All of the databases below are possibilities for finding information for your assignment. They are listed in order of recommendation.
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This link opens in a new windowThe world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. Contains a robust collection of peer-reviewed, scholarly full text journals, this database offers critical information from many sources found in no other database. The database includes full-page images as well as color embedded images. Scholarly, full text resources are provided for nearly all academic areas of study: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
This link opens in a new windowProQuest Sociology provides access to the full-text of more than 310 journals in sociology and social work. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts. The coverage of the international literature of sociology and social work includes culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction, and many more topics.
This link opens in a new windowProvides access to over 460 leading political science and international relations journals including the full-text of 430 core titles, many of which are indexed in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. Coverage includes political science literature, and international relations includes topics such as comparative politics, political economy, international development, environmental policy, and hundreds of related topics.
This link opens in a new windowThe largest aggregated full-text database with more than 8,400 full-text titles among the 11,500 titles covered. Over 160 subject areas are covered extensively including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, social sciences, sciences, etc.
Use "Books and Videos" tab to search Quicksearch for more books and reports by these organizations
Visit Liquid Galaxy to explore countries in Street View. Liquid Galaxy is located on the mezzanine of the library (this map shows you what countries are available in Street View - https://www.google.com/streetview/understand/).
How do you make sure that the articles you find are scholarly?
All of the databases wil have an option to limit your results. Look for a check box that says Scholarly and/or Peer Reviewed. Checking this box will ensure that all of the articles in your results list are scholarly.
What is the best way to search the database?
Databases prefer keyword searching, so make sure you take your key concepts and give each one its own search box. For this particular assignment your keywords are likely to be the country you've chosen and your development issue.
For Example: Kenya AND Literacy
What if you don't find any results?
Depending on the combination of country and issue, you may find many articles or very few. If you don't find viable results, try thinking about broadening your keywords, or consider trying another database from the list.
What if we don't have the article you need in full text?
You can order any articles that you need through interlibrary loan services. The link for which is provided below.