Module 2 - Selecting Sources - Types of Sources - Journals

Types of Sources

Journals

A journal is a collection of articles usually written by scholars in an academic or professional field. An editorial board reviews articles to decide whether they provide a noteworthy contribution to the field. The most serious journals have a peer reviewed process that uses independent scholars to recommend which articles should be accepted for publication. Journal articles usually cover very specific topics or narrow fields of research.

Electronic journals, called e-journals, are published on the Web by scholarly organizations and are also made available to you through the library.

• for scholarly research
• to find out what has been studied on your topic
• to find bibliographies that point to other relevant research

• Journal of Communication
• The Historian
• Journal of the American Medical Association
• Lancet