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Answered By: Farha Hasan
Last Updated: May 08, 2024     Views: 5004

Q.
Article databases: Which to choose?

How do I know which article database to use?

A.

Choose an article database to search using our comparison chart:

  Recommended for:
News Trade Articles Academic Articles Comments
ABI/ProQuest  
Yes
Yes
  • Best for management and scholarly literature.
  • Some articles may include charts/images.
  • Includes alert service.
Academic Search Premier    
Yes
  • Best for interdisciplinary scholarly literature.
  • Some articles may include charts/images
Business Source Complete  
Yes
Yes
  • Similar to ABI/Inform; each has journals the other does not.
  • Full-text of Harvard Business Review.
  • Company, industry, and region reports.
  • Some articles may include charts/images.

 

EconLit

     Yes
  • Best for scholarly economic literature.
  • Includes content in multiple languages.
Factiva

See video link below.
Yes
Yes
  
  • Best for current events and news.
  • Best for recent Wall Street Journal.
  • Best for recent New York Times.
  • Journals, trade publications, newspapers, newswires, and transcripts.
  • Includes content in 22 languages.
Google Scholar    
Yes
  • This link provides the FindIt@Harvard button.
JSTOR    
Yes
  • Best for older research.
  • Classic academic journals.
  • 100% full-text; all charts and images included.
Nexis Uni
Yes
Yes
  
  • Best for legal and government sources. No images.
  • Journals, newspapers, newswires, and transcripts.
  • Legal reports from federal and state courts, federal laws and regulations, and other government information.
ProQuest TDM Studio Yes Yes Yes
  • TDM Studio is a text / data mining tool
  • Allows researchers to run analysis on Harvard licensed ProQuest content (200+ databases)
Web of Science    
Yes
  • Only citations, but broad coverage
  • Good for interdisciplinary research.
  • Best for cited reference searches and journal citation reports for impact factor.

 

Video of Using Factiva:

Link to Using Factiva video

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