Interlibrary Loan Service
If there is a book or article you are looking for but it is not owned by the UNT Libraries, you can make a request for it through our InterLibrary Loan service. For more information about InterLibrary Loan, see our service page on InterLibrary Loan and Document Delivery.
Finding Peer Reviewed Articles
Peer review is a practice in which an article proposed for publication is reviewed by a group of experts in the same field as the article to establish that it meets established standards for scholarly research.
Many databases include a checkbox that allows you to limit search results to peer reviewed items. Sometimes it appears in the area below the basic search box. If it isn't there, look at the search options available with the advanced search.
Another way to determine if an article is Peer Reviewed or Scholarly, is to search for the title of the journal which published the article in: Ulrichsweb
The Referee Shirt icon indicates the journal is refereed or peer reviewed.
Where to Start
There are several approaches to searching for scholarly literature via the UNT Libraries. Consider starting your search for scholarly articles in one of the databases below. If you do not find favorable results in the databases, try searching in the UNT Libraries' "Online Articles" search in the box underneath the suggested databases. "Online Articles" simultaneously searches within almost all of the UNT Libraries' subscription databases. Your "Online Articles" search results will be interdisciplinary.
Or you may want to start by searching or browsing within individual emergency management journals. Click on the journal titles below, to access the journals via the UNT Libraries' subscription.
Top Databases for Images of Disaster in Film and Media
- Academic search completeAcademic Search Complete provides a scholarly collection providing full text coverage for over 10,500 journals for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies, etc. Dates of Coverage: 1975 - Current
- Film & Television Literature Index with Full TextThis resource provides a number of materials for those studying film or television, with indexing and abstracts for over 400 publications, selective coverage of 300 publications and full-text access for more than 150 journals and books. Users can access content such as Variety’s movie reviews ranging from 1914 to present, or over 36,300 images from the MPTV Image Archive. Significant topics within this database include subjects such as cinematography, film and television theory, preservation and restoration, production, reviews, technical aspects, and screenwriting.
- Communication & mass media completeCommunication and Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. Incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study. Cover-to-cover (“core”) indexing and abstracts for more than 570 journals, and selected (“priority”) coverage of nearly 200 more, for a combined coverage of more than 770 titles. Includes full text for over 450 journals. Dates of Coverage: varies by title, some start at 1915 to present.
- Environment completeThis resources offers patrons full-text access to over 1,300 journals and monographs in areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, and related areas of study, as well regular access to more than 2,500 domestic and international journals.
- SocINDEX with full textSocINDEX with Full Text via EBSCO is a sociology research database featuring more than 2.1 million records. The database contains full text for 860+ journals, 830+ books, and 16,800+ conference papers abstracts for 1,300+ core journals, 450+ priority journals, and 2,900+ selective coverage journals extensive indexing for books, conference papers and non-periodical content and 25,000+ author profiles. Topics covered include: abortion, criminal justice, demography, ethnic and gender studies, marriage and family, political sociology, religion, social development and psychology, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history and research, sociological theory, substance abuse and addictions, violence, and many others. Dates of Coverage: Varies by resource some citations date back to 1895.
Find Articles - Search All Databases and More
Find Articles is a software known as a "discovery tool." It allows you to simultaneously search 92% of the UNT Libraries' electronic resources. This means that with one search you can look for ebooks and for articles in many databases.
Find Articles also links you to the full text of the ebooks and articles available at UNT, making it a quick way to get a handful of ebooks and articles on a topic. It's great for short papers and a good starting point for more involved papers and projects.
You can go here for more detailed instructions on how to use Find Articles.
Searching Databases
Tips for Finding Articles
Log in with your EUID and password if you are off-campus.
Helpful keyword searches are [disasters], [disasters in motion pictures], [disasters mass media], [disasters social aspects], and [disasters case studies]. Use the Refine Your Results panel on the results screen to narrow your search further.
Most articles are full text as PDF or HTML files within a database. If not, follow the Find Full Text links to locate the full text in another database or in print.
All of the databases below can be searched simultaneously using the EBSCOhost interface. Use the search box at the right.