Click here to view the Graphic Design Research Guide: Print and electronic resources that are useful for research.

Finding Journal Articles

To find journal articles on a particular topic, it's necessary to use one or more of the databases available on the FLITE Web site. These databases index thousands of journal titles, with a many providing full-text (content of the articles is found directly within the database), some only provide citations (description of where the article originally appeared in print).

Selected Humanities Databases

Art Abstracts
Subjects covered include art, art history, the decorative arts, industrial design, and photography, as well as a plethora of related subjects.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Includes citation analysis for nearly 3 million articles published in leading humanities journals since 1980 is provided in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index.

CAMIO
Catalog of Art Museum Images Online is a digital image database containing more than 100,000 artworks culled from several museums around the world.

Humanities Abstracts
Art, film, folklore, history, literature, performing arts, philosophy, and religion, mostly indexing journal articles, citations extend back to 1984.

General OneFile
A very large, full-text database with over 50 million articles covering a myriad of subjects, General OneFile indexes both newspapers and journals. Coverage is from 1980 to present. A few journals, especially older dates, give only selective full-text.

Additional Resources

• ABC Typography Online, virtual museum of typography. Unrestricted access.
  
• ArtcyclopediaOnline guide to museum-quality fine art on the Internet. Unrestricted access.
• Art Images for College Teaching (AICT): Images of art and architectural works in the public domain

Getting the Article

If HTML or PDF full text options are available, click the link to go directly to the full text.

If full text is not avaiable: Click the "Find It" button. This will attempt to locate the full text in another database. A new screen will open listing access options. Make your selection and click the red button.

If you want to look up whether FLITE has access to a specific journal title you can use the Find a Periodical tool. Remember to use the journal title not the article title for your search.

Off Campus Access

FLITE's subscription databases are available to all current Ferris students, faculty, and staff. Login with your MyFSU username and password. Additional information can be found at Off Campus Database Access.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of presentating another's work or ideas as your own. Plagiarism is often unintentional, but it occurs whenever you use someone else's ideas or words without giving them credit.

For more information about Plagiarism, please explore the Plagiarism webpage provided by the Ferris State University Writing Center.

Citing Sources

Whenever you are quoting or using information from a source, you must credit or cite that source. Failure to do so is plagiarism which can lead to expulsion from the University. The following links provide information on how to use MLA:

Web page for MLA citations- RefWorks and easybib.com

Citation Style Guide: MLA (PDF)

MLA List of References
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the MLA format.

Copies of the full-length MLA Handbook (MLA handbook for writers of research papers) are found in the Ready Reference section on Floor 1 of the library.

Help

Librarians are available at the Oval Inoformation Desk to help you find information to complete your course assignments and reports. Check our schedule and feel free to email for assistance as well. If you would prefer to contact Julia personally, please email her.

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Last Update: Janurary 24, 2008