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Education resources - journal articles.What are journal articles?

  • Also known as "scholarly articles," "peer-reviewed articles" and "academic articles."
  • These are sources that are written and reviewed by scholars and professionals in the field.
  • Peer-reviewed means the information has been read and approved by other experts before the article is cleared for publication.
  • Journal articles provide new research and analysis about a specific topic based on scholarly research and expertise.
  • Articles are often focused on a narrow subject or a single case study.
  • Articles are intended for an academic audience.

Visit the Evaluate Sources tab for more information on how to identify scholarly journals.

Visit the Research Metrics Guide for more information on how articles, journals and authors are rated.

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Accessing journal articles:

In Find@Farley and ESBCOhost databases, full text articles can be easily accessed by clicking on the "Access Now" button in the search results.

Sometimes there will be a drop-down menu with different access options.

If an article is listed as available in full text but does not give you access, contact a librarian.

If Wilkes does not have access to the article, try looking for the article in Google Scholar. Occasionally, the authors of the article will post a copy of their paper in ResearchGate or similar website. These sources will likely not appear in a Wilkes database search.

If you still cannot access the article, you can click on the "Request via InterLibrary Loan" link and we can try to obtain the article from another library. Visit the InterLibrary Loan page for more information on how to register for an account.

stack of booksHow do books differ from journal articles?

  • Scholarly books are often written on a broader general subject matter.
  • They can contain collections of related chapters by different authors.
  • Chapters may contain much more information than a short article, but information may be older.
  • Remember, books can be both physical volumes AND digital copies!

Visit the Evaluate Sources tab for more information on scholarly book sources.

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Class D - History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania

  • D - History (General)
  • DA - Great Britain
  • DAW - Central Europe
  • DB - Austria.  Liechtenstein. Hungary. Czechoslovakia
  • DC - France. Andorra. Monaco
  • DD - Germany
  • DE - Greco-Roman World
  • DF - Greece
  • DG - Italy. Malta
  • DH - Low Countries. Benelux Countries
  • DJ - Netherlands (Holland)
  • DJK - Eastern Europe (General)
  • DK - Russia.  Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics - Poland
  • DL - Northern Europe. Scandinavia
  • DP - Spain - Portugal
  • DQ - Switzerland
  • DR - Balkan Peninsula 
  • DS - History of Asia
  • DT - Africa
  • DU - Oceania (South Seas) 
  • DX - Romanies

Class E-F - History of the Americas

  • E11-143 - America
  • E151-889 - United States
  • E895-904 - Twenty-first century
  • F1-975 - United States local history
  • F1001-1145.2 - British America (including Canada)
  • F1170 - French America
  • F1201-3799 - Latin America. Spanish America

Primary sources are sources that are written by authors that were temporally close to the events about which they were writing. 

Features of Primary Sources

  • Cover a wide array of publication types, including diaries, histories, newspapers and other collections
  • Tell the reader about the time in which they were written
  • Can be used as evidence to create arguments or draw conclusions

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