Featured eJournals
Recommended Databases
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowFull-text and peer reviewed articles in a variety of disciplines, including physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, & the arts.
- American Government (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new windowA wide-ranging reference source for the US government and political system. Contains more than 13,000 primary and secondary sources, as well as biographies and peer-reviewed essays.
- CQ Researcher (Sage) This link opens in a new windowExplores a single timely public affairs issue each week, ranging from social issues to environment, health, education, and science. Includes bibliography, charts, graphs and sidebar articles.
- Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowCovers a wide variety of criminal justice topics, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law.
- Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new windowImportant U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies.
- Military & Government Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowCollection of periodicals, academic journals, current news, and other content pertaining the government and military.
- Sage Journals This link opens in a new windowIncludes more than 645 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine.
How to Identify a Scholarly Article
TIPS: Scholarly sources are those produced and reviewed by people with recognized expertise in a particular field of study. Scholarly articles are found in scholarly journals - sometimes called peer-reviewed journals. SCF subscribes to databases that provide these academic resources.
To find a scholarly article in a database you can often check a box that limits your search to peer-reviewed journals. This box is sometimes found on a Basic Search, but almost always on an Advanced Search in a database.
Ways to identify an online scholarly or peer-reviewed article:
- Author(s) - Clearly identified author(s) usually with credentials
- References - lists of works cited at the end
- Title - usually descriptive, lengthy and uses professional terms
- Length - is the article 5 pages or longer?
- Ask - check with your Librarian or Professor
- Review - look at the elements of the article. Make sure it has what the assignment requires, such as, tables, conclusions, methodology and other research articles elements.