Library: GLBC 1200 Plants: Why We Can't Live Without Them: Scholarly journal articles

Where do I start to find scholarly articles?

Academic Search Premier
A scholarly multidisciplinary database of periodical articles, most with full-text.

Agriculture (Gale OneFile)
provides a comprehensive view of agriculture and related fields. The database Provides access to current and authoritative content that spans the industry -- from practical aspects of farming to cutting-edge scientific research in horticulture.
Gardening and Horticulture (Gale OneFile)
Serving gardening and horticultural enthusiasts of all levels. Includes journal articles and reference books, including Handbook of Flowers, Foliage and Creative Design, and Computer Graphics for Landscape Architects.

ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central brings together databases to create a comprehensive, diverse, and relevant multidisciplinary research database. The collection includes thousands of full-text scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, and much more.

Where can I find articles that focus on Science and the Environment?

Environmental Science Database (ProQuest)
A full-text database that covers comprehensive scholarly output, managed by an expert editorial team overseeing content selection and indexing supported by a controlled vocabulary
Science (Gale in Context)
An engaging online resource providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative, curriculum-aligned reference content with headlines and videos.
Scopus
A major index for scientific, medical, technical, and social science journals - over 16,000 of which are peer reviewed. It also offers author profiles which cover affiliations, number of publications and their bibliographic data, references, and details on the number of citations each published document has received. It provides citation data for all 22,500 active titles such as journals, conference proceedings and books in Scopus and provides an alternative to the impact factor.

Where can I find articles that focus on social or cultural issues?

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Includes the content from two established indexes, CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index, as well as other major journals in these disciplines. The full-text for over 200 titles is provided.
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Extensive coverage of education, schools and training from the Educational Resource Information Center.
APA PsycInfo (EBSCO)
A database consisting of over 4 million abstract records of peer-reviewed literature in psychology, counseling and related fields, 1897- present.
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
Replaces Sociological Abstracts as the premier database in the area of sociology. It covers the content from Sociological Abstracts and provides additional full-text of books, conference papers, and articles, as well as back files which in some cases extend back to 1895.

Why not just use Google Scholar?

Google Scholar can be a useful source for finding journal articles, but there are advantages found in the article databases offered through the Webster U. Library, including:

features that let you customize your search
access to more full text
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Selected journals

Botany
Full Content from 01/01/2008 to Present
Environmental and experimental botany
Full Content from 1995 to Present
Global journal of research on medicinal plants and indigenous medicine
Full Content available from 01/01/2012 to 07/31/2018
Horticulture
Full Content from 05/01/1990 to Present
International journal of horticulture
Full Content from 01/01/2011 to 05/31/2018
Journal of Applied Horticulture
Full Content from 01/01/2012 to Present
Native plants journal
Full content from 03/01/2004 to Present
Plants and Environment
Full content from 2019 to Present