ENGL 127 Research Writing: Social Sciences (Bahl)

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Primo One Search

Try the library One Search tool to look for Scholarly Peer Reviewed articles in multiple databases at once.

Tips:

  • Do a preliminary search and then use the Advanced Search feature to add additional keywords or subject terms.
  • Limit to Peer Reviewed articles to find scholarly sources.
  • Check the box on the left after you search to include sources that are not full text. This expands the scope of your research.
  • You may borrow articles for free from other libraries with InterLibrary Loan. Digital articles are emailed directly to you.

Article Databases

The tool you will use to find scholarly articles is a library periodicals database (this is the same tool you used to find magazine and newspaper articles).

  • Limit to peer-reviewed or scholarly journal articles to find scholarly sources. By the way, be sure to still assess if it's a scholarly article. (For example, scholarly journals contain book reviews of scholarly texts. These are not scholarly articles.)

  • To find the most relevant articles, you will need to consider many more. Try multiple keywords and search different databases.

See what databases are recommended for research by discipline:

Want a little more help? Check out our tutorial on scholarly journals.

Finding Scholarly Journal Articles in Library Databases

When searching for articles in library databases,
you can limit your search to only scholarly journals:

 Example of how to find scholarly journals in EBSCO's Academic Search Complete library database:

 

 


Example of how to find scholarly journals in PROQUEST COMBINED DATABASES:

 ENTER SEARCH TERMS and click the orange SEARCH box.  See image below:
 

 

Beyond our collection: Interlibrary Loan

Using the Interlibrary Loan Service

InterLibrary Loan: No library has it all! But the InterLibrary Loan (or ILL) is a service offered by Holman Library for borrowing books and articles from other libraries. InterLibrary Loan requests are free to current GRC students, faculty and staff.

For your research, it is important to search many places.
  • First, start with the books and articles available through the Holman Library.

  • Then, If you find books and articles that the Library does NOT have access to, just request them through Interlibrary Loan.

  • Using Interlibrary Loan increases the amount of resources available to you and helps you become a more thorough researcher.

Note:
  • Books and other items that require mailing may take 1-2 weeks.

  • Articles and other digital items may arrive within 2-5 days. Use your email as your contact info and the article will be sent directly to you.

If you need help filling out this form, call the library reference desk at (253) 931-6480.

Other places you can search...

Use the links below to look for books, articles and more beyond our collection:

Scholarship

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Video: How Library Stuff Works: Scholarly vs Popular Sources

Source: "How Library Stuff Works: Scholarly vs. Popular Sources" by McMaster Libraries, is licensed under a Standard YouTube License.

Learn about the differences between scholarly and popular sources and how to identify them when researching your topic.