Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Sources

Scholarship refers to the research and theoretical analysis academics and researchers publish to advance our knowledge in a field. 

Scholarship is very focused in its scope and provides in depth analysis. It might be a good place to turn to find useful information in support of your proposals. 

• Limit to Scholarly Peer-Reviewed at source type.

Useful strategy for reading a research study or theoretical analysis:

• Read through the abstract (the summary you find when you click on an article title) to determine if it looks relevant and comprehensible.
• Read the introduction closely to learn:
  • what the author(s) set out to study and why.
  • where current research in the field stands. In other words, what ideas are they building on?
• Read the discussion and conclusion closely to see what they learned - and what they didn't learn. 

One Search: 

Search across all library databases at once with the One Search. Be sure to limit to Peer Reviewed Journals to find the scholarship conversation. 

Sample Search

In this search, I was looking for sources that discuss the impact on community college students of doing internships or service learning, particularly on finding a job or identifying a career.

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1. Search terms

2. One useful article I found on the importance of internships for first generation college students in STEM fields.

3. The article description/ abstract. (I found this by clicking on the title. I could also go directly to the article with the database link to find the abstract. )