Broad collection of full-text scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in most academic subjects, plus videos from the Associated Press.
Full-text online versions of over 900 published reference works in a variety of major subjects. These include general and subject dictionaries, encyclopedias, images, and videos.
Index of scholarly and popular articles, government documents and reports on the ways humans affect the environment.
Full text for over 1,800 journals and access to authoritative information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences and much more.
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Peer review is a process by which scholarly publications try to ensure "quality control," that what they publish is accurate and meets the standards of research and writing in their field.
When a scholar submits a book to a university press, or an article to a scholarly journal, the editor will send it out to two (usually) reputable scholars in the author's field to evaluate whether it meets the standards of historical research and whether it contributes anything new to the field. These are the peer-reviewers--because they are considered the author's peers (or equals) in the field--and if they approve of the manuscript, the published work will be considered "peer-reviewed."
We recommend that the articles you find be peer-reviewed, and therefore check the peer-review box when you do your article research. University press books are normally considered to be peer-reviewed.
Scholarly Articles Checklist
1. Intent: Report on original research in a specific field
2. Audience: Scholars and researchers
3. Authors: Scholars and researchers
4. References: Cite sources with footnotes/bibliographies
5. Layout: Plain paper, tables, figures, charts
6. Advertising: Fewer ads, usually for other journals, if any
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