Journals

Journal articles are written by scholars in an academic or professional field. An editorial board reviews articles to decide whether they should be published. Journal articles cover very specific topics or narrow fields of research.

Authors of journal articles include the sources they used in writing the article to document or prove their research.

Since journals are published at periodic intervals, they are grouped in the category called "periodicals."

Module 4 will show you how to locate journal articles from our online databases.

Use a Journal

• when doing scholarly research, providing original research and research results
• for authoritative, accurate, detailed articles on a topic
• to find other articles relevant research by using the author's list of sources

Examples of Journals

• Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Administration Quarterly
• Scientific American
• Journal of Business Research
• American Journal of Nursing

How to Access

The El Centro Library has journals in print, in microfilm, on the Web as electronic journals or articles as part of a online database.