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Academic Sources: An Introduction

How can I start out?

Other than simply searching keywords relevant to your topic in these databases:

  • Google [topic] + "expert," "scholar," "debate," and so on: this should give you leads for authors or article titles to plug into academic databases.
  • Honestly, read the Wikipedia page for your topic or another online encyclopedia, such as the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Look for experts being mentioned and at the references.

What are acceptable sources?

How do I find articles?

In-class Work: 9/8/2015

  • Academic Search Complete (access via Clark Memorial Library homepage)
  • OhioLINK EJC: www.journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/index.cgi
  • JSTOR: www.jstor.org
  • Academia.edu: a searchable social-media website for academics where many post their articles for free download
  • Use the rest of our classroom time to explore one or more of these academic databases
  • Find one or more articles that you will be using for your first essay
  • Use this time wisely; I will be here as a resource if you want any assistance / advice
  • Peer-reviewed journals
  • Peer-reviewed books
  • PhD dissertations and MA theses

Peer review is a process by which a journal or article is sent by an editorial team to multiple experts in the relevant academic field(s) to evaluate its quality. These experts then recommend whether the article or book should be published or not.

How can I find peer-reviewed work?

  • All books published by academic or university presses are peer-reviewed.
  • Many popular press books are as well, to vary extents, particularly if written by an academic.
  • You can normally simply Google the name of a journal plus "peer-reviewed" to find out if it is.
  • The journals in the databases Academic Search Complete and OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center are virtually all peer-reviewed.
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