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Modern Languages and Culture

Why use magazine, newspaper or scholarly journal articles?

Articles provide information on very specific, narrow topics. The Library purchases article databases so you may access articles for your topic – for free. Researchers use them when they need:

  • Magazines and Newspapers: Brief coverage of contemporary events written to all levels of readers.
  • Peer Reviewed/Scholarly Journals: Reports of research or scholarship on specific topics written by scholars to other scholars
    • What does peer-review mean?
      • The review of commercial, professional, or academic efficiency, competence, etc., by others in the same occupation -Oxford English Dictionary

Tips for Finding Articles in Different Languages

Look for language limiters on our databases.

  1. In our search tool: Select All Limiters on the top-left > select Language on the side-right > select the language that you are interested in reading.
  2. In JSTOR: Before you search, select  Search on the top-right > Advanced Search > Language after the search boxes.
  3. Fuente Academic is primary Spanish-language articles.

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