If you would like to talk more about which sources would be best for you or would like assistance locating specific information, please reach out at any time! No question is too small.
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Below are several databases which you can use to search for scholarly articles and are accessible to all Pepperdine students online. Databases house and index information, in this case journal articles, in a way they can be searched and accessed. While these below are great choices for your work, there are many others available through the library.
For any assistance you would like or issues you encounter, please email me at nicholas.dandrea@pepperdine.edu.
Provides full text coverage to peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more.
Collection of academic and research journals covering humanities, social sciences, life sciences, mathematics & physical sciences, medicine and law.
Full-text access to The Economist magazine, covering 1997 to present and related web content.
Indexing and full-text access to the Los Angeles Times. Covers 1985 to now.
**Access requires logging in with a Pepperdine email on the NY Times homepage. Find step-by-step log-in instructions on the access guide to log in. **
Access to The New York Times (1980 - present), Washington Post (1987 - present), Los Angeles Times (1985 - present), Chicago Tribune, (1985 - present), and Wall Street Journal (1984 - present).
**Access requires logging in with a WSJ.com account. Register using your Pepperdine email address.** Get unlimited access to WSJ.com, WSJ mobile apps, curated newsletters and podcasts.
Primary sources are original records or objects create by participants at the time of historical events. Below are a handful of primary sources of interest which may help contextualize the political issues in America. For further assistance locating primary sources for your work please email me at nicholas.dandrea@pepperdine.edu.
Archive of periodicals documenting the history of African American religious life and culture between 1829 and 1922. Includes newspapers and magazines, plus reports and annuals from African American religious organizations, including churches and social service agencies. Trial ends June 4, 2024. Provide trial feedback.
Series I offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876
Digitized archival materials from the Library of Congress, including legal and historical materials.
Focus on social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries including speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art.
If you find any articles, books, or book chapters you would like to read but cannot access through the Pepperdine Libraries you can make a request for our staff to ask other libraries to send it to us. To request something, either locate it in the library catalog, open the individual library record, and click the request button. This will fill out the request form and all you need to do is update your information. You can also fill out the form manually following this link: https://pepperdine.account.worldcat.org/account/requests/
You can learn more about interlibrary loan through this guide here: https://infoguides.pepperdine.edu/interlibraryloan
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