Look up an academic field in the library's encyclopedia collection. You may need to strategize what keywords to use to find articles about an academic field of study rather than from it. Try:
Type in a social science academic discipline, such as psychology or a narrower field within a discipline, such as social psychology.
Create an account in GRC's Career Planner and learn about what behaviors, traits and skills are valued by this community.
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Use the Holman Library One Search to explore scholarly journals in the field of study.
Click on a journal title to find the scope, a statement on the focus, range of topics, and types of research published by that journal.
Also check to see if the journal is peer reviewed and consider what that says about the values of that discourse community.
I also suggest doing a general web search to find other scholarly journals in a community.
1. Start at the Holman Library All Journals List
2. Use the Journals by Category menu on the left to narrow in on an area of study within the discipline.
3. The genre/ academic field you are studying may not be on this list. You may also type the academic genre you are studying into the search bar. That will also populate the list with journals in that field.
To explore a specific journal:
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Learn more about a journal by going directly to its website.
The image below for the Journal of Gender Studies includes: