LibGuides: Leadership Studies: Find Articles

Finding Journal Articles

Finding articles in Library Search

Use Library Search to find journal articles in the library databases. This search retrieves full-text articles in many of the Foley databases and is a good starting point for your research. If you want to do a more comprehensive search, you can search in any of the recommended databases.

Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Business Source Complete provides abstracts and full text contact for scholarly journals in business and related fields.
Communication Source (EBSCO)
An excellent database which is useful to explore interpersonal and organizational communication topics and research published in over 1,000 journals in the fields of communication, from advertising to rhetoric.
ERIC (EBSCO)
ERIC is the definitive database for reviewing scholarship published in journals which cover all aspects of the field of education, from K-12 to higher education. Documents from local, statewide and federal education departments/organizations are also available in ERIC.
PsycINFO (EBSCO)
Published by the American Psychological Association (APA), this database is comprehensive for locating scholarship in the social and behavioral sciences. Citations include journals, books, book chapters and dissertations in psychology and related fields.
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
Use this database to research nearly 900 journals from the field of sociology, as well as sociology books and conference papers.
Web of Science/Web of Knowledge
A multidisciplinary index to scholarly journals in all fields from the arts and humanities to the sciences and social sciences, this database also provides a comprehensive way to locate the specific citations to journal articles.

Finding Journals -- Periodicals @ Foley

The Periodicals@Foley link will allow you to search for a specific journal by title or by keyword. It's easy to find out if the library has a specific journal and clarify if the periodical is in the library or is online.

Dissertations Databases

Dissertations and Theses @ Gonzaga University (ProQuest)
Online access to nearly 1600 Gonzaga master’s level theses and doctoral dissertations from 1976-present. Access includes a 24-page preview and the full-text online, if available.

Foley Center has a complete collection of dissertations and theses written for the Ph.D., EdD and Masters of Nursing programs. There are also some theses from early masters programs in the School of Arts and Sciences. Gonzaga theses and dissertations can be found in the library catalog under author, title and subject. The library usually owns two copies of each thesis, a circulating bound paper copy located in the general collection and a non-circulating microform copy located in Special Collections.
Dissertations and Theses (Proquest)
Includes more than 1 million theses and dissertations with abstracts, 24-page previews, and full-text PDF, if available, for dissertations from other universities.