Example of Journals with Scholarly Articles
Scholarly Articles are written by experts in the field and, additionally, reviewed by panel experts in the field. They tend to include a lot of research and data, and the information in the article is backed up by a list of references.
Example of Magazines with Popular Articles
Popular Articles are often written by journalists for a general audience and are not reviewed by experts in the field. Popular articles rarely include references.
For more detailed information on what a scholarly article looks like, see the excellent tutorial Anatomy of a Scholarly Article.
Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database and thus can be used to find information on research paper topics for any of your classes at Chabot College. This database includes:
View the tutorial on how to conduct a basic search in ASP here!
To access databases off campus, you enter your W number as your username (begin with a CAPITAL W). Your password is: the first two letters of your first name, the first two letters of your last name, and the last FOUR digits of your W Number. To learn more, take this tutorial (you will need Flash):
How to Get into Databases Off Campus
If you still have problems getting in, take this tutorial:
What
to Do if You STILL Cannot Get into Databases Off Campus