Often, one of the most effective ways of attaining the most current and authoritative information on a topic is by consulting KVCC Libraries' online article databases. These databases provide access to the most recent studies, scholarship, and reports from subscription-based academic and trade journals, magazines, and news sources. In many cases, you would be required to pay to view these sources if you were to search them online.
To access our databases by topic area or alphabetically by name, visit the KVCC Libraries homepage and click the Articles & Research Databases button below the ValleyCat search window.
Once you have clicked on the link for Articles and Databases, it might be most useful to start with the general databases. The link will be at the top of the page. ProQuest Central and Academic Search Complete are two of the more commonly used. These two databases have different interfaces but most of the same tools. Don't be afraid to play around and see what they have to offer.
Another useful database is Opposing Viewpoints in Context mentioned in the "Choosing Your Topic" tab. Under each topic is a brief encyclopedic summary and links to charts, academic journals, ebooks, magazines, newspapers, and opinion pieces called viewpoints.
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Examples: American Journal of Psychology, Business Ethics Quarterly, The Philosophical Review