Books/Book Chapters
Peer-Reviewed/Scholarly Articles
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
- Click on Choose Databases (above the search boxes) to search SocINDEX with Full Text and Business Source Premier along with other Ebsco Databases.
- Select Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals under the Limit your results header to limit to only scholarly articles.
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
- Select Peer Reviewed Journals from the Limit to options to limit to only scholarly articles.
- Science Direct This link opens in a new windowAccess to full text of over 2,500 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals in the areas of: Biochemistry; Business and Management; Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine; Psychology; and Social Science. Includes recently-accepted articles in press.
- Note: AND, OR, NOT must be entered in all uppercase. (See further details.)
- Note: Journals in Science Direct are scholarly/peer-reviewed.
News Sources
Proper digital citizenship requires staying current with technology news, including that which doesn't appear in your feed. The following resources will help you stay aware of emerging topics that could help your understanding of our textbook and class discussion. Consider following them, seeing how they influence your grasp of our Big Ideas, and how they might tie into your Deep Dive Final Project.
Newspapers/Magazines
- The Atlantic
- In addition to the monthly magazine, explore the The Atlantic web site for daily updates.
- New York Times - Academic Pass This link opens in a new windowUse the TimesMachine site to explore over 150 years of Times journalism, as it originally appeared.
- Washington Post (1996-present) This link opens in a new window
- See also the Washington Post Technology page
- Additionally, explore the Newspaper guide for further resources.
News Websites/Newsletters
Blogs
Social Media
Organizations
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Evaluating Sources
Evaluation of sources on the Internet
- Evaluation the potential sources through lateral reading of the website.
According to a study by Wineberg and McGrew (2017):
"Historians and students often fell victim to easily manipulated features of websites, such as official-looking logos and domain names. They read vertically, staying within a website to evaluate its reliability. In contrast, fact checkers read laterally, leaving a site after a quick scan and opening up new browser tabs in order to judge the credibility of the original site."
- Evaluate your sources using SIFT and SCARAB Methods (Evaluating Sources, McHenry County College)