1. Scholarly &
Peer Reviewed Sources

2. Definitions:
Scholarly or Academic Journals (or books): books or journals in which the scholarship or research of an academic discipline is published. Scholarly journals are usually but not always peer-reviewed.
Peer-Reviewed or Refereed Journals (or articles, or books): articles or books that have been submitted to a panel of experts in the discipline for review prior to publication. This process provides a greater assurance that the research presented is sound.

3. GOOGLE & Internet:
“Risky business”.
Difficult to know if
information is reliable.*
Anyone can set up a website!
WIKIPEDIA: Anyone can change the information.

5. GoogleScholar
has
scholarly material!

6. Primary
&
Secondary
Sources

9. Read article abstract (summary)
Learn to scan articles
Use CTRL F to find key terms
Use the index of a book
Read Intro/Conclusion of technical
articles

10. The Research Process Reference materials
YULIS catalog for books (paper & electronic)
Databases for journal articles and/or
electronic books

11. Reference Books :
Can help you pick a topic.
Provide general scope of
a topic.

12. Look at BIBLIOGRAPHY for leads to
Biographical & Critical Sources

13. Online
resources

14. YU LIBRARIES HOME PAGE:
yu.edu/libraries

15. YULIS catalog
Research Guides

16. Books :
YULIS
catalog

18. e-book link

19. Access
e-book

20. YULIS - Advanced Search

21. 82 Results

25. Databases:
Journal
Articles

26. YUFind is a metasearch engine - it searches YULIS catalog & many (but not all) - databases for journal articles simultaneously.

27. YUFind

28. Advanced
Search

30. CITE

31. MLA citation

32. Advanced Search -
Keywords:
graphic novels
psychology

33. 470 Results

34. graphic novels – SUBJECT TERMS
psychology – SUBJECT TERMS

35. 31 Results

36. REFINE RESULTS:
PEER REVIEWED
FULL TEXT

37. 16 Results!

39.
“graphic novels” “literary criticism”

41. Databases

47. Always cite your sources! Bibliographic Citation (MLA style):
(Modern Language Assoc.)
EX:
Chaney, Michael A. "Animal Subjects of the Graphic Novel." College Literature 38.3 (2011): 129-VII. ProQuest. Web. 16 Mar