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EDU 575: Classroom Management: Academic Journals

Journal Finder

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How do I find scholarly journals?

In addition to library databases, another tool for discovering new information is the authors' bibliographies or Works Cited page that cites the information they used when conducting their research. Don’t skip over the last page of Endnotes or Works Cited of the articles you find!

What do you do when you see a citation in an article and you want to try to find that article for your own research? Watch this video to learn how you use a journal article's citation to find the article in print or online at Jenks Library.

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Peer-Reviewed or Scholarly Journal articles are written by scholars or professionals who are experts in their field of research.  The article that these scholars/professionals have written are in turn reviewed and edited by other professionals in the field before it can be accepted for publication in the journal.  

How do you know if the articles you are finding are published in peer-reviewed journals?  Use the following criteria to evaluate your information to determine if it is a peer-reviewed source.

  • Scholarly journal articles usually contain an abstract summarizing the contents of the article.
  • All sources used for writing the article are cited either in footnotes or bibliographies.  
  • The article is written by experts in the field of study.  Usually author's credentials will be listed either at the beginning or the end of the paper.  
  • Language of the article is intended for an informed, educated audience that is somewhat familiar with the material (i.e. not intended for the layperson).
  • Journal the article is published in has submission requirements that involve an editorial or review process.  

Journals

Journal Suggestions

You can use either library databases or a specific journal to find an article for your article review assignment. Below are links to the BrowZine journal browse option. These are specific landing pages for the subject area. You can explore and access potential journals by subject using this sources. 

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