Peer review is a process that articles go through before they are published in some academic journals. Other academics are asked to review these articles to make sure they are high quality. As a result, peer reviewed articles are very reliable. 

Recent: You want to avoid articles that are out of date, so you have to pay attention to when an article was published. 

Relevant: Use the amount of research you need to do the assignment properly, and don't use unnecessary articles. 

Reliable: For upper division and graduate courses, reliability means that the article has been peer reviewed by specialists in the field. 

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Search in library databases to find scholarly journal articles. These are often subject specific.

1. Go to the library homepage. 
2. Click on the "Journal Search" tab on the homepage, or choose a database, such as Academic Search Complete, ProQuest, or JSTOR. 
3. Type a keyword into the search box.
4. Click "search" or hit "enter" to retrieve results.
5. If you are off campus, you will be asked to login. Use your blackboard and email (MyCT) username and password. 
6. To see the whole article, look for a link under the description that says PDF, Full Text, etc. 

Off Campus? Login with the same username and password as your email.

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