Secondary Source: An interpretation by an author related to an event, individual or issue under study. Most secondary sources in a Library will be books or journal articles.
Scholarly Journal Article: Piece of work much shorter than a book, based on research and includes documentation of all sources.
Peer Reviewed Articles: A scholarly journal article which is evaluated and approved by experts in the field prior to publication. May also be called a Refereed or Juried article.
Use these sources to find if Mabee Library has holdings/access to a cited journal, or use the link below to do an Interlibrary loan. [Check Mabee Library holdings before completing the loan form.]
If you are using your home computer or laptop, access to databases which Washburn University purchases will require your WIN number.
Comprehensive catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Displays library holdings for libraries in the U.S. and worldwide. Includes a direct link for interlibrary loan via Tipasa. Coverage: Approximately 3400 BCE - present.
Journals are a great source of information and often provide the most current detailed information on a subject. Often a journal article will lead an author to expand it into a book. Like books any scholarly journal article will have threads which lead you to additional information. These threads are called notes, and take the form of footnotes at the bottom of each page, or endnotes at the conclusion of the article. The ability to follow those threads is important in research.
Important: Not all online databases are completely full-text! In fact, most are not.
You will need to know how to find a journal article once you have a non full-text citation in a database. Check first with our online catalog by clicking the 360 Link to see if the particular journal you are searching for is available in any other database. Depending upon that result, you may decide to do an Interlibrary Loan. This is an easy process, and with present technology many articles are delivered right to your desktop.
Provides in-depth research coverage to international literature in psychology and related disciplines including education, business, medicine, nursing, law, and social work. Publisher: American Psychological Association. Coverage: 1800's - present.
Comprehensive source for articles from leading journals and reference sources. Extensive coverage of physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, religion, literature, and other subjects. Content: Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text. Coverage: 1901 - present.
Offers an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline. Contains full text of the journal Science from 1990-present.
Provides online access to over 1600 full-text, peer reviewed journals. These journals are available within the two broad subject collections below:
Health & Life Sciences Journals Collection: Worldwide coverage of leading literature in fields including agriculture & biological sciences, biochemistry, environmental sciences, food sciences, genetics & molecular biology, health & nursing professions, immunology & microbiology, medicine & mental health, neuroscience, pharmacology, and more.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Journals Collection: Worldwide coverage of leading literature in fields including accounting & finance, business & management, economics, education, geography, language & linguistics, library & information sciences, psychology, sociology, social policy & political science, and tourism & transportation.
Content: Full-text to subscribed journals; citations, abstracts & pay-per-view-full-text to unsubscribed journals. Coverage: 1859 - Present.
Washburn now has access to the complete JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection which includes JSTOR Archive Collections, JSTOR Thematic Collections, JSTOR Primary Sources Collections, and JSTOR Global Plants. These collections encompass content from a broad range of disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences.
