LibGuides: English: Journals & Databases

Access to Databases

Access to Online Resources

Moffett Library is open to the MSU campus and surrounding community. Access to the online journals and databases is reserved for current MSU students, faculty, and staff.

To Access Moffett Library's Databases:

Go to the MSU Portal and sign in.
Choose "Library Databases" from the menu on the left side of the screen.
Click the link at the top that says "Click HERE for Library Databases" on the next screen.

Note: You will remained signed in to the databases until you close your browser.

Journals at Moffett Library

Moffett Library E-Journals A-Z
Complete list of electronic journals accessible from Moffett Library.
Moffett Library Periodicals
Guide to accessing periodicals at Moffett Library.

Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
The aim of the DOAJ is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. In short, the DOAJ aims to be THE one stop shop for users of open access journals.

Open Access Resources
The guide will offer instruction on how to vet Open Access Resources (OAR) and where to locate appropriate OARs.

Google Scholar

English Databases

Gale Books and Authors
Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres, or topics.

Gale Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
Gale™ takes literature, history and culture to the next level with the largest, most extensive compilation of literary commentary available: Literature Criticism Online. Imagine centuries of analysis - the scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals - delivered in an easy-to-use 24/7 online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.

Includes Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.

Gale Literature Resource Center
Find up-to-date biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers from all eras.
Gale Literature: LitFinder
Access literary works and authors throughout history, including full-text poems, plays, short stories, speeches, and more.
Gale Literature: Scribner Writer Series
Browse original scholarly essays on authors from around the world. Places authors and their works in personal and historical context.
Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series
Find in-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of major writers. Includes influences of literary movements.

Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media This link opens in a new window
Communications and Mass Media Collection provides access to academic journals and magazines focusing on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered in the database include advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and more.
Gale OneFile: Fine Arts This link opens in a new window
Fine Arts and Music Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that support research in areas including drama, music, art history, and film-making. The database emphasizes full-text content for publications included in the Wilson Art Index and RILM bibliography.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a digital library that contains full-text scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Moffett Library subscribes to the following JSTOR Collections: Arts & Sciences I, Business, and Language and Literature.
JSTOR does not contain current articles; journal issues are typically added to JSTOR two to five years after publication in what is referred to as a "moving wall," which is the gap between the most recently published issue of a journal and the date the most recent issues are available in JSTOR. It is a great source for older articles, as some journals go back as far as the 1800s.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.7 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents. This is an excellent database for information on current issues or business.
Twentieth-Century American Poetry This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of copyrighted, American, twentieth-century poetry, this database covers more than 316 of the most important and studied poets and includes over 52,000 works.

General Databases

Gale Academic OneFile
Gale Academic OneFile provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints in Context supports virtually any curricular need. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop critical thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Exclusive Viewpoint pages bring balance and perspective to every controversy using targeted arguments from recognized subject-matter experts and top journalistic sources.

Gale OneFile: News
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields.

Gale PowerSearch This link opens in a new window
Searches all the databases supplied to the library by Gale. Search for any term or phrase and find articles from 1,000 of magazines, journals, newspapers and books along with videos, images and podcast content.
ScienceDirect College Edition This link opens in a new window
Elsevier's ScienceDirect College Edition contains over 2000 full-text peer reviewed journals. The journals cover behavioral & social sciences, health & life sciences, and physical sciences from 1995 - present.
MSU has access to the following collections: Health & Life Sciences: 1,200+ journals, Physical Sciences: 700+ journals, Social & Behavioral Sciences: 450+ journals.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

First time using Google Scholar with Moffett Library? Do the following to enable “Find It @ MSU Texas” links and see full text you are entitled to via Moffett Library subscriptions:

1. Go to Google Scholar and login to your Google account
2. Click Settings (from the menu in top left corner)
3. Click Library Links (left navigation menu)
4. Type Midwestern State University and click the Search Button
5. Check the box for Midwestern State University – Find It @ MSU Texas. (Please note: The previous Google Scholar link named 'GetIt@MWSU' will no longer work, uncheck its box to disable)
6. Click Save
For further assistance, please contact the Library Help Desk at 940-397-4758 or library@msutexas.edu.