How do I find a scholarly article?

Answer

When searching for a scholarly article, you want to use a library tool that offers scholarly content. Examples of general tools like this include:

• The search box on the library homepage
• EBSCOhost's Academic Search Complete
• ProQuest Research Library

Some subject focused tools that contain scholarly content are:

• Science Direct
• PsycArticles
• JSTOR

When you use these tools, you want to filter your results to scholarly articles. This is typically a checkbox you can find on the left side of the screen. Scholarly articles can go by many names, such as:

• peer-reviewed
• scholarly
• refereed
• academic

Checking that box will limit the articles to that type of content.