Medline Plus
Articles on health topics, compiled by the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.
Oregon Historical Quarterly
Indexes to the Oregon Historical Quarterly, from the Oregon Historical Society. The 1981-2000 index is available in .pdf format. Tables of contents and abstracts are available for more recent issues; click the "Back Issues" link. (Print indexes, 1900-1980, are in Reference: F871 .O47.)
Oregon Index
The Oregon Index is an online index to several Oregon newspapers and to magazine articles about Oregon, compiled by the Oregon State Library. (Article titles only.)
Look Smart Article Index
This commercial site from LookSmart indexes selected articles from about 900 magazines and journals. While it charges for many articles, it does provide free full-text access to many others, and includes a few important titles, such as Skeptical Inquirer, not available in the EBSCO indexes.
Ingenta
A commercial site indexing thousands of publications and offering articles for purchase.
Additional Indexes Available Through Multnomah County Public Library
Multnomah County Public Library subscribes to many article indexes, some of which can be accessed remotely by users with a Multnomah County Library card. The following are some specialized indexes that may be particularly useful for college students. To view MCL's entire list of indexes or log in, see their website at www.multcolib.org/ref/a2z.html.
Available remotely (with MCL card):
- Art Abstracts
- Humanities Abstracts
- Literature Resource Center
- MLA Bibliography (Language & Literature)
- Music Index
- PsychInfo
- Worldcat
Available on-site only:
- America: History and Life
- BIOSIS Previews (biology)
- El Compendex (Engineering/Computer Science)
- Historical Abstracts
- PAIS International (public affairs)
About Article Indexes
Indexes allow you to identify articles that have been published in newspapers, magazines, and professional journals on a given topic. They may be general, or focus on specific subjects. They provide:
- citation (author, article title, source journal and date)
- abstract (summary of the article)
- (sometimes) the full text.
Obtaining Articles:
Check the CCC catalog to see if CCC library owns the source journal. (If so, it will be shelved by title in the Periodicals section.)
Journals/issues we do not have:
We may be able to obtain the article for you through Interlibrary Loan. In a hurry? Check the SUMMIT catalog to see if any nearby large academic libraries have it available for you to read.