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A.A./A.S: Assoc.Degrees

Journal Articles

You'll find full-text journal articles using library databases. Options for getting the full-text article from the search result list include downloading a PDF copy, emailing, printing, or exporting into a citation manager such as RefWorks or Zotero. 

The links below are to recommended databases for this degree program are linked below.  However, there are many more subject databases you may want to use. In that case, click the link to the A-Z Databases page (or the All Databases page), which has links to ALL library databases.

Start with Discovery Search

The library's primary search - Discovery Search, is found on the library homepage. The video below illustrates how to effectively use Discovery Search to find the content you need. 

 Discovery Search: Journal Articles (3 min 09 sec)

Library Databases

After Discovery Search, library databases are important resources.

The following are great starting places to find journal articles for all subject areas. Click the link to begin searching. 

Business & Management Related Databases

Look at the descriptions to decide the best database for your research needs. Then click the title to begin to search your topic. 

What is Peer Reviewed?

Many writing assignments require students to use "research," "scholarly," "peer-reviewed," or "referred" journals.  These terms are often used interchangeably, although "peer-reviewed" is the clearest and most specific way to designate this type of publication. 

Start by viewing this YouTube video Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals, to see and understand the differences between scholarly journals, trade publications, and general magazines.

Peer-reviewed or Referred journals are the most important sources of information for many scholars. These journals do not publish an article unless it is recommended by other scholars/experts. Often this recommendation must be made blindly, without the reviewer knowing who the author is. 

A "research" article will almost always appear in a peer-reviewed journal. These are articles in which the author(s) are reporting the results of research they have conducted. They are one of several types of articles that such journals routinely publish.

Most of our databases have the option to limit search results to peer-reviewed journals. See the examples below from Academic Search Ultimate, Gale's Academic OneFile, and EBSCO's Business Source Ultimate to see where to limit a search to peer-reviewed articles in the database. 

Academic Search Ultimate

 

Gale's Academic OneFile

 

EBSCO's Business Source Ultimate

 

Newspapers

Databases are great places to search many types of newspapers and news services.

They include national and international resources as well as regional sources.

Choose from the list below.