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ASIAN/RELIG ST 405: Gods and Goddesses (Spring 2024) : Find Articles

Locating Article Databases

To learn how to locate article databases by name or subject, see the tip sheet below.

Finding a Specific Article

Multi-Subject Databases

Subject-Specific Databases

Multi-subject databases are great for getting starting with your research.  You may want to go beyond them to search databases that focus on specific subjects.  Below are databases in the fields of Asian studies, health, medicine, psychology, and religion that are relevant to this course. 

Asian Studies

Religion & Philosophy

Searching Within Databases

This tutorial shows you how to search for articles in article databases.  It shows you how to use AND to combine terms, limit to articles from scholarly journals or by date of publication, use subject headings and abstract to find keywords, find full text of articles, and use tools to generate or export citations. 

Search Tips

  • Use AND to combine different words to find all those words, in any order.  
    • Vishnu AND Tamil Nadu
  • Use OR to combine similar words or synonyms or variations
    • Tamil Nadu OR South India
    • Perumal OR Tirumal
    • Shiva OR Siva
  • Use quotation marks ( " ") to search words as a phrase
    • "Tamil Nadu"
  • Use an asterisk ( * ) to find varied endings of words and singular and plural forms.
    • god* to find god, gods, goddess, goddesses
  • Look at Subjects to find additional keywords and use them to find relevant and specific results.
  • Look for an option to limit to Scholarly Journals on the left side of search results in most databases