Instructor:
Mr. A. McCoole
History 109
Purpose:
This
research guide has been developed by your instructor and librarian
to help you complete your
research assignment
What is a journal?
A journal is an ongoing publication
on a specific discipline. Journals contain articles written by scholars.
Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between a
journal approved by your instructor and a magazine that is not
approved by your instructor. For example, the periodical titled
"American Heritage" is not considered a journal.
Therefore, articles may only be selected from
journals
titles
by your instructor. For personal interest, view
History
Websites
How do I find a
journal article?
What is a journal?
A journal is an ongoing publication
on a specific discipline. Journals contain articles written by scholars.
Journals are more timely than books, journal articles are
subject to peer review, they are specialized and focused, and they generally
answer specific questions with empirical research.
Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between a
journal approved by your instructor and a magazine that is not
approved by your instructor. For example, the periodical titled
"Parenting" is not considered a journal.
Journals
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Journals
publish articles written by scholars and researchers.
Journals are often published by professional associations. Articles in
journals usually include
bibliographies.
Examples:
Journal of American History |
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Magazines
publish articles written for a general audience. Articles in magazines
rarely include
bibliographies.
Examples:
Newsweek
Time |
How do I find a
journal article?
STEP 1:
Access General:Onefile.
Go to the
Library homepage
-> Magazines/Journals, and select InfoTrac.
Infotrac is a periodical research
database allow you to find articles from journals and magazines. A search
of a periodical index results in citations. Citations identify the
actual articles.
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Infotrac:
periodical database |
leads to
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Citation
"History of Health"
McCoole, Art and Resto, Jeri.
Journal of History
25 Nov. 2007: 92
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leads to
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Article text.
"The formation of the ideas of history constitutes a
study equally interesting from a literary and a scientific point of
view..." |
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a
useful alternative to the which includes many databases that
primarily contain non-scholarly magazines. It provides a
simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one
place, you can search across many disciplines and sources:
peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles,
from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint
repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
Google Scholar aims to sort articles the way researchers do,
weighing the full text of each article, the author, the
publication in which the article appears, and how often the
piece has been cited in other scholarly literature. The most
relevant results will always appear on the first page.
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