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ETST 310: Theories and Concepts in Ethnic Studies (Professor Jason M. Perez) [Spring 2021]

Scholarly Journal Articles

What is a Scholarly Article? from Kimbel Library on Vimeo.

 

How do we know a source we've found is a scholarly journal article? Look for these clues:

  • written by scholars (with affiliations to universities or research institutions)
  • written for other scholars and students (and therefore difficult to read)
  • published in an academic journal with a peer-review process
    • Here are some examples:
      • Critical Sociology
      • Journal of Applied Sociology
      • American Sociological Review
  • structured format (abstract, introduction, etc...)
  • extensive references at the end

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Tips Examples
Use keywords, not long search phrases

Instead of searching for "How can community collaboration mitigate and/or address gaps in the archive?" search for

community collaboration, archive

To get more focused results:

Use quotation marks (" ") to keep phrases together

Use AND to combine different keywords

"community collaboration" AND archive

To get broader results:

Use OR to combine similar/associated keywords

Truncate words that have a variety of endings with a *

("community collaboration" or "community archive") AND "inclusive practice"

 

 

racis* = racism, racist 

Look for ways to limit your search in the database using the Advanced Search mode

 You can often limit by type of article (editorial, front page) & year of publication
Subjects: Ethnic Studies