Research Guides: ENG 863 Course Guide: Research in Databases

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Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Finds scholarly resources on the web. If you are off campus and you use this link from the library website to get to Google Scholar, you will be able to take advantage of localized features such as "Find Full Text at EKU" to link to the full text of library purchased online articles.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A great place to start your search for both popular and scholarly articles on almost any topic. It contains a large number of journals, the majority of which are peer-reviewed, from numerous subject areas and goes as far back as 1865.
JSTOR
Provides access to a wide variety of scholarly journals and monographs in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Use JSTOR to find historical information rather than current articles.
MLA International Bibliography
Search a classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Includes indexing to over 66,000 books and articles. View MLA Tutorials

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