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What is a Scholarly Source?
Refer to the following guidelines and resources to determine if a source (article, journal, book, etc.) is scholarly.
Check in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. Simply type the name of the journal in the search box. On the result screen, look for the peer-review or referred icon next to the journal title.
Make sure that you select a database that includes scholarly/peer-reviewed/referred journals. For example, JSTOR, ABI-INFORM, and Academic Search Premier all include scholarly journals.
UseCRAAPcriteriato determine if the article is scholarly research. Watchthis video about evaluating sources using CRAAP (Currency, Relevancy, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose).
Learn more more about the criteria and format of scholarly journal articles here.
