Research Guides: Embry-Riddle Language Institute Classes: Find Sources with EagleSearch

Why Use Peer Review?

Why limit to peer reviewed journals?

Before publication, peer-reviewed journals go through a rigorous review process by other scholars in the author’s field or specialty. This review process ensures that the content of the publication reflects solid scholarship in their field of study.

Guides

Helpful Guides for More Tips and Information

Database Search Tips: Highlights common search techniques that you can use for all databases.

Understanding Journals: Helps you better understand and identify the different types of journals.

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Find Sources

Use EagleSearch to start finding sources. This will give you a broad range of material, from articles to books to videos.

See if your topic has a research guide to find suggestions for databases and websites.
Research Guides can be searched on the home page of the Hunt Library in the blue tab on the left labeled Research Guides.

Search Tips:

AND is used in most databases to ensure that each term is present somewhere in the search results: Youth AND interaction
The asterisk (*) is a symbol which allows for variant word endings: teen*B=teen, teens, teenager, etc.
Quotes are used to indicate that the words enclosed must be searched as a phrase: "World Wide Web”
OR is used between terms to indicate that either term is acceptable: teen OR adolescent

In EagleSearch narrow results with limiters.

Limit to Peer Review is the first section
Limit Content Type is the second section
Publication Date is the third section
Limiters include:

EagleSearch limiters are located on the left of the results page in a column entitled Limit Your Results
- Currency of the material
- The type of material
- Peer-Reviewed (Scholarly)