When you’re ready to start searching for research articles, you have a few options. If you’re just getting started, it could be beneficial to search in a broad-based database or search engine so that you’re getting results from multiple disciplines.

Start My Research

This is the main search box on the library’s homepage, and it searches almost everything we have access to. While it may bring back a lot of results, there are ways to filter more specifically by content type and multiple related disciplines, so this can still be a really helpful starting place.

You can also get to Start My Research directly from Canvas by clicking on the Auraria Library link in the course menu.

Optional video tutorial: Finding Scholarly Articles in Start My Research

Google Scholar

You may have used Google Scholar in the past. This is a great resource because anyone can use it (you don’t need to be affiliated with a University library to search). However, to get access to the most full-text articles, it’s a good idea to access Google Scholar through the library website so it will synch with our paid subscriptions and provide more full text access.