Project Rebound Library Guide for Student Research: Scholarly Articles
Search the PSU Library Catalog for Scholarly Articles
Start your search for scholarly articles at the PSU Library catalog. Type your keywords into the search box on the Library homepage and run the search. Limit your search results by selecting Peer Reviewed Journals under Availability. Limit your search to the last five to ten years to review the most current research on your topic. Pertinent articles may include links to Similar Articles!
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Search for Scholarly Articles
- Academic Search PremierProvides selected full text, scholarly, and peer reviewed articles in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
- Communication Source This link opens in a new windowProvides abstracts and indexing as well as full-text content from global titles pertaining to many fields of communication studies.
- EconLitProvides citations and abstracts of international journals, books, dissertations, and working papers on economics.
- Education SourceIncludes citations and full text articles from education research journals, books, and conference papers.
- JSTORContains full text articles from major research journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Coverage of most journals starts from the beginning of a journal's publication and typically excludes the most recent three to five years.
- ProjectMuseIndexes citations for books and articles as wells as full text articles and ebooks from scholarly presses.
Finding Recent Articles in the Library Catalog Video
This video demonstrates how to find recent newspaper and peer reviewed articles in the Portland State University Library Catalog.
Google Scholar Video
This video describes how to quickly access a full text article from a citation using Google Scholar.
Is it Peer Reviewed?: The Video
This video shows you different ways to check whether an article is peer-reviewed.
Three Paths to Scholarly Articles
You can use any or all of the tools below to search for articles.
Library Catalog: search box on the library homepage |
Specific Subject Database | Google Scholar: search from the PSU Library website | |
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