RSOC 134: Religion & Secularization (Drescher): Guide to Library Resources: Scholarly Sources

Scholarly Articles can generally be found in scholarly journals. Not sure what a 'scholarly journal' is? Watch this video: 

When evaluating whether an article from a journal is considered a scholarly source, review these questions. If the answer to most of these is yes, then it is likely scholarly.

1. Does the journal the article is in have one of the following words in the title: Journal, transactions, Proceedings
2. Is the journal only published monthly, or bi-annually?
3. Are the articles in the journal peer reviewed?
4. Is the intended audience for the journal professors, students, researchers and/or scholars?
5. Do the articles follow a typical format of: abstract, literature review, methodology, results, and conclusions?
6. Do the articles have endnotes and/or a bibliography?
7. Does the journal include very little advertising?

If you are not finding articles related to your topic through the recommended databases listed above, or if you would like to expand your search try browsing our full list of databases.  To browse by subject, first identify what subject area your topic is associate with and then select the link for that subject.