Library Research: Finding Scholarly Journal ArticlesDaytona State College Library

What are scholarly journal articles?

0Scholarly journal articles are those written by experts and researchers in the field you are studying.

0They are the gold standard for quality in sources for your research, and your instructors often require you

to use them.0You will find them most easily through the library

website.0They are also known as peer-reviewed articles,

academic journal articles, and refereed articles.

The Library Website

0http://www.daytonastate.edu/library/

Type your topic or search terms into the box on the

library home page, and click on “Search.”

Refine your results

0First, click on the “Peer Reviewed Journals” link just to the left of the list of results.

Next, narrow your date range

0The results list is in order of relevance, which means that the best results should be at the top of the list.

0So, some of your results might be too old.0Narrow the results with the “Publication Date” links

on the menu at the left.0Choose the newest date (you may have to do this two

or three times) until the results are within the date range you need (usually, instructors want you to use

sources that are no more than five years old).

Using your results

0Now all of your articles are new enough, and still arranged in order of relevance.

0Now you can begin to choose the articles you want to use.

0To read an article, click on “Read Article” below the article details.

0You will be asked to sign in. Your Borrower ID is your student ID #, and your PIN is the last four digits of

your Social Security number.

Read the article0Click on “PDF Full Text” to the left of the article

description0If you have a choice between PDF and HTML

Full Text, choose PDF.0PDF articles come with page numbers. If you use a quote from your article in your paper, you will need the page number. HTML does not have

page numbers.0(Note the name of the database from which

the article comes. It is usually near the top of the page. In this case, the database is Business

Source Complete.)

Using article tools0Look at the “Tools” menu at the right of

the page0From here, you can print the article, or

email it to yourself0You can also print or save the article by

using the icons that appear at the bottom of the article when you mouse

over the area.

Citing the Article

0Under the Tools menu, find the icon that looks like a yellow sheet of paper.

0When you mouse over it, it will say “Cite.”0Click on that, then choose your citation style (APA or

MLA) from the list.0You can copy and paste the citation into your works

cited or references page.0Note: the citation may not be 100% correct. Check

with an APA or MLA style guide for the correct format.0This does not give you the in-text citation.

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