Module 4: Finding Articles

This module covers how to use article indexes to identify magazine, journal, or newspaper articles on a subject.

After completing this module you should be able to:

  • distinguish between popular and scholarly periodicals
  • choose an article index appropriate to your information need
  • use it to identify an article on a topic
  • use an index's email function to send a record to yourself
  • search Mirlyn to locate the periodical that contains your article
 
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