Option 1. Search a database when you want to find:

• articles on a topic
• articles with a specific author or title
• missing citation information (author, title, pages, etc.) for specific articles
• other kinds of publications

Database Selection Pages:**

• Search groups of databases simultaneously with Panther Prowler.
• Databases A-Z lists all of our databases alphabetically by name.
• Databases by Field of Study lists groups of databases by academic subject.

**Search Panther Prowler when you want the power to search many databases at once. Search individual databases when you want the power and precision of their unique retrieval features.

**The following guides cover Panther Prowler basics:

• Panther Prowler Basic Search (video)
• Panther Prowler User Guide
• Panther Prowler My Space User Guide
• Integrating Library Search Options

Popular Databases for Articles:

• Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) finds articles from many academic journals and non-academic magazines, and some newspapers.
• LexisNexis Academic finds articles from many magazines, newspapers, and other non-academic news sources.

*More Databases for Other Kinds of Publications:

• AP Multimedia Archive is an online collection of photographs, audio files, and news stories from the Associated Press.
• CollegeSource Online links to the full text of college and university catalogs.
• Dissertations & Theses indexes these academic works (1861+) and has PDF previews of some recent works (1997+).

These are just a few databases for finding articles and other kinds of publications; for a complete list see Databases A-Z.

Journal or Magazine?   Recognize the Differences

Accessing Panther Prowler "My Space" From Off Campus
IF you are accessing Panther Prowler from off campus and IF you wish to access your Panther Prowler My Space account - your folders with your saved citations, your groupings of preferred databases, etc. - click this link to connect. You will get a screen that asks for your last name and UNI ID number.

Option 2. Search the UNISTAR Catalog when you want to know:

• if the library has a specific journal or magazine in its collection
• where a specific journal/ magazine is in the library, in print or online format
• what volumes of a specific journal/ magazine are in the library

UNISTAR Search Pages:

• Journal Title Search allows you to search for a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper by name.

Option 3. Search the Article Locator when you want to check:

• online availability of a specific article
• online availability of a specific journal or magazine
• accuracy of an article's citation information (author, title, pages, etc.)

Article Locator (enter the citation information into the search form)