ENG 223 - Rhodes
Finding Peer-Reviewed Articles at CSN Libraries
You can search through the CSN Libraries Find Articles page to search for peer-reviewed research on your topic.
Whether you are searching through the CSN Library catalog or a specific database, using filters will help you narrow down the results to get the type of sources best-suited for your research. The image below is an example of the recommended filters you can use on the library's catalog. If you are searching through a specific database, the filters may look different but remain generally the same.
Recommended filters:
- Full Text Online will ensure that you are able to read the full article, not just an excerpt.
- Peer Reviewed Journals will give you articles that have been reviewed by experts in the field to ensure academic quality.
- Selecting Journal Articles narrows down your search to the type of material you are interested in.
- For science-related research, try searching for sources from the last 5-10 years as information is rapidly changing.
- Choose relevant topic areas under Subject (ex. Anthropology, Social Sciences).
CSN Databases
While the library's main search bar searches all of our databases at once, you can also search for resources in specific databases. This strategy is particularly helpful if you want to focus more within your discipline or browse other sources to get ideas. The following databases are the most relevant to this course.
- Latino Literature This link opens in a new windowPoems, short stories, plays, novels, and non-fiction written in English and Spanish by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States.
- Latin American Studies Films (Films on Demand) This link opens in a new windowFilms relating to Latin American Studies.
- Latin American Studies (JSTOR) This link opens in a new windowThis sub-set of JSTOR is an archive of scholarly journals and a few books covering the study of Latin America.
- Proquest: Latin America and Iberia Database This link opens in a new windowAcademic journals locally published in many Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal covering business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities.
- A to Z: The World This link opens in a new window
Country guides covering a wide range of topics such as business culture, human rights, food, climate and religion.
- EBSCO Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch across more than 20 subject collections for a variety of sources including journal articles and books.
- ProQuestA collection of magazine, journal and newspaper articles for research.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedias and specialized reference sources covering a broad range of subjects and disciplines.
- U.S. History In Context This link opens in a new windowPrimary sources, reference works and magazine, journal and newspaper articles related to U.S. history. View Brief Overview Tutorial.
Google Scholar
For all kinds of tricky citations, Google Scholar can be your saving grace. If you have just a partial citation (like an author, date, and subject) use the Advanced Search in Google Scholar to piece together the missing information.
Many universities are now publishing theses and dissertations in institutional repositories, which are freely available on the web and searchable via Google Scholar. You may be able to find recent dissertations on your research subject online!
Conferences and associations also sometimes publish their proceedings and publications freely online, so they may be accessible through Google Scholar.
Google Scholar is a go-to source for academic librarians, and you can use it too!