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NoodleTools

NoodleTools helps you write citations in MLA, APA, or Chicago format, and create annotated bibliographies. It also has tools to create notecards, draft an outline of your paper and keep track of "To Do" tasks. Citations can be exported directly to your Google Drive, or to Word or other formats.

How to Set-up and Use NoodleTools

Finding Critical Analyses and Literature Reviews

Communication & Mass Media Complete
Provides research in communication and mass media studies and in closely-related fields of study. A unique feature of the database is the inclusion of Author Profiles, providing biographical, bibliographic, and contact information for the most prolific, most cited, and most frequently searched-for authors in the database.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for academic research including journal articles, books, technical reports, conference proceedings, and other scholarly material.
Using the library links ensures that you don't have to pay for articles. Just use the "Find it @ WOU" link located to the right of or below the article (you need to use the expand arrows to see it when it is below the article).
JSTOR Arts & Sciences
Provides online full-text access to the archives of more than 1300 scholarly journals, some of which date from the 19th century. JSTOR does not include recently published articles. Due to publisher restrictions, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the issues available in JSTOR.

Finding Books, E-books, and Other Materials

WOU is a member of Summit, which gives you access to millions of items from other colleges and universities -- delivered right to WOU!

Start your search on the library homepage:

Ebooks can be read on any computer. Learn more about ebooks here.

You can also visit Summit libraries in person: Summit Libraries and locations

How to Find Articles Listed on a Reference Page--Find It @ WOU

Do you have an article citation from a reference page? Get the article by using Find It @ WOU. The potential results are:

You'll get a link to the article in a database
The library has the journal in print. You can a) retrieve the necessary volume and issue from the shelves, or b) request the Scan & Deliver service.
The library doesn't have the journal you are looking for, but you can request the article through Interlibrary Loan.

How to find articles that cite your source

This printable handout shows you How to Find Cited By and Related Articles Using Google Scholar

We often use bibliographies to discover works that the scholar referenced. These cited sources are necessarily older than the article.

How about reversing the process? Use Google Scholar to discover more recent works which cite the article or book you have.

Type the title of your article into the Google Scholar search box:

Google Scholar Search

Use the Cited by link at the bottom of the article's entry:

Notice that the example "source" article above was published in 1995. See an annotated image of the Cited by results--all more recent scholarship than the original article.

Links to Google Scholar throughout the library's web pages are specially coded to tie in with our owned and licensed collections and to Interlibrary Loan when necessary, via the Find it at WOU link. Or, rather than hunting down the link every time, you can setting your Google Scholar preferences to connect with the library:

Sign into your Google account, and then go to Scholar Settings.
Type "wou" in the 'Library Links' section.
Select the access boxes for Western Oregon University, and click Save.
When you link into WOU library resources, authenticate yourself with your PawPrint when requested.

Google Scholar preferences