Libraries: Research Resources: Research Literature

Scholarly Research Sources

Distinctions Among Types of Periodicals
Comprehensive overview of various types of publications including academic journals, news, popular magazines, etc.
Grey Literature
A video that describes and offers uses of grey literature
Peer Review in Three Minutes
A brief video about the peer-review process.
Scholarly and Popular Materials
Comparison between scholarly journals, popular press, and trade journals/magazines.
Types of Articles Found in Scholarly Journals
Explains types of articles found in scholarly journals such as empirical, theoretical, etc.

Resources that include steps and means for searching research literature.

Cross References - DOI Lookup
Online DOI retrieval database
From Idea to Library
A video that shows the development of research articles
How PubMed Works: Introduction
Video includes description of PubMed
How to Access and Locate Sources Using Proquest One Academic
Video on how to access Saybrook Library Proquest
How to Access the Saybrook Library and How to Locate Sources Using Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
Video on how to access Saybrook Library and access Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
Library Database Search Tips
Basic Boolean and other search operators
MEDLINE, Pubmed & PMC: How are They Different?
Contrasts of MEDLINE, Pubmed, and PMC
PubMed User Guide
Links for using PubMed
Understand the Principles of Citation Searching
Video with description of citation searching
Using the thesaurus or subject terms index
Video with description of how to use bibliographic and word term index for searches
Where Do I Search at Saybrook?
Tips on where to find books, articles and more here at the Saybrook Library.

Resources that include steps and means for evaluating and critiquing research

Evaluating Sources: Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose (CRAAP) Test
Evaluating Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose (CRAAP) of research articles
How to Read a Research Article and Evaluate the Research
Description of research elements found in scholarly articles
How to Read a Scholarly Article
A video that gives steps to understand scholarly article content
Scholarship as Conversation
A video overview of understanding scholarly articles
Tutorial: How to Read & Comprehend Scientific Research Articles
A video about how to process scholarly article content

Resources that include steps and descriptions of literature reviews

Annotated Bibliographies from the Purdue OWL
Overview of developing bibliography
Literature Reviews
Description of literature review stepped development
SAGE Research Methods
SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos to further develop your understanding of research methods.