Two Types of Article Indexes
Which article index to use depends upon your topic.

1. General Article Indexes

  •  Is your topic general or cross-disciplinary?
  •  Currently in the news?

If so, start with one of the general article indexes. These cover a wide range of subjects and often index a mixture of popular and scholarly sources. This is often a good place to begin research. Examples of general indexes and the kinds of articles they identify are:

ProQuest
 Indexes articles from scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines and newspapers on a range of topics from 1971 to the present. Many are full text.
NewsBank Indexes full text articles from 4 Michigan newspapers and 26 U.S. news magazines from the past decade.
InfoTrac
 Indexes articles from scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers on many topics, from 1980 to present. Many are full text.
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