet?

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  How do I use Google Scholar to search for UW materials?

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