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Scholarly Journal 

A scholarly journal (also referred to as academic journals, scientific journals, or peer-reviewed journals) is a periodical that contains original research articles written by experts in a particular field of study. The articles are intended for reading by other experts or students in the field. 

Scholarly journal articles

Cover very specific topics or narrow fields of research, allowing for a deep understanding of a subject area.

Find Journal Articles

Tips for searching the Library Collection

When searching for articles in the Masland Library catalog, here are a few strategies to start with:

1. If you are not sure of where to start, do a Keyword search for relevant terms
2. If you find a useful title, click on the Subject(s): to get a list of other books on the same topic
3. If you already have a relevant book or article in hand, use its bibliography to find other sources on the same topic
4. Use quotation marks if you want to search a phrase ("Search Terms")
5. Use * to truncate a word, e.g., america* will retrieve american and americans

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Some material from this page has been adapted from

https://library.vvc.edu/welcome/journals