ERH 101: Writing and Rhetoric, Lt. Col. Hodde

Articles provide information on very specific, narrow topics. The Library purchases article databases so you may access articles for your topic – for free. Researchers use them when they need:

• Magazines and Newspapers: Brief coverage of contemporary events written to all levels of readers.
• Peer Reviewed/Scholarly Journals: Reports of research or scholarship on specific topics written by scholars to other scholars
  • What does peer-review mean?
    • The review of commercial, professional, or academic efficiency, competence, etc., by others in the same occupation -Oxford English Dictionary

1. Search for a "hot topic" within your community of discourse. 
   1. For example: banned books is a hot topic for the library community.
2. At the top of your results page:
   1. Select the Peer reviewed articles only filter button.
   2. Select the All time button and select Past 10 years button.