Professors are usually very specific about the kind of articles they will accept in research paper bibliographies. Not all articles, particularly those found using Google, are considered to be appropriate.

There are 2 ways to look for articles:

1. If you have a reference/citation.
2. If you have a topic.

Citations come from footnotes or bibliographies that you find in textbooks, assigned readings, or in your research. A typical citation will have the following elements, although the order in which they appear can vary:

• author's name
• title of the article
• title of the journal or magazine
• volume /issue of the journal
• page numbers of the article
• publication date

Since each issue of a journal contains several articles, the citation gives you all the information you need to find a particular article within the journal.

Here's a sample citation:

Null, Roberta."Student perceptions of the social and academic climates of suite living arrangements." The Journal of College and University Student Housing, v11, n1, 1981 35-42.

• Author = Null, Roberta
• Article Title = "Student perceptions of the social and academic climates of suite living arrangements."
• Journal Title = The Journal of College and University Student Housing
• Volume/Issue = Volume 11, Number 1
• Page numbers = 35-42
• Date = 1981

Your next step is to check if the journal is available in the Libraries.