Database of the Week

Academic Search Premier: Scholarly and Peer-Reviewed Journals

EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier is a full-text database with articles from over 4,600 scholarly publications. These articles aren't available for free on the Internet.

As a SWC student, you have free access to this database.

-- Go to the SWC Library's website, Articles and Databases page
-- Click on the first database -- Academic Search Premier
-- Enter your WebAdvisor ID and birthdate for complete access

Scholarly journals vs. magazines... what's the difference?

What are scholarly journals?

• Publish articles written by scholars, specialists, or researchers in the field
• Include lengthy articles which contain original research
• Contain articles with cited references
• Intended for an academic audience and use technical vocabulary
• Include little or no advertising

What are magazines?

• Publish articles written by journalists who are summarizing or analyzing a topic for the reader
• Tend to have short articles (1-5 pages)
• Contain articles that do not have cited references
• Intended for a general audience and use conversational language
• Include extensive commercial advertising

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