ENGL 207: Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry Workshop - Meitner, Erika (Fall 2024) : Find Articles & More

The following are different ways to access databases on the Library website for searching for articles:

Follow   (Find It button) or the "Find It at UW Madison" link in most databases to:

• access the full article (when available)
• determine if the journal is available in print (Library Catalog)
• request a copy of the article (PDF) if the full article is not available online (Request a Copy link)

If you already have a citation, use the Citation Search to find the full article.

• Use AND to combine different words to find all those words, in any order - usually narrows search, reduces results  
  • Frida Kahlo AND surrealism
• Use OR to combine similar words or synonyms or variations - usually broadens search, increases results
  • painter OR artist
• Use quotation marks ( " ") to search words as a phrase - usually narrows search, reduces results
  • "Magical Realism" 
• Use an asterisk ( * ) to find varied endings of words and singular and plural forms - usually broadens search, increases results
  • surreal* finds surreal, surrealist, surrealism
• Look at Subject Terms 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

For more search tips, see this tutorial: