Scholarly or academic sources have often gone through a peer review process and are considered by most to be very trustworthy sources. You most often will find scholarly sources published in academic journals. They can also be in scholarly books, like those published by university publishers (e.g. Oxford University Press). More information and links for finding scholarly sources are available below.
BIOL 2060 students, you best options for finding articles for your human disease research project are:
Need help? Use this guide to get started:
Google Scholar can be an excellent tool for accessing academic journal articles on the open web. However, not all articles are freely available. Follow these tips to help you utilize Google Scholar more fully and find free articles.
Select the icon with the three horizontal lines and then choose "Settings" and "Library links." Type "Salt Lake Community College Libraries" into the search bar, tick the box next to it, and choose "Save." You can look for links from the Google Scholar search results to the Library's resources on the right side of your results list. This link will say "Check For Full Text."
If you do find an article on Google Scholar which you would like but do not have free access to, please contact a librarian.
