Guides: SOC 105: Introduction to Justice Studies (Professor Sanchez): Scholarly Journal Articles

Scholarly Journal Articles

Tutorial
This 6-minute tutorial will cover how to identify whether an article is "scholarly" and how to search for these types of articles.

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

Sage Research Methods

Links to over 100,000 pages of SAGEs renowned book, journal and reference content with truly advanced search and discovery tools. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. Since SAGE Research Methods focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used across the social sciences, health sciences, and more.

Tips	Examples
Use keywords, not long search phrases	Instead of searching for "How do risk assessments impact racial biases in the justice system?" break down your search into the main keywords: pretrial risk assessment, racial bias, justice system
To get more focused results: Use quotation marks (" ") to keep phrases together Use AND to combine different keywords	"pretrial risk assessment" AND discrimination
To get broader results: Use OR to combine similar/associated keywords Truncate words that have a variety of endings with a *	("racial bias" or discrimination) AND "pretrial risk assessment") *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