COM 4550 Res Methods in Com Studies

SUBJECT or TOPIC SEARCHING:

Most of the time you'll be searching for journal articles by a topic or subject. A Discovery Search: Journal Articles is a good beginning place, but for deeper research and higher quality results go directly into a database of your choosing.

• Start at the library home page.
• Enter your topic, choose the 'Articles' icon, then click on the green search button.
• Use filters on the left side to limit to Trevecca holdings and peer reviewed.

WHAT ABOUT PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES?  WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO I FIND ONE?

Follow these links to a description and more information before you begin your search.

JOURNAL TITLE SEARCHING:

Sometimes you'll need to find the actual article from the bibliography, an article you need to read for class, or perhaps one you found in a related book. It's simple to pull up the actual article if you know the journal name, but it's done differently than searching by subject.

• First click 'Advanced Search' above the Discovery Search box on the library home page. 
• Enter the journal name into the second search box as a title search.
• Scroll down to 'Format', choose 'Journal/magazine'
• Filter by 'Trevecca Nazarene University' and then click the 'Search button'
• Click the 'Access Online' button to open the journal
• Choose the publication year continuing to drill down to the specific date & page ranges.

Most of our databases have the option to limit search results to a peer reviewed journal.  See the examples below from Academic Search Ultimate, Gale Academic OneFile, and Business Source Ultimate to show you where to limit a search to peer reviewed articles.

Academic Search Ultimate

Gale Academic OneFile

Business Source Ultimate