Paper Requirements:
"A minimum of seven books and/or articles from refereed journals" is necessary to receive a "C" on your research paper. An "A" paper has " a large number of peer reviewed, strong and academically respected sources on which to base the analysis."
See the syllabus for further details.
"A minimum of seven books and/or articles from refereed journals" is necessary to receive a "C" on your research paper. An "A" paper has " a large number of peer reviewed, strong and academically respected sources on which to base the analysis."
See the syllabus for further details.
Search for Books
Scholarly books are written by authors who have advanced degrees (e.g., PhD) in the field of study and the books are published by scholarly presses (e.g., university presses and other reputable presses)
Finding Articles
"Peer-reviewed [refereed] journals are publications that include only those articles that have been reviewed and/or qualified by a selected panel of acknowledged experts in the field of study covered by the journal" (Ebsco Connect).
- Science Direct only contain scholarly publications. For the other databases, make sure that you limit the databases to peer-reviewed.
Article Databases: Ranked by Relevance
= Emmanuel Faculty, Staff & Students only
= Emmanuel Faculty, Staff & Students only- Ebsco search for Political Science
- Limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals under Limit your results.
- Search across the following databases: EconLit™ with Full Text | Business Source Premier | Military & Government | Academic Search Premier
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Since results may contain articles that are not peer reviewed, search for the journal title using the A-Z Journals by Title list to verify the journal's peer-reviewed status.
- Gale Academic OneFile (1980 - current) This link opens in a new window
- Limit to Peer Reviewed Journals under More Options.
- 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.) - Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
- Click on the Full-Text@Emmanuel at the right of articles or the more option below the item record.
- Search for the journal title using the A-Z Journals by Title list to verify the journals peer-reviewed status.
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Research Starter
These do not count towards the required peer-reviewed (refereed) sources.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowIn-depth coverage of current events, providing full-length articles that include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research.