Article databases (also called periodical indexes) include the citations of articles in magazines, journals and newspapers.

Some article databases contain abstracts, which are brief summaries of the articles. Sometimes an article database will offer the full text -- that is, the entire content -- of articles as they originally appeared in the periodical.

ProQuest is an article database containing abstracts and full-text of articles from hundreds of periodicals. ELAC has purchased ProQuest and made it accessible from the library web site.

Use an Article Database

• when you want to find articles on your topic in magazines, journals or newspapers

Examples of Article Databases

• ProQuest (a general article index)
• Biography Reference Bank (index to articles about people)
• Opposing Viewpoints (index to articles on controversial topics)