LibGuides: ENC 1101 (Morehead): In Depth Research

What is Peer-Review?

Understanding Scholarly Sources

Duration: 3:15 minutes.

Databases for Scholarly Articles

The following databases are a good place to start for scholarly journal articles.

Scholarly journals (also commonly referred to as refereed, academic or peer-reviewed) have:

authors with advanced degrees in the subject
a special review process called "peer review" in which the articles are reviewed by other experts
original research on a topic
extensive references to other sources on the topic
technical language
an audience of experts and students

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for thousands of publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. It includes PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
Funded by: Statewide Allocation
ERIC (EBSCO)
Housed in the familiar EBSCO interface, ERIC is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. A guide to published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics, it Includes 1.1+ million records from 1,016 journals and other documents from 1966 to the present. Updated monthly.
Funded by: Statewide Allocation
Film & Television Literature Index (EBSCO)
Covers the spectrum of television and film. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Funded by: College (FALSC Group License)
Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
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Literary Reference Center is a rich full-text literary database covering all genres and timeframes of literature. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.

Funded by: Statewide Allocation
JSTOR
Access back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.

Funded by: Statewide Allocation

Additional Databases

Biography in Context (Gale)
An engaging experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. Browse to find people based on occupation, role, or historical period, or search based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword and full text.

Funded by: Statewide Allocation

So what's the deal with And, Or, Not?

AND, OR, NOT are Boolean operators which are used to combine keywords to either broaden or narrow search results.

Watch the video below for a demonstration of how these operators are used. Duration: 3:03 minutes.

Using Google Scholar to Search Valencia Databases

Google Scholar