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How to search for a scholarly peer-reviewed journal article
Accessing and filtering for journal articles

As described in the previous page, scholarly periodicals differ considerably from trade and popular periodicals. These differences rest primarily in the scope of the publication and the presence of the peer review process. For more details, see the Journals vs. Popular and Trade Periodicals page.

KSL provides full text for many journal articles, and magazine or news sources. Follow these steps to check for immediate full-text access to a resource:

Navigate to the Kelvin Smith Library homepage and click on the eJournals tab.

If you know the journal title you are interested in, enter it into the search field.

eJournals tab highlighted and "Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research" in the title field.

The eJournal portal shows the years available for this journal and what databases you should use for access to the correct publication year you are interested in.

Search result is a lightbulb icon next to the title "Journal of Mechanical Engineering Research" and 2009-present.

If there is more than one option for a database access point, be sure to choose the access point that includes the year you wish to see.

American Journal of Public Health entry with multiple access points listed.

Click the option that covers the publication year you need, and then browse the list of volumes and issues to find the article.

Arrows pointing to different volume numbers available.

Once you’ve located the article, look for the full text icons.

Red box enclosing the options for HTML Full Text and PDF Full Text.

If full text is not available through CWRU Libraries, see the Interlibrary Loan tutorial for instructions on how to access other volume and issue numbers. Interlibrary loan services are available from the Borrowing link in the Services drop-down menu on the KSL homepage.

KSL homepage with red box around Services dropdown heading "Borrowing".

For more on requesting materials with your interlibrary loan account, please see our Canvas interlibrary loan instructional video and tutorial.

To perform a general search for journal articles on a given topic, follow these steps:

Choose "Keyword Search" and enter in a relevant phrase or phrases. (In this case, the keywords are the book title "Exit West" and the author's name of "Mohsin Hamid"):

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Academic journal articles will have an icon beneath the title. Filter the search results by Full Text, peer reviewed, years published, or academic journal article if wished:

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