Is it a scholarly, peer-reviewed article?
WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?
1
Library
Database
Is it from a newspaper
or magazine?
Is it from an academic journal?
Is it from Google Scholar or
PubMed?
Not scholarly,
or peer-reviewed
Scholarly
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Maybe not scholarly,
or peer-reviewed.Go to #2
Scholarly
Go to #2
No Yes
WHICH JOURNAL WAS IT PUBLISHED IN?
2
DOES THE JOURNAL USE PEERREVIEW?
3
Scholarly, peer-reviewed articles are published in journals that can be
very expensive. As a student, you'll be able to access peer-reviewed
articles through CSUDH Library databases, but you can also find
open access articles in Google Scholar and PubMed.
CSUDH Library databases
Google Scholar PubMedopen access
Most academic journal articles are published online, but sometimes
still follow conventions of print publishing. Each year, academic
journals publish collections of articles in volumes and/orissues.
Using this information in a citation helps readers find the article later.
example: Journal of Hispanic Higher
Education, Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp. 18-40.
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Scholarly articles typically communicate original research or
analysis for other researchers. These articles go through a peer-
review process where they are reviewed by otherexperts in the
fieldbefore they are published by an academic journal.
Search for the journal title in Google and
find the journal's About page
STILL NOT SURE?
ASK A LIBRARIAN!
