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KEYS 4015 - Food for Thought

Use the Library's databases to find reliable, recognized journal, magazine and newspaper articles.

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  • Journal articles are more appropriate for college-level research and may be required by your professor.
  • Magazines and newspapers often contain stories and statistics that help to grab your reader's attention.
  • See the list of suggested databases to begin your research.

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    Suggested databases

    Article databases

    Useful for finding articles from scholarly peer-reviewed journals, magazines and trade publications.

    Want a specific subject focus? 

    Try one of these article databases useful for finding journal and magazine articles and books.  

    Newspapers

    Newspapers are great for finding local or global perspectives.

    Quick Article Search example

    Here's an example of a search in the Quick Article Search (a set of Ebscohost databases). This search will look for articles about labeling practices of genetically modified (or GMO) food products.

    The asterisk character finds any (or no) ending of the word. E.g. label asterisk will find label or labels or labeling.

    The keywords entered into each of the three search boxes are:

    genetically modified or GMO

    AND    food

    AND     label

    The search was limited to articles published in 2018 to present (2023, on 11/13/2023) and to peer-reviewed (scholarly) journal articles.

    Here are a couple of tip sheets on using advanced features within Webster University Libraries' databases, which include:

    • Full-text: where to locate the full text of an article
    • Cite tool: how to generate a citation, e.g., in APA or MLA format
    • Folder tool: how to save items to EBSCO folders for future use