Library: Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals: Finding Scholarly Articles

Key Terms (Glossaries)

Glossary of research terms
Welcome to the Research Mindedness Virtual Learning Resource. It has been funded by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), to help students and practitioners of social care and social work make greater and more effective use of research in their studies and in practice.
Research Glossary
The research glossary defines terms used in conducting social science and policy research, for example those describing methods, measurements, statistical procedures, and other aspects of research

Guides

Avoiding Plagiarism
Academic honesty is critical to your success as a student here at Montgomery County Community College, as well as in your academic and professional careers beyond Montco.
Citation Guide
Whenever you borrow information, you need to give credit where credit is due by writing a citation for that source of information. This guide was designed to assist you in doing just that!
Disinformation in the News: Determining Truth from Fiction
Learn more about fake news and how to find credible information.
Evaluating Websites
Unsure if a website's information is credible? Use this Evaluating Websites guide to find out more.

Finding Scholarly Articles

The Libraries have access to both scholarly and popular resources. Review Databases A-Z to individually search specialized databases or use the large search box (the Discovery search) on the libraries homepage for search main holdings. Here's a small sampling of our scholarly and popular holdings.

Scholarly Databases

Popular Databases (Periodicals and Magazines)

Scholarly and Popular

If you need a resource the Libraries' doesn't have, please fill out an Inter-Library Loan form. If you need more assistance finding resources, please contact the librarians at refdesk@mc3.edu.

Search Tips Video

Search Tips

Use the left column tools to limit your search results...
- Select the "Available Print + Online" box to limit your results to materials you can access immediately, .
- Select "Library Catalog" to limit your search to books, videos or other items in our MCCC libraries.
- Select a "Source Type" to limit your search specifically to books, magazines, academic journals, and more.
- Additional limits such as subject and geography can really focus your results!
Better search terms
- Keep an eye on the subject terms listed with each result. Use these words to improve your search.
- Our new service searches all terms you have entered. For example: children television violence will find items that contain all 3 terms.
- To search by phrase, enclose your words in "quotation marks". For example: "global warming"
- Use the asterisk * symbol to search all variations on a word. For example: nurs* will provide results for nurse, nurses, nursing, nurses role, nurse practitioner, nursing care, nursing home, etc.
Full Text Searching
- Our service also searches the full text of documents when it's available. This may cause a large number of results, some of which may not seem relevant to your subject.