Research Guides: Leadership: Journals/Articles

Start with these Databases

While there are no journal databases specifically for leadership, the following provide extensive coverage of leadership journals and articles:

Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Business Source Complete is a comprehensive database that ranges across an enormous variety of subject areas: accounting, banking, finance, management, marketing, trade, and of course, economics. It offers an unprecedented wealth of peer-reviewed, full-text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business that spark discussion on future developments and changes in the business world. BSC also indexes company profiles, country reports, industry reports, SWOT Analyses, trade journals and magazines.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Some full text. A multidisciplinary database containing academic journals, peer-reviewed articles, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos.
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Some full text. JSTOR (Journal Storage) is a large archive of back issues of journals across a wide range of academic subjects. While it contains much valuable information, it will not usually contain the most up-to-date research.
Harvard Business Publishing Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window

Other Databases

APA PsycArticles see PsycArticles (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Full text. "APA PsycArticles®, from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology...Coverage spans 1894 to the present and nearly all APA journals go back to Volume 1, Issue 1" (EBSCO).
Note that TWU does not subscribe directly to APA PsycNet's platform but has access to its content through EBSCOhost databases. Please use the provided link to search for and access PsycArticles through EBSCOhost.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerialsPLUS This link opens in a new window
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Strong resources in leadership from a religious perspective.
Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA Complete) This link opens in a new window
CBCA Complete is a multidisciplinary database with a Canadian emphasis. CBCA Complete also includes: CBCA Business, CBCA Current Events and CBCA Reference.
Dimensions This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive index, no login required, that is similar to the citation indexes of Web of Science. Each citation provides a list of its references and a citation count plus a list of citing documents. Limited full text, though there is an open access filter on the left. For more full text and formatted citations, take titles found in Dimensions, log into Google Scholar from the library home page, and search for Dimensions titles there.
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
An education-focused database that contains the full text of 440+ journals.
ERIC (EBSCOHost) This link opens in a new window
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ERIC is a large education-focused database that contains many useful resources for teachers from preschool to post-secondary and adult education.
ERIC (Open Access interface) This link opens in a new window
An open access ERIC database with research available to everyone at no cost.
LENS.ORG
An open access database to discover, analyze, and map global innovation knowledge. Bridging the cultures of scholarly research with invention and industry.
PsycBooks (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Approximately 32,000 chapters in PDF from over 2,000 books published by APA and other publishers, as well as digitized content of from the Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) collection and close to 1,500 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology.
Note that TWU does not subscribe directly to APA PsycNet's platform but has access to its content through EBSCOhost databases. Please use the provided link to search for and access PsycBooks through EBSCOhost.
PsycInfo (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive coverage of 1500+ journals, including nearly 100 journals from the American and Canadian psychological associations. Extensive full text article availability. The best article resource for psychology and counselling. Note: Includes all results for both databases, since PsycINFO provides full coverage of PsycARTICLES.
Note that TWU does not subscribe directly to APA PsycNet's platform but has access to its content through EBSCOhost databases. Please use the provided link to search for and access PsycInfo through EBSCOhost.
Sage Journals
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Database for journals published by Sage. Significant number of articles on leadership and management.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window

Database Tutorials

Business Source Complete:
- Business Source Complete - Basic Search (3:35)
- Business Source Complete - Thesaurus Search (4:33)
Academic Search Complete (3:26)
ATLA Religion Database (4:56)
JSTOR Search (4:04)
SAGE Journals (2:49)
Dimensions (4:50)
PsycInfo
- Basic (5:11)
- Advanced (4:29)

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