Finding peer-reviewed articles. Slide 1 - Slide 1. Page 1 of 33

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2 Slide 2 - Slide 2 In this tutorial, you will learn how to find peer-reviewed journal articles. Let's say that you are interested in the potential impacts of global warming on sea levels. You'd like to find peer-reviewed articles on this topic because you know that's where experts publish their research, but you re not sure which journal to search in. If that s the case, start with a broad database search. Page 2 of 33

3 Slide 3 - Slide 3 Start at our library home page, library.wlu.ca. At the left side of the page, click the Databases link, and then click on Browse databases by subject. Page 3 of 33

4 Slide 4 - Slide 4 At the left side of the page, click the Databases link, and then click on Browse databases by subject. Page 4 of 33

5 Slide 5 - Slide 5 You're now on Databases page. This page lists databases organized by our areas of teaching and research. Select a link that you think best matches the area you re interested in. Page 5 of 33

6 Slide 6 - Slide 6 In this case, we'll scroll down and select Geography and Environmental Studies. Page 6 of 33

7 Slide 7 - Slide 7 In this case, we'll scroll down and select Geography and Environmental Studies. Page 7 of 33

8 Slide 8 - Slide 8 On the subject page, you see a list of databases that you can search through to find full-text articles. Note that there are many different databases to choose from, so if you don't find relevant results in one, try another. Page 8 of 33

9 Slide 9 - Slide 9 Let's select Geography and Environmental ProQuest. Page 9 of 33

10 Slide 10 - Slide 10 This is the search screen for ProQuest. You can use the search boxes to link related concepts together. For our example, we'll start by entering the concept "global warming" Beside it, we'll type in the related concept "climate change" The OR links the two related concepts together Page 10 of 33

11 Slide 11 - Slide 11 In the boxes below, you can enter another concept you want to search for; in this case, sea level. Page 11 of 33

12 Slide 12 - Slide 12 In the boxes below, you can enter another concept you want to search for; in this case, sea level. Page 12 of 33

13 Slide 13 - Slide 13 On the bottom row, we ll enter the terms "impact" or the related term effect. Page 13 of 33

14 Slide 14 - Slide 14 On the bottom row, we ll enter the terms "impact" or the related term effect. Page 14 of 33

15 Slide 15 - Slide 15 A star at the end of the word searches for variant spellings. Page 15 of 33

16 Slide 16 - Slide 16 A star at the end of the word searches for variant spellings. You can also add more rows if needed. Page 16 of 33

17 Slide 17 - Slide 17 In ProQuest, the way to limit your results to peer-reviewed materials is to check the peer-reviewed box in the Search options section. Page 17 of 33

18 Slide 18 - Slide 18 Other databases, such as EBSCO databases, have similar features. Page 18 of 33

19 Slide 19 - Slide 19 If you don t see an option like this to limit to only peer-reviewed articles, it s most likely the database contains only peer-reviewed material. The JSTOR database is an example. Page 19 of 33

20 Slide 20 - Slide 20 And Web of Science is also another example. Page 20 of 33

21 Slide 21 - Slide 21 Back to our ProQuest search - When you re ready, click the search button. Page 21 of 33

22 Slide 22 - Slide 22 We've already limited our list to peer-reviewed materials, but we get results from multiple publication types such as books and conference papers. We can narrow our results further to only scholarly journals. Page 22 of 33

23 Slide 23 - Slide 23 Then, we ll re-sort the list of results from date to relevance. Page 23 of 33

24 Slide 24 - Slide 24 Then, we ll re-sort the list of results from date to relevance. Page 24 of 33

25 Slide 25 - Slide 25 Then, we ll re-sort the list of results from date to relevance. Page 25 of 33

26 Slide 26 - Slide 26 To see if the full-text is available for an article, click the Get It button. Page 26 of 33

27 Slide 27 - Slide 27 To see if the full-text is available for an article, click the Get It button. Page 27 of 33

28 Slide 28 - Slide 28 To see if the full-text is available for an article, click the Get It button. Page 28 of 33

29 Slide 29 - Slide 29 You ll then see a page with options to access the full-text version of the article, if it is available, and what databases it may be accessed through. Page 29 of 33

30 Slide 30 - Slide 30 Another window opens. Page 30 of 33

31 Slide 31 - Slide 31 We can now access a full-text version of the article as a pdf document. Click the pdf link, and a new window will open with your article. Page 31 of 33

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33 Slide 33 - Slide 33 If you have any questions, ask us at library.wlu.ca/help/askus. Page 33 of 33