Western Civilization: Find Articles

The Discovery Search box on the CSU library homepage is a great place to begin your research. This Search All box searches most of the library's databases all at once. 

These databases listed below are good starting points. For a complete list of databases, click the Databases button on the CSU Library homepage.

• Academic Search Ultimate
• World History (GALE)
• World Scholar:  Latin American & the Caribbean
• Military and Intelligence
• War and Terrorism
• JSTOR 

Accessing the databases listed on this guide require you to first be logged in to the myCSU.

• Ensure that you are logged in to myCSU
• Click on the desired database link, which should immediately direct you to the database interface.
• If you have any questions, contact us 24 hours per day through our live Chat Service

To search library databases, try different keywords/short phrases. To phrase search, place phrases inside quotation marks or parentheses. This tells the database to search the phrase as a unit. 

Example:

"Ancient Greece" OR "Greek Civilization"

(Ancient Greece) OR (Greek Civilization)

For more Western Civilization research tips, click the PDF below.

• APA Resources
• How to Do Research
• What Kind of Article Do I Need?
• Video Tutorials 
• Scholarly vs. Trade Publications