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Earth Science: Find Articles

Resources for students

Journal articles

Please use these databases listed in the Use Databases Find Articles section of this page to search for journal articles.  Many are Full Text.  Also, there are print copies of some in the Chemeketa library.  

In particular Geology and Science are suitable resources for scholarly articles.

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Use Databases to Find Articles

All the electronic databases listed in this section may be accessed by going to the library's Database Page. If you are using databases from off campus, you will need your My Chemeketa user name and password.

TIP: When using keywords, try truncating: theor* finds theory, theories, theoretical, etc. (* is the truncation character for Gale databases and for ScienceDirect).

  • Academic OneFile
    Articles from thousands of magazines, newspapers, and peer-reviewed journals. Includes the New York Times newspaper as far back as 1985.
    How to Use
  • Gale in Context: Environmental Studies
    Articles, ebooks, and media on environmental issues including pollution, sustainablity, conservation and green technology.
  • JSTOR
    Includes Artstor images. JSTOR is an article archive. It does not include current articles. The collection includes Open Access, and Archival & Primary Source collections.
  • National Geographic
    Current issues and archive of National Geographic magazine. Includes image and advertisement searching. Coverage: 1888 - present.
  • ProQuest Central
    Includes articles in academic journals, newspapers, and general interest magazines. Click on Databases (4) to select specific databases or subject areas to search within.
    How to use ProQuest
  • ScienceDirect
    Scholarly journal articles from the health, life, social, and behavioral sciences.

Oregon Geology magazine is indexed on the Oregon Department of Geology & Mineral Industries Publications search.

Google Scholar is a special version of Google that finds books, scholarly journal articles, and technical reports. You can set it up to find Chemeketa-subscribed articles.