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Where can I find a scholarly source?

The 10 Best Academic Research Sources
  • Google Scholar.
  • JSTOR.
  • Library of Congress.
  • PubMed Central.
  • Google Books.
  • Science.gov.
  • Digital Commons Network.
  • ResearchGate.
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What is the best source to use to find scholar?

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is the clear number one when it comes to academic search engines. It's the power of Google searches applied to research papers and patents.
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What are examples of scholarly sources?

Scholarly sources can be either primary or secondary research. They can also come in many different formats. Books, articles, and websites can all be scholarly.
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What are three ways you can find scholarly sources?

How to Find Scholarly Articles Online
  • Searching for Free Articles Online.
  • Using Library Databases.
  • Evaluating Article Quality.
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What is a scholarly source website?

Websites produced by government departments, representing industry bodies, universities or research centers often contain useful information such as statistics, policies, reports and case studies and are considered scholarly.
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Study Help: Scholarly Sources Explained

Can you find scholarly sources online?

Where can you find scholarly sources? Popular search engines which contain scholarly sources include Science Direct, Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, WorldWideScience, ResearchGate, PubMed, JSTOR, Academic Search Premier, and OneSearch.
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Is Google a scholarly source?

"Google" should never be cited as a source. Rather, Google is a search engine designed to help find materials that are available on the internet. In general, Google should not be used to find academic sources, as most websites and documents are not of an academic nature.
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How can I tell if a source is scholarly?

You can usually tell the difference because scholarly articles will have citations to their sources and a list of references. If the article does not have a reference list, you may want to think twice before using it as one of your scholarly sources. These reference lists will be at the very end of the article.
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Is Britannica considered a scholarly source?

The online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica is a trusted source used by more than 4,755 universities worldwide, including Yale, Harvard and Oxford.
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Where can I find free scholarly articles?

  • ScienceOpen. ...
  • Directory of Open Access Journals. ...
  • Education Resources Information Center. ...
  • arXiv e-Print Archive. ...
  • Social Science Research Network. ...
  • Public Library of Science. ...
  • Bielefeld Academic Search Engine. ...
  • Digital Library of the Commons Repository.
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What databases can you use to find scholarly articles?

Try Paperpile.
  • Scopus. Scopus is one of the two big commercial, bibliographic databases that cover scholarly literature from almost any discipline. ...
  • Web of Science. ...
  • PubMed. ...
  • ERIC. ...
  • IEEE Xplore. ...
  • ScienceDirect. ...
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) ...
  • JSTOR.
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Is Wikipedia a scholarly source?

Wikipedia has a general disclaimer: they make no guarantee of content validity. While many people read (and edit) Wikipedia, there is no formal review of the articles for fact-checking. In other words, there's no peer review of any of the material on the website.
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What is a popular source scholarly source?

A scholarly (or academic) resource is one that is written by experts in the field for experts in the field. A popular resource is one that is written for the general public. Your local newspaper is a popular resource. Databases usually have some mechanism to search for only scholarly, or peer reviewed, articles.
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Is it OK to use Britannica as a source?

The Encyclopedia Britannica contains carefully edited articles on all major topics. It fits the ideal purpose of a reference work as a place to get started, or to refer back to as you read and write. The articles in Britannica are written by expert authors who are both identifiable and credible.
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Is it OK to cite Britannica?

In general, information in the Encyclopedia Brittanica should count as reasonably reliable general information. You must cite it if you quote directly, and probably should in any case at all questionable. (You need not for, say, the dates of the Civil War.)
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Can I trust Britannica?

Britannica's content is among the most trusted in the world.
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What isn't a scholarly source?

Newspapers are not scholarly sources, but some would not properly be termed popular, either. Every source must be questioned for its stake in the material. The New York Post is notoriously inflammatory, for instance, and also seems to love television shows broadcast on the Fox network (owned by the same company).
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What is not a scholarly source?

Non-‐scholarly sources are generally written by non-‐experts or organizations with a stated or unstated bias. • Non-‐scholarly publications are produced by commercial publishers, vanity presses, or other types of publishers. •
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Is YouTube a scholarly source?

Abstract. Since its inception, YouTube has been a source of entertainment and education. Everyday millions of videos are uploaded to this platform. Researchers have been using YouTube as a source of information in their research.
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Is YouTube considered a scholarly source?

YouTube isn't a source. YouTube is a library. Each video is it's own sourrce independent of YouTube. Whether or not any video found on YouTube can be used as a credible source to cite in a paper for school must be based upon whoever the author of the video might be credible.
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Why not to use Google Scholar?

Disadvantages of Using Google Scholar

It's coverage is wide-ranging but not comprehensive. It can be a good research source but should not be the only source you use. It's full- text versions of many items indexed are not available for free through on the web; however, many are accessible through the Library website.
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Is JSTOR a scholarly source?

The collections in JSTOR include peer-reviewed scholarly journals, respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports, and primary sources from libraries' special collections and archives.
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How to do scholarly search on Google?

Searching is as easy as searching in regular Google. Start from the Library's Homepage to search SHSU's Google Scholar. Click on the Articles & More tab and locate the Google Scholar search box at the very bottom. Enter a search term or phrase, such as "bird flu."
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Is it legal to use sci hub?

Andrew Pitts, CEO of scholarly publishing tech company PSI, said: “By accessing Sci-Hub, users may inadvertently download potentially dangerous content from this illegal site and put the security of their organisations at risk.”
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