Articles - ASIA 290 - Cold War Borderlands in East Asia, 1950s to 1980s

Databases for Scholarly Journal Articles

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? Great starting point, with something for every subject!
- What's included? Lots of full-text, mostly peer-reviewed and recent, with some older and popular sources.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? It’s an excellent tool for scholarly articles and books/chapters from university presses, covering most disciplines.
- What's included? The collection's strength lies in its complete back issues of journal titles covering 75 disciplines, while a weakness is a "moving wall" limiting access to the most recent journal issues - the coverage skews older, so it’s not always a great starting point for researching topics that need to have the most current sources.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need a variety of scholarly and professional sources like journal articles, books, reports, and proceedings.
- What's included? Information about published sources, sometimes with links to the full-text, covering most disciplines.
- Note:Follow these instructions to set your Google Scholar settings for access to DePauw's Full Text when available: Google Scholar FAQ
Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You want scholarly journal articles in the humanities
- What's included? About 600 journals, mostly peer-reviewed, covering art, history, theatre, music, religion, film, philosophy, literature, and language.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need scholarly articles on the humanities and social sciences.
- What's included? Project Muse is a collection of established and longstanding scholarly journals in full-text for humanities and social sciences journals. Strengths of this collection include its caliber of content with historical and the current holdings.

Databases for Newspaper Articles

Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need contemporary and recent news articles from recognized mainstream national and international major newspapers.
- What's included? Full-text news sources from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia including newspapers, newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, video, podcasts, and digital-only websites from 1980s to present.
- Note: This includes the Indianapolis Star back to 1991 and the Indianapolis Business Journal back to 1985.
South China Morning Post (1903-2001) This link opens in a new window
- Why search here? You need English language primary sources that provide insight into modern Chinese history, 20th-century politics, economics, and more.
- What's included? Full-text searchable newspaper archive, including articles, editorials, advertisements, and photographs.