Finding scientific periodicals
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About this Resource
This guide offers methods to understand and find scholarly periodical articles.
Distinguishing Between Magazines and Journals
Before you search, you need to know the difference between magazines and journals. Journals are also referred to as "peer-reviewed" or "scholarly" sources.
Two brief explanations are here: Identifying Scholarly Articles and Scholarly vs. Popular Magazines
Finding Periodical Articles
Search for articles in the periodical database
AFTER YOU TYPE IN YOUR TOPIC, at the results page, make sure to select the box "PEER-REVIEWED" TO LIMIT YOUR SEARCH TO APPROPRIATE, SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS.
You can also search for a specific title in the A-to-Z list of periodicals.
Also, online scientific journals can be found here:
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Highwire Press Journals
- Scirus is the most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web. With over 450 million scientific items
Internet
Below are some recommendations for quality websites in the sciences which include scientific articles.
- WorldWideScience.orgis a global science gateway—accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases.
Interlibrary loan
If you find a citation for an article we do not have full-text, you can request the article through Interlibrary loan.
How to Cite
Contact a Librarian
- Contact a librarianif you have any questions.
