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EAP101: Writing about Language Learning: Finding Articles

Finding articles using the Library search box

Find the full text of articles using the Library's Articles search.
In this box you can enter a topic, author name, or the title of an article you need to access.
Find specific journals by title (e.g. Language in Society) using the Online Journal Titles page.
Find specific research databases (ex. ERIC) using the Research Databases page.

Can't find the article? Request articles that DKU and Duke University Libraries do not subscribe to using Interlibrary Loan.

What is a library database?

RMIT University. What’s a Library Database? | RMIT University. 2012. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKIbnNLCh8g

What is a scholarly article?

QVCC Library. How to Quickly Scan & Evaluate a Scholarly Article. 2016. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q9xTQIr4FM.

Recommended databases

Academic Search Complete
General database with good coverage of scholarly and popular articles on a wide range of topics.
JSTOR
Full-text database of major scholarly journals from their earliest issues to within a few years of current publication.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
Includes the use of language as well as linguistics, phonetics, speech, communication, and sociolinguistics.