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A General Undergraduate Engineering Research Guide

A concise guide to important resources for undergraduate Engineering students.

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A journal is also known as a magazine or a periodical, especially one published for a special group, learned society, or profession.  It is issued at regularly recurring intervals, such as bi-weekly, monthly, etc.
 

Peer-reviewed journals are also known as "scholarly" or "refereed" journals.  Before an article is added for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, they are reviewed by a panel of experts in that field or on that topic. Peer-reviewed articles are the best available.

A search in Academic Search Complete and other select research databases can be limited to peer-reviewed journal articles by checking off the "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" box under "Limit your results."

Steps to Locating Articles on a Topic;
 

1. Search in the appropriate Research Databases using subject terms for your topic.

2. If the article you want is not available in full text in the database or the link is broken, search for the journal title in Journals at CSU below.

3. If CSU doesn't subscribe to that journal in print or online format (i.e. it is not in "Journals at CSU"), you may request it through Interlibrary Loan.

After searching in Journals at CSU, if the article or paper you need is not available at CSU, you may request it through Interlibrary Loan.