INT-545 Anthropological Principles : Find Journal Articles

Search Limits and Tools

Scholarlyarticles: Scholarly resources are written with a focus on a specific subject discipline and usually written by an expert in the same subject field.  Scholarly resources are written for an academic audience.

Peer Reviewedarticles: Peer Reviewed journals are evaluated prior to publication by experts in the journal’s subject discipline. This process ensures that the articles published within the journal are academically rigorous and meet the required expectations of an article in that subject discipline.

All peer reviewedarticles are scholarly, but not all scholarly articlesare peer reviewed.

In EBSCO databases like Academic Search Complete or ATLA, you can help narrow down to scholarly articles by selecting 'Academic Journals'under source types.

Date:Databases can go back a long time, but only the most recent articles are relevant for many topics. Limit the date for current issues. You many not need a date limit for theology topics however, as these change less over time.

ATLA includes a citation tool like other EBSCO databases and LopeSearch. Database citation tools are automatically generated-- which means that a person doesn't double check them for accuracy. They can have mistakes, and don't always keep up with the latest rules. It is your responsibility to review your citations.

Always double check a computer created reference against a style guide.

Especially look for mistakes in capitalization, punctuation, information that shouldn't be included, and missing information.

Click on the title of the article to access the detailed record, with the tools menu at the top.

Click the Cite button on the tools menu, which looks like a quotation mark.

Select the citation style you need from the drop down menu.

Highlight the reference, then copy and paste it into your paper.

Don't forget to double check the formatting!

Personal Accounts

Many databases allow you to create a free personal account.  When logged into your personal account, you can:

• Save and retrieve your search history
• Create bookshelves
• Save preferences
• Organize your research with folders
• Email and export saved citations

Creating a personal EBSCO account

1. Locate the MyEBSCO link in the purple bar at the top of the EBSCO search screen.
   
2. Click on Create and account.
3. Fill out the form. 
   • You can use any email address that you would like.
   • You do not need to use your GCU username and password.
4. Click on Create account.