Scholarly Articles
In this section, you will learn about the NAU Cline Library’s web page and how to access articles.
Online Articles: Search your topic using the library's databases to find full-text articles. First, go to the Cline Library's website at http://library.nau.edu and then click on the link to "Databases by Subject". From this list select the Sociology databases under "Psychology, Social Work and Sociology".
Sage Journals Online . Scroll down the page and select the database titled Sage Journals Online. Once in the database enter your search terms, such as “Latin America and poverty,”. Next, click the search button.
Review the results list of articles and select articles that are relevant to your research. Try different search terms if you are not getting the articles you need and then review the revised results. Once you find a relevant article, email the article to yourself and you also have the option to export the citation to the citation management tool RefWorks. This is a time saving resource to use as you explore the databases and find relevant research articles you can export each citation. This allows you to compile a list of citations for your reference page which can be easily formatted in APA style.
As you open the .pdf file for the article you will see a menu on the right side of the screen with the option to email the article and to "download to citation manager". If you need assistance with any of these resources, just Ask a Librarian!
Try your own search and explore the databases.
Cline Library has over 175 databases. Try other databases and refining your searches. You can use: JSTOR. SAGE Journals Online, ScienceDirect, and others addressing the topic of Latin America.
Click here for a list recommended databases for Latin America.
Academic Search Complete is multi-disciplinary database that includes peer-reviewed journal articles, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and more.
Database of articles from peer-reviewed journals covering the humanities and social sciences. Most journals in this collection are published by non-commercial publishers such as university presses and scholarly societies.
Identify the key concepts about your topic:
Example: I want to research whether children choose food based on advertising.
Keywords: food, advertising, children
food AND advertising AND children
This type of search returns fewer and more specific results
food OR adversting OR children
This type of search returns many results
If you have trouble finding articles, you can brainstorm alternate words for your concepts. Consider synonyms, alternative spellings, variant endings (e.g., health, healthy, healthier, etc.) and acronyms.
| Food | Advertising | Children |
| Frozen Food | Commercials | Families |
| Beverages | Computers in advertising | Age groups |
| Convenience foods | Cartoons | Gender |