Finding Peer Reviewed Articles
Peer review is a practice in which an article proposed for publication is reviewed by a group of experts in the same field as the article to establish that it meets established standards for scholarly research.
Many databases include a checkbox that allows you to limit search results to peer reviewed items. Sometimes it appears in the area below the basic search box. If it isn't there, look at the search options available with the advanced search.
Another way to determine if an article is Peer Reviewed or Scholarly, is to search for the title of the journal which published the article in: Ulrichsweb
Refereed, indicated by the Referee Shirt icon, means the journal is peer reviewed.
Finding Trade Publications
A trade journal is a periodical that targets individuals working in a particular industry, trade or profession. They are often published by industry or professional associations. The articles focus on trends, best practices and events in that field. New practices and trends often appear in trade journals before they appear in scholarly journals.
Many databases include a checkbox that allows you to select the types of sources that will be included in the search results. It is usually in a list of items called "Publication Type," "Source Type," or "Content Type." Sometimes it appears in the area below the basic search box. If it isn't there, look at the search options available with the advanced search.
Suggested Journals and Reports
Here is a list of suggested journals:
Which Database Should I Use?
That's an important question because the UNT Libraries provide access to over 500 electronic databases! There are four approaches to this:
- Find individual databases under the Databases tab of the search box on the Libraries homepage
- Find the guides for your course or department under the Subject & Course Guides tab on the Libraries homepage, and look at the recommended databases.
- Use the Online Articles tab on the homepage to search in 92% of the databases simultaneously or,
- Contact the library liaison assigned to your course or department; find the librarian using the Subject Librarians List,
There are several choices when you use the Databases tab:
1. Search for a Database by its name,
2. The Go Directly to menu of all database names,
3. Browse Subjects menu, which takes you to all databases associated with the selected subject, and
4. Frequently Used databases, which are mainly multidisciplinary.
When in doubt, use a multidisciplinary database like Academic Search Complete from EBSCOhost or Proquest Research Library.
ADVANCED: Search with Online Articles
Online Articles is a discovery tool that allows you to search 92% of the Libraries' electronic databases simultaneously. Searching in Online Articles is a good way to:
- find interdisciplinary articles
- find articles using the Advanced Search, when you only have a partial citation
Start your Online Articles search on the Libraries homepage; select the Online Articles tab from the central search box. Then follow these steps to find articles:
- Notice that your search is already limited to Peer-Reviewed Only and Full-Text Only
- Enter the search terms you developed earlier into the search box; Online Articles automatically adds the Boolean AND between the terms
- On the Results page, you can refine your search on the left by publication date, subject terms, and more
- Click on Preview to read the article's summary
- Click on the green Find It button to retrieve the article; you will be connected directly to the article
- Look for options to download the full text article or to email the article to yourself
Suggested Databases
- ABI/INFORMABI Inform provides full text and abstracts of articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers covering a wide range of topics in business and industry. Dates of Coverage: 1923 – Current
- Academic search completeAcademic Search Complete provides a scholarly collection providing full text coverage for over 10,500 journals for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies, etc. Dates of Coverage: 1975 - Current
- Business Insights: GlobalBusiness Insights: Global provides an international perspective on company and industry information for over 500,000 companies. Includes company profiles, industry rankings, marketing information, products, brands, investment ratings, financial ratios, financial statements, market size, industries by SIC, directory information, and more. Dates of coverage: varies by company
- Business Source CompleteBusiness Source Complete provides full text and abstracts of articles in more than 1,200 journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, and periodicals covering a wide range of topics in business and industry. Provides company profiles, industry profiles, market research reports and country reports. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. Dates of Coverage: 1886 to present.
- Cabell's directories of publishing opportunitiesCabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities The Directories contain addresses, phones, e-mails, web site addresses, and guidelines and submission information for over 4,000 journals in Business, Economics, Education and Psychology. The Directory helps users choose journals by topical coverage. It also provides manuscript and publication guidelines, as well as descriptions of the review processes for the journals included. Dates of Coverage: Current
- EmeraldUNT may not subscribe to all titles through this platform: full access is not guaranteed. Patrons may wish to utilize other resources to fulfill their information needs. Emerald, also known as Emerald Publishing, manages a portfolio of over 295 journals and over 2,500 books, with a significant range of subject coverage.
- Gale Business: EntrepreneurshipGale Business: Entrepreneurship is a database that covers all aspects of starting and operating a small business, including accouting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, tax, and more. It combines periodicals and reference content to support prospective and current entrepreneurs.
- Mergent IntellectMergent Intellect offers access to a wide range of business data -- private and public companies, U.S. and international based, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, industry profiles, and much more.
- Nexis UniNexis Uni provides access to news, legal, and business sources including journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs, newspapers, and legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes.
- StatistaStatista aggregates statistical data on international industries from thousands of sources including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases. Statista provides access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and other areas of interest.
