Islamic Traditions

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How do I locate websites with varying viewpoints on my topic--that are not news sites?

Google (http://www.google.com)
Non-selective. One of the largest web crawlers.

Intute (http://intute.ac.uk/)
A directory of reviewed websites. A summary of each website is given, helping to discern the perspective.

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Bibliography can be useful as a guide to varied websites on a topic.

How do I locate news articles on my topic?

Academic Search Premier
ACCESS: Trexler Library website > Articles A to Z
A subscription database. Good starting place for magazines such as Newsweek, Time, and People.

LexisNexis Academic
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News archive (newspaper, newswires, and news transcripts), updated daily, from around the world. Includes New York Times, London Times, and selected Middle Eastern sources published in English. Includes many local papers as well.

Morning Call
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Archive of local newspaper.

News and Newspaper Worldwide
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A free gateway to web-based news sources from around the world. Arranged geographically. Searchability of individual news sources varies widely.

World News Connection
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Uniquely, this database contains news articles published for non-Western audiences, some of which have been translated from Arabic, Turkish, etc. into English.

How do I locate scholarly articles on my topic?

Academic Search Premier
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Limit to "peer reviewed" or "academic journals" to get at the scholarly journals.

ATLA Religion
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Specific to religion studies. Use caution here: not all sources included here are scholarly.

JSTOR
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Archive from Stanford University of scholarly journals in all subject areas.

Sage Journals Online
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All full text. All academic. Covers many of the social sciences including studies of popular culture.

Sociological Abstracts
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Indexing of scholarly articles in sociology.

Getting to the full text. . .

Once you have found the citation of a journal article you're interested in, click on the Get It link found next to the citation, or run a journal title search in Trexler Library's online catalog. ACCESS: Trexler Library website > catalog.

Articles via interlibrary loan. . .

Journal articles not found in Trexler Library can be ordered on interlibrary loan.
ACCESS: Trexler Library website > ILL

Is there resource to help in discerning the politics of a given periodical?

UlrichsWeb
ACCESS: Trexler Library website > Online Reference Shelf
This resource reviews most periodicals and may include a statement on political orientation or other bias.

Where can I find a guide to help me in evaluating my resources?

Trexler Library's Guide to Evaluating Resources (http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/guides/evaluating.pdf)

Citing sources

For tips on citing print and electronic sources, visit Trexler Library's Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources. ACCESS: Trexler Library website > Citation Guides.