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ARHU 158I: How To Panic Productively

Get familiar with the UMD Libraries and find sources for your annotated bibliography

How To Use Academic Journal Articles

"Academic," "scholarly," or "peer-reviewed" articles are published in academic journals. They're the main way that scholars and researchers share ideas and research findings with each other. It usually takes at least a year to write and publish an academic article.

Use academic journal articles to...

  • Learn how scholars apply rhetorical theories when evaluating different types of texts.
  • Use citations to find more sources on the same topic.

General Academic Journal Databases

Subject-Specific Databases