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Can't tell the difference? Check out this research guide that will help you identify scholarly journals.

Scholarly journals are often key resources for academic assignments. The articles in a scholarly, academic journal are reviewed and evaluated by experts in the field prior to publication. This process assures the reader that the content is reliable and timely. Use Abstracts in Anthropology to find scholarly articles on archaeology, cultural and physical anthropology, and linguistics.

In many electronic databases, you may limit your search to articles in peer-reviewed journals.

What's the difference?

Select an appropriate electronic database from http://www.washburn.edu/mabee/researchTools/elec_dbs.html . Many of our article databases include the full text, in either HTML or PDF format. Research guides are available for many of the electronic databases at http://www.washburn.edu/mabee/researchTools/guides.html .

For your assignment, you may want to begin your research in a general database, such as:

• Academic OneFile - A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles from more than 8,000 journals with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects; intended primarily for academic researchers. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text New York Times content to 1995.
• CQ Researcher - Complete source for in-depth, analytical reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day.
• Expanded Academic ASAP - Research in all academic disciplines.
• JSTOR - Central repository of back issues of journal literature
• Proquest Research Library - From business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
• Wilson OmniFile Full-text - Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.

You may also want to try more subject-specific databases, such as:

• Abstracts in Anthropology - Covers a broad spectrum of significant, current anthropological topics from a vast number of periodicals
• Contemporary Women's Issues - Development, pay equity, education, politics, family life, reproductive rights, gender equity, sociology, health, violence and exploitation, human rights, legal status, the workplace, lesbian concerns.
• Handbook of Latin American Studies - Over 300,000 bibliographic entries. Citations only.
• PAIS Archive and PAIS International - Databases chronicling global public policy and social issues
• ProQuest Nursing Journals - Over 280 sources. Fulltext.
• Social Sciences Full-text - Full text, citations and abstracts. 1983 to present.
• Sociology: A Sage Full-Text Collection - It covers such subjects as Childhood, Contemporary Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Consumer Culture, Classical Sociology, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Leisure Studies, Social Theory, Sociology of Sport, and Sociology of Work and Employment (Labor Studies).
• Urban Studies and Planning - Covers such subjects as Anthropology, Economic Development, Economics, Education, Environmental Science, Regional Geography, Residential and Community Development, Social, Spatial, and Cultural Dynamics, Sociology, Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Culture, and Urban Geography