Need an Article from Another Discipline: Medical, Social Science, Other?

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | October 20, 2009 – 13:14

Law Review and Journal notes as well as upper level writing requirement papers can be enhanced by using materials from other disciplines. Writing a paper about forensics? You probably want to check out MEDLINE. Need information about rehabilitating youth offenders? Try searching Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI Web of Science); Social Sciences Full Text ; SocINDEXor Electronic Journal Center: Psychology and Psychiatry (among others). If you are unsure what topical database to use, you may want to try a general database, such as Academic Search Complete or ArticleFirst and/or ask a librarian for help.

There are three ways to find non-legal databases:

• CSU Library’s Subject Portals (may also point to some free Internet sources)
• CSU Library’s Alpabetical List of Databases
• Ohiolink – Library Databases by Subject or Field

Many of the databases can be accessed off-campus with a CSU Id number and Scholar PIN.