Here are two of many great resources to help get you started.
Gale provides training videos such as this one discussing the Topics (Issues) pages: https://support.gale.com/doc/ovic-video1
This database features a box you can check to limit your search to scholarly/peer-reviewed articles.
By utilizing the "Choose databases" feature located after "Searching: Academic Search Complete", you can search both this database and other EBSCOhost databases, such as Communication & Mass Media Complete at the same time.
These databases contain scholarly journals in a wide variety of subjects.
Gale Virtual Referance Library (GVRL) and Oxford Reference Online are collections of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources; these trusted, authoritative reference works are available 24/7
Pepperdine Libraries now provide full complimentary access to NYTimes.com, New York Times mobile apps, and New York Times in Education to Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Access to NYTimes.com provides:
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