Research Guides: ENG 863 Course Guide: Research in Databases

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Google Scholar
Broad search for scholarly information.

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Academic Search Ultimate
Articles from journals, newspapers, and magazines, along with eBooks on nearly every subject area.
JSTOR
Journal articles, eBooks, and images primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Includes historical texts and primary sources.
MLA International Bibliography
Citation search of articles and books in literature, language/linguistics, folklore, film, literary theory, and dramatic arts.

Check the length of the article - peer-reviewed articles are not just a few pages long
Check the article's references - every scholarly article will have an extensive list of sources consulted by the author(s)
Google the journal title - the publisher's website will tell you if it's a peer-reviewed journal
Review the author's (or authors') credentials - their organizational affiliation will be listed either at the beginning or end of the article