Finding Online Journal Articles

So, you have spotted the terms ‘journal’, ‘journal articles’ and ‘peer reviewed’ in your subject outline. But, what do these terms mean and how do you locate them?

This introductory workshop will explain:

• what a journal article is and why you would use one
• how to interpret a journal article citation
• how to find scholarly journal articles in Primo Search, Google Scholar and Library databases
• what ‘peer-reviewed’ means and how to check that a journal article is peer-reviewed.

Duration: 1 hour.

A tip from your librarians!

Finding Online Journal Articles is the first in our series of workshops about library databases.

To further your skills, check out our Using Library Databases and Advanced Library Databases workshops.