Scholarly Journal Articles

The Library Search is a good starting point to find information on a topic or to search for a specific resource. Use it to find peer-reviewed journal articles, books and ebooks, videos plus many more library resources.

Check out using the Library Search for tips on how to get the best results

• Search on keywords from your topic rather than entire phrases or questions
• Use "Advanced Search" to search specifically for articles by particular authors or within specific journals 
• Use AND to add more words & get fewer, more specific results e.g. marketing AND plan 
• Use OR to add additional terms of similar meaning to get more results e.g. company OR organisation OR firm 
• Use "quotation marks" around words that you want to keep together e.g. "strategic plan" 

Filter your results on the left hand side:

• Limit to "peer-reviewed only" if you want just scholarly peer reviewed articles
• Limit publication date to Last 5 years
• Select a format 
• Limit to a study area - business, economics & social sciences are all useful

• Scholarly books & ebooks - good starting point
• Peer reviewed academic journal articles (e.g. Academy of Management journals)
• Good quality trade magazine articles (e.g. Harvard Business Review, The Economist)

"Peer reviewed" means that:

• An editor and one or more subject specialists review the article before it is published
• Accurate information
• Well-researched
• Contributes to knowledge in a field
• Mainly journal articles