How do I find peer-review, scholarly or academic journal articles?
Start at library.risd.edu > RISD Online Resources
Search the following databases & select the option to LIMIT to Scholarly articles:
Academic Search Premier - Choose Academic Journals tab
Art Full Text/Art Retrospective - Check Peer Reviewed box
Search these four databases simultaneously and select the
Peer Reviewed Journals tab in the Results Screen:
Art Bibliographies Modern
Bibliography of the History of Art
Design & Applied Arts Index
Design & Applied Arts Retrospective
ERIC - Check Peer Reviewed box
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text - Check Peer Reviewed box
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index - Check Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals box
FirstSearch databases:
ECO(OCLC collection of scholarly journals) Simply search ECO - All articles indexed are scholarly
PsychFirst - select Reviewed Journal Phrase > Peer-Reviewed Journal
WilsonSelectPlus - select Reviewed Journal Phrase > Peer-Reviewed Journal & check the Subscriptions held by my library box
JSTOR & Project Muse are full text scholarly journal archives in which all articles have undergone the peer review process.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts - check Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals box
Reader's Guide Index - Limit to: Peer Reviewed
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As pointed out in the entry, you can filter your search using different databases to include only scholarly articles.
But what is a scholarly article anyway and how do you know you're dealing with one if you find an article in print for example? There are several clues:
1. Scholarly articles come from peer-reviewed journals, meaning that a group of experts in a given field (as opposed to a single editor) reviews and decides whether to accept or reject submitted articles.
2. In the article the author is identified and usually his/her credentials and affiliation are given.
3. The article has citations (footnotes/endnotes) and often a bibliography as well. That way the reader can check the sources the author used in his/her research.
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