Turn to these types sources for examinations of topics in-depth:
Directory of Open Access Journals
This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in many subject areas and languages. You can search for a journal title, browse journals, and in some cases, search within the content of a journal as well.
FindArticles.com (also called BNET Research Center) and MagPortal
Use these sites to locate and read articles published in popular magazines. FindArticles covers a more extensive list of publications and also includes some scholarly content.
Use this tool to search the full text of books provided by publishers or scanned from library collections. The amount of text you can view will vary. Other information, including links to reviews and related sources, is also provided. Google ScholarThis important research tool will help you to locate a variety of useful academic publications. Google Scholar indexes a subset of scholarly literature in all fields. The search results include links to:
Be sure to Set Scholar preferences in order to activate "Library Links" in results. This will allow you to connect to online journals to which your library subscribes. At Ohio State, click on "Find it with OLinks" to view the full-text of an article.
See this Overview of Google Specialized Search Tools for more information about Google Book Search and Google Scholar.
Browse by topic or search this U.S. government portal site to locate in-depth information on a wide variety of topics. You may limit your search to federal sites, all state sites or select a specific state from a list.
Use WorldCat to search across multiple library collections to identify information sources located in a library near you. This database also includes many kinds of digital content that are available online. Use advanced search to limit to particular types of materials, such as articles.
| NOTE: You must be affiliated with Ohio State University to connect to these library (fee-based) sources. See these instructions for connecting from on and off-campus. |
This periodical index will help you to locate articles (and images) on a topic. It also provides the full text of many articles (so you can read them online) from thousands of scholarly journals, popular magazines, and newspapers. "Find It" links, shown in the illustration here, will connect Ohio State users to online content or information about how to locate an item in the library.
JSTOR and OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center
These online scholarly journal collections may be searched by keyword or browsed (if you know a specific journal that covers your research topic). JSTOR is an online archive of journals, many dating back to the earliest volumes, but it does not include the most recent five years.
This is a large collection of recently published online books. Search for a topic on the netLibrary site to locate relevant books. Browse book contents, then "check out" useful publications. You can also search within the contents of individual books to quickly locate sections where key concepts are discussed. For more information, see this Quick Start Guide for NetLibrary [PDF format].
OSU Libraries Research Databases
This is a comprehensive listing, organized by subject, of all the databases provided by the Libraries.
Try this search in either FindArticles.com or Academic Search Complete and browse results: alternative fuel vehicles
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