Recommended Article Databases
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Contains journal, magazine and newspaper articles on a broad range of topics.
- ABI/Inform This link opens in a new window
Contains articles on business, advertising, marketing, economics and finance.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContains journal content, primary sources and images from humanities, social sciences and the sciences.
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary scholarly, government and general interest titles focused on human impact of the environment. Provides indexing, abstracts and full-text for open access articles.
- PsycArticles This link opens in a new windowContains scholarly and scientific articles on Psychology.
Scholarly vs. Popular
Scholarly articles usually have:
- An abstract
- A bibliography
- An author who is a scholar in the field
- Content that has been peer-reviewed
- Citations have volume(issue).
Example:
Smyth, A. M., Parker, A. L., & Pease, D. L. (2002). A study of enjoyment of peas. Journal of Abnormal Eating, 8(3), 120-125.
This article is aimed at an academic or research-oriented audience.
Reading Journal Article Citations
This journal article is aimed at an academic audience.