Do you know where to look when your professor says that you must use scholarly journal articles for your essay? (hint: not Google)
Answer: The library, of course! The library subscribes to thousands of journals to support the courses that the university offers. In order to search these journals, you will need to use something called an 'index'. There are many different journal indexes - some cover history topics, some cover sociology topics, etc., etc.
The library divides these indexes up into subject areas to make it easier for you. To find the right indexes for your area, use the 'Find Resources by Subject' link on the library website. Select the subject area that you are looking for (history, psychology, sociology, etc) and you will see a list of the relevant journal indexes for that area. As you scroll down the subject guide, you will also see a number of other online resources that might or might not be useful to you depending on your topic.
As you are using indexes, please keep in mind:
1) some indexes may have both scholarly material (journals) and non-scholarly
(magazines and newspapers) - a good clue is if there is an option on the search
screen to limit your search to scholarly materials only
2) some indexes provide the full text of the article, while others just tell you
that it exists - if there is no full text showing, use the 'Get it @ Trent' icon
to see if it is available within the Trent system, either in electronic format or
in paper (by checking TOPCAT)
Confused? Contact Trish for assistance: 905-721-3082 x2388 or trish.johns-wilson@dc-uoit.ca (or drop into the Durham College/UOIT library).
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