Full-text articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers from almost every area of academic study.
Access to scholarly journals and magazines that explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community.
Provides balanced coverage on topics that include gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects and many more.
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.
JSTOR I through XV provides access to full-text journal articles spanning 60 disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
A brief tutorial (2:34) by Western Libraries describing how to read a scholarly article.
How to Read a Scholarly Article by Western Libraries is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0
When you pick your topic, it's not set in stone. Picking and adjusting your topic is an integral part of the research process!
Attribution: Picking Your Topic IS Research? by NCSC Libraries is licensed under a CC 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license
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Social Problems in a Diverse Society by 
M&F 4 Marriage & Family by Scholarly articles typically communicate original research or analysis for other researchers, and go through a peer review process before they are published by an academic journal. This brief video takes a closer look at that process and addresses some of its limitations.
All About Peer Review by CSUDH Library is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
So you need to use scholarly, peer-reviewed articles for an assignment...what does that mean?
Peer review is a process for evaluating academic studies before they are published by an academic journal. These studies typically communicate original research or analysis for other researchers.
The Peer Review Process at a Glance:
Looking for peer-reviewed articles? Trying searching in a library database and look for options to limit your results to scholarly/peer-reviewed or academic journals.
Data & StatisticsDatasets are the raw pieces of information that are collected through surveys and other research tools and analyzed through statistics like "55% of state prisoners were serving sentences for violent offenses at year-end 2016" (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2017). Researchers publish statistics from individual studies in academic journal articles, but comprehensive statistics are also collected by non-profit research groups and government agencies at the local, state, national, and international level and published on the web for the public.
When would I need to find statistics and datasets? If you're working on a research project about a community or social issue, you might use statistics collected by nonprofit or government researcher to describe your population/problem and show why its important.
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CRAAP is an acronym for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose. View the brief tutorial (2:16) by Western Libraries describing how to evaluate sources using the CRAAP test.
Evaluating Sources by Western Libraries is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0
