How Do I Find a Peer Reviewed or Scholarly Article?
There are two main ways of searching for articles at WCU.
Searching using the search box on the homepage
- Enter your search terms in the search box on the library's homepage - try using short 2-3 word phrases instead of questions or sentences. Click the arrow next to where it says All Items below the search box. Select Articles from the list.
- Then hit Search. You'll see a results screen like the one below.
- Click on Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed under Show Only if you want articles from peer-reviewed journals only. Sign in if you want to save articles for later.
- To get to the full text of an article, click on Download PDF or Full text available or Online access.
Searching using databases
- Choose a database from our database list. If you're not sure where to start, click on All Subjects and select your major from the list.
- You'll need to log in, using your WCU email address and password.
- In the search boxes that appear after you login, enter you keywords in one or more boxes, and hit search.
- Your results will appear. Click on a title to read more about it.
- If full text isn't available in this database, click on Find It/Check Availability to see if we have it another database.
- On the new page that appears, click the link next to where it says Full text available at and the full text should open.
