BUS501 : Managing in Complex Environments

Your professor may say that you must use only peer-reviewed journal articles in your research assignment. But what does this mean?

Peer review is the process by which an article is approved for publication in a scholarly journal. Before acceptance in the journal, it must be reviewed by peer experts in the field to ensure that it meets a high standard of scholarship.

Think of peer review as a stamp of approval that lets you know that an article meets the accepted standards of its field.

After completing your search for articles in one of the library's databases, you'll see several options for accessing the full text. View this guide for help with accessing the full text of an article.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service that enables patrons affiliated with Loyola University and Notre Dame of Maryland University to request materials not owned by the Loyola/Notre Dame Library.

When searching for a specific journal:

• Locate the journal title in the citation you are trying to find
• Choose "Journal Search" from the menu across the top and search by journal title, not article title, in the search box to see if we have access

• OneSearch shows all the possible results, pay attention to the date range

• Click on the link for full text access (pay attention to the date of the article; sometimes there are multiple links with multiple date ranges)

• Some journals give you the option to "Search within Publication" which you can use to search for the article title;
• If there is no search option, use the drill down method:
  • First select the date
  • Then select the volume
  • Finally select the issue
  • Scroll through the articles until you find the one you are looking for.