Scholarly Databases

French Databases

Finding Books

• After doing a search, choose Available Online to see eBooks or On Our Shelves to see physical books

• Under the Format field on the left, choose Books

Requesting Physical Books from K

Local faculty, staff, and students may request items through Library OneSearch.

1. Sign In to your library account
2. Request this item

We will retrieve the books for you, and you will get an email when you can pick them up at the Library.

Finding books beyond K

How can you tell if a source is scholarly?

• Is the author an academic?

  • Does the author have a Ph.D.? Are they employed at a university or college? If the source doesn't say, use Google to look up the author.

• Does this source present the results of research by the authors?

• Are there a lot of footnotes, endnotes, or references?

• Is it published by an academic or university press? (for books)

  • The publisher may contain the name of a university [ex: Oxford University Press];
    if the publisher is not a university press, use Google to find the press and read about their editorial board/policies.

• Is it published in a scholarly journal? (for articles)

  • Many scholarly journals contain the word "journal" in the title; if the title does not include the word "journal," use Google to check out the journal's website & editorial board.

  • If the publisher is a university press, that's a good clue that the publication is peer reviewed and scholarly.

If the answers are yes, the source is probably scholarly -- which means it has gone through a rigorous peer review process.

If you are unsure, ask your professor or a librarian!

Anatomy of a Scholarly Article