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Your topic statement determines the type of database, kind of information, and the date of the sources that you will use. It is important to clarify whether your topic will require research from journals, magazines, newspapers, and books or just journals. To understand the differences between magazines, journals, and newspapers, click the link Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers: What's the Difference at the end of this page.

The thesis statement what is the relationship between United States intelligence operations and counter terrorism is a topic that you will find current information primarily in newspapers, magazines, and journals from databases. For example, Research Library and the ProQuest National Newspapers provide coverage of this topic from its newspaper and periodical databases. Expanded Academic ASAP Plus provides a range of scholarly journals and magazines. The Literature Resource Center reproduces sources from electronic periodicals, books, and reference sources, but its emphasis is primarily literary criticism. These databases provide many selected full text articles. Click on the Online Databases page from the Library's Web site to read the scope note for each and link to them.


Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers:
What's the Difference
Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals