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UGS 200H, McCarthy

Popular or Scholarly?

Video tutorial to help you tell the difference between three major types of articles, and tips for using each one.

A chart comparing popular and scholarly articles

Article Searching

Here are some other good places to begin searching for articles:

Going Deeper

Can't find what you're looking for? Try these more specific, scholarly sources:

  • America History and Life    
    Citations and some full-text of articles, book reviews, and dissertations in American and Canadian history.
  • Sociological Abstracts   
    Citations and abstracts of articles in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Have an even more specific topic? Try searching in a subject index: