2. Overview
“Scholarly Journals” are also called:
• “Academic” Journals
• “Peer-Reviewed” Journals
• “Refereed” Journals
Scholarly journals are often "refereed" before
publication by an editorial board or outside scholars
5. Possibilities:
• Handbooks/Encyclopedias/Review articles
• Find articles/books from reference lists
• Use advanced search features in databases
• Search for articles using a particular research
methods
• Create search alerts
• Google Scholar
6. Handbooks, encyclopedias, etc.
• Why?
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Background info/definitions
Overview of theories and authors
Key researchers and issues
Find keywords (for searching)
11. Finding studies that use a particular
research design
• Try adding “literature review”
• you will see examples of lit reviews, plus get an overview of some
aspect of your topic
• Or “narrative” or “quantitative” etc.