Canada Click on the subject heading to do a new search or use words from the subject heading to modify your keyword search. You can find bibliographies on a topic by looking for the subdivision bibliography following a subject heading. Finding Articles Journal articles are very important in your research. Use periodical indexes and abstracts to update older material or to compare recent events with past events or to find information of current interest. Both popular and scholarly journals are indexed in the general and political science indexes listed below.
Popular magazines have short articles that are written to inform or entertain the general public.
These articles are rarely footnoted, or do they give the source of information. Such articles are written by writers on the staff of the magazine. Scholarly journals have articles that are lengthy and list references in footnotes. These articles are written by authors who have conducted research in the field of interest and who are usually affiliated with a university or research centre. Indexes approximately 600 journals and newspapers.