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Critical Thinking and Research

Locating Sources

When it's time to find sources for your research, the UMKC Libraries are here for you!

Check out this tutorial for a quick breakdown of various types of academic works.

We also have video tutorials to show you the different ways to search for sources with the library.

Library Databases

Recommended Databases for Finding Articles

Academic Search Complete
Use this database to find a wide variety of articles on a multitude of subjects. This is a great place to start research in any discipline!
EBSCOhost Databases
Save time and search multiple databases at one time!
Interdisciplinary coverage means that you can search for sources on a topic that doesn't fall neatly into one field of study.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a full text database of articles across the disciplines. It is very good for finding social science and humanities articles.
Learn to search using JSTOR's guide, here.

All Databases by Subject
Use this link to access more specialized library databases by subject.