The latest research findings, discussions on topical issues, reviews of the literature and scholarly debates are published in the form of journal articles or conference papers.
Newspapers can also be a good source of current information.
To locate relevant journal articles or newspaper stories you need to use a database. You would not normally use the library catalogue to locate specific journal articles. The Library holds many specialist databases, which can be used to look up potentially useful articles by author, subject, keyword, and publication name. There are databases for almost every subject area relating to the academic program of the University, which can be accessed in a variety of ways. Many databases include the full text of some of the articles indexed, or provide links to electronic versions of the articles.