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Scholarly Journals vs. Magazines

Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
John Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries
Evaluating Web Pages
UC Berkeley Library
Scholarly and Popular Material
NCSU Libraries

Finding Articles

Search the databases to find journal and magazine articles related to your topic. Depending on your location, use either the library databases from within the library or search the public databases from a location other than St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Public Databases

Use these public databases, when searching from off-campus:

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Search for scholarly literature via Google. To link to SMCM Library resources, on the Google Scholar page click the menu icon in the upper left corner (it looks like three stacked horizontal lines), select Settings, then Library Links, search for St. Mary's College of Maryland, select "St. Mary's College of Maryland - FindIt@SMCM" & "St. Mary's College of Maryland - ProQuest Full Text," save preferences.
Public Library of Science This link opens in a new window
Full text open access scholarly research articles in the sciences.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Library Databases

Browse and search all of St. Mary's library databases.

Research Databases
The full list of databases available at SMCM both on and off campus.

Try searching these databases from inside the library:

Academic Search Ultimate
A multi-disciplinary full-text database
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 2.4 million records from more than 2,200 domestic and international titles going back to 1888 (including over 1,350 active core titles) as well as more than 190 monographs. The database also contains full text for more than 920 journals related to environmental studies.
Health Source: Consumer Edition This link opens in a new window
A collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 150 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Online archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.