Waggoner Library: Speech Resources: Articles

Start your search for articles in Discovery.

A great place to begin your search for journal articles is in Discovery, the library catalog. Discovery can be accessed using the search box on the library homepage.

Watch the brief video below to learn more about how to locate articles in Discovery. (4:24)

Articles can also be found in these specialized and multidisciplinary databases.

Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
The premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues.

Select the Browse Issues (light bulb) icon for a list of topic ideas.
The Topic Finder tool is located at the bottom of the Opposing Viewpoints homepage under Resources.
See the Topic Finder tab above for more details.

Gale In Context: Global Issues This link opens in a new window
Helps users understand today’s world issues from a global perspective.
Communications and Mass Media This link opens in a new window
Provides current information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field including technology applications.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A multi-disciplinary database of over 10,000 academic journals, newspapers, magazines, reports, and books.

Learn how to use the Topic Finder tool.

Opposing Viewpoints and Gale in Context: Global Issues both contain Topic Finder, which helps narrow a topic by providing a graphic display of subtopics.

Topic Finder is located at the bottom of the database homepage in the Resources section.
Watch the video below to understand how Topic Finder works. (1:02)

How to locate peer-reviewed journal articles:

Most of our databases have the option to limit search results to peer-reviewed journals.
On the search results page look for the words filter, refine, or content type, then select peer-reviewed.
See the example below from Discovery:

Screenshot of Discovery search results showing Peer-reviewed selected under Content Type.

►For more information about peer-reviewed articles and why they are important for research, see the Research Tips page on this guide.

For articles not owned by Waggoner Library:

Use our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service to obtain articles not owned by Waggoner Library.
There is no fee to use this service. Allow 2 business days to receive your requested articles, which will be sent to your Trevecca email.