Find It!
Sometimes a search result may not provide you direct access to an article. Click on the Find It! icon to see if/where the article is available.
If an article is available online, you will see a link/icon on the top, left side of the screen under the phrase: "Get Full Text." Click on the link/icon. A new tab will open to the service hosting the article, where you will find a PDF link.
If an article is not immediately available in print or online, you will see the message "Request this title from another library via Interlibrary Loan." You may order an article through interlibrary loan by selecting the link. A new tab will open to UD's Interlibrary Loan page. Follow the directions to login and request the article.
Scholarly Articles - Following the Conversation
Academic journals and scholarly articles typically represent the reporting of the most current research in a given field. Whereas books may represent the amassed knowledge on a given subject, they often suffer from long publication times, and by the time they're published and distributed, there is often new research and knowledge in that field. For the most up-to-date look at your subject, look for scholarly articles in an academic database!
Recommended Databases
University of Dayton students, faculty and staff can access most electronic resources on or off-campus. For off-campus access, use your UD user info to authenticate when prompted through the UD login page/Duo.
- UDiscover This link opens in a new window
A search tool that lets you retrieve all types of research sources with one search. If you're looking for a variety of sources on your topic, or you're just getting started, UDiscover can help you access more information at once than ever before. It has a Google-like relevancy ranking, but helps you locate scholarly resources. - Atla Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Provides access to journal articles, essays from books, & book reviews on topics like Biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Also includes selected monographs. Limited recent content. - Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary resource that includes journals, magazines, books, reports and proceedings. Contains over 10,000 titles, some coverage from 1880s to the present.
Multi-Database Search
You can search multiple databases at once. In an EBSCO database (as shown above), click Choose Databases to select resources that may be relevant to your research. NOTE that the image above is simply a picture and does not have search functionality.
Print Journals
These scholarly journals are available by request in the Marian Library unless otherwise specified. Journals marked with an * are polyglot (articles in multiple languages).
Journals cannot ordinarily be checked out or leave the seventh floor, but you're welcome to use the scanner in the Marian Library Reading Room to scan relevant articles.
- CommunioRequest at the Marian Library front desk. English version of the international Catholic journal.
- Ephemerides Mariologicae* (Madrid)Volumes through 2021 shelved in Marian Library Reading Room. Articles in Spanish, French, English, German and Italian.
- Marian StudiesThe proceedings of the annual national meeting of the Mariological Society of America (MSA), current through 2016. Available online in eCommons at this link, as well as in print in the Marian Library Reading Room.
- Marianum: Ephemerides Mariologiae* (Rome)Volumes through 2021 are shelved in the Marian Library Reading Room. Articles in Latin, French, Italian, English, and Spanish.
