The most important thing to do when starting any research is to identify keywords that define your topic and then combine them to create a search string. You can read more about strategies to do this here: http://subjectguides.sunyempire.edu/researchskillstutorial/ch3
You can read about strategies to develop a workable research question, here: http://subjectguides.sunyempire.edu/researchskillstutorial/researchquestion
To locate journal articles on your topic:
1. Go to the library’s home page (http://www.sunyempire.edu/library).
2. Under Subject Guides, select a subject from the listing.
3. Within the subject guide you select, you'll see links to relevant article databases. Click on an appropriate article database to log in and enter your search keywords.