• how to identify scholarly journal articles - not all articles are scholarly!

Scholarly "Peer-Reviewed" Articles through the Holman Library

1. Click the link above to access the Holman Library One Search which searches for books, videos, journals and more.
 

2. Construct a search.  You will likely need perform at least a couple different searches with different search words

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3. Filter in the left column by show only = PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

4. Click "view online" to read the article:

6. The library has articles in different vendor "platforms," so the interfaces may look slightly different, but the strategies to manipulate the articles are similar:

6A. Manipulate the article - EBSCO platform

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1. Read the abstract (summary) to determine if the article is relevant to your needs
2. Click "full text" to read the entire article. Double check to make sure it meets the criteria for a scholarly "peer-reviewed" article
3. "Subject terms" may be helpful for future searches that you perform
4. Save a link to this article so you can access it later
5. There is a database-generated citation, but they are occasionally incorrect.
6. There are the pieces of info that you can use to create  a citation on your own

6B. Manipulate the article - PROQUEST platform

• click image to enlarge:

1. Read the abstract (summary) to determine if the article is relevant to your needs
2. Click "full text" to read the entire article. Double check to make sure it meets the criteria for a scholarly "peer-reviewed" article
3. "Subject terms" may be helpful for future searches that you perform
4. Save a link to this article so you can access it later
5. There is a database-generated citation, but they are occasionally incorrect.
6. There are the pieces of info that you can use to create a citation on your own