2. Objectives
• Know what databases your can use for free
• Know what a peer-reviewed journal article is and
how to find one
• Know how to find the important parts of an
academic journal article, including the abstract
• Review basic rules for citing sources
3. Why use a database?
School pays for
access
Edited/fact
checked
Academic
sources – peer
reviewed journal
articles
Often include
citations
4. How to Find the Databases
Go to your school’s website
Under Library, choose
Online Research Tools or Library Home Page
7. ENCYCLOPEDIAS – thumbs up or down
Haveyou used World Book or Grolier
online?
Would you find in-depth information?
Would you find opinions about a topic?
Would
you find newspaper and
magazine articles?
13. DEFINE TERMS – volunteer to read?
Academic journal – a publication
with peer-reviewed articles
about an academic discipline
(medicine, art, literature)
Academic or not?
Newsweek
People
Journal of the American Medical Association
Sports Illustrated
European History Quarterly
14. DEFINE TERMS – volunteer to read?
2. Peer-reviewed – experts in that
academic field evaluate articles
before they are published