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ENG 111 (Hamilton): Finding Scholarly Articles

What is a scholarly article?

A scholarly article, sometimes also called a peer-reviewed, refereed or academic article, is written by an expert and contains in-depth research. Many articles with this designation have gone through the peer review process, meaning they have been evaluated by other experts in the field for accuracy before publication.

Databases for Finding Scholarly Articles

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
is your best starting point for scholarly articles in many disciplines. You may also want to search the other databases when your topic falls into mass media, social issues, technology, the environment, and health. After logging in to any of the resources below, you can use the "Choose Databases" option at the top of the screen to cross-search as many databases as you want.
Academic Search Complete provides abstracts for more than 9,300 scholarly and popular periodicals, with full-text for more than 5,300 of these.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Academic journals in sociology and related fields.
This index contains more than 1,900,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociology-specific thesaurus. This database also contains abstracts for more than 815 core coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, the database provides data mined from more than 630 priority coverage journals as well as 2,840 selective coverage journals. This index replaces Sociological Abstracts.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Access to over 850 journals in mass media, communication.
Furthermore, this database includes full-text for nearly 200 journals. Many major journals have indexing, abstracts, PDFs and searchable citations from their first issues to the present (dating as far back as 1915).
PsycINFO (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
The core research tool for the behavioral sciences. Can also be useful for topics in education, business, health/medicine.
Subject include: psychology, speech pathology and audiology, nursing, gerontology, social work, American studies, educational psychology, educational leadership, disability studies.
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
Covers topics in environmental aspects of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning.
Subjects include: agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental law, and environmental technology. This is also a useful database for searching for "architecture sustainability" and "design sustainability".

Scholarly vs. Popular Articles

Video: Scholarly versus Popular Periiodicals
(3:13) A brief overview on what makes a scholarly periodical different from a popular periodical.
Video: How to Read Scholarly Materials
(3:49) Learning to read scholarly sources is an important part of your academic experience. This tutorial shows you steps to better read and understand them.

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