Academic journals are scholarly, peer-reviewed publications created by and for scholars and researchers. In this context, they're generally considered secondary sources. It usually takes at least a year to write and publish an academic article.
Start your search for academic journal articles with these databases.
Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, as well as additional journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies. 1965- present.
The search tips in this tutorial apply to most of the databases listed above.
