Often, finding articles is the easy part of database research and the real challenge begins when we have to evaluate our sources. How do I know if a journal is reliable or predatory? How can I tell if a researcher's study was properly designed and executed? Below you will find resources for answering these and more questions we need to consider when evaluating our sources:
If you want more tips, tools, and techniques for evaluating a resource, check out our Suspicious and Predatory Publishing Guide for more information. For help specifically related to the life and health sciences, this guide from Yale Library may also be helpful.
All resources are available from off-campus! Click on the link for AccessMedicine, or for any database, and you'll be prompted to enter your Elon username/password. Once you've logged in, you're recognized as Elon and can access all of our electronic library resources.
Top Nursing journals based on JCR Impact Factor Rankings. For more information about these journals or their rankings, contact your librarian or see the "Measuring Your Research Impact" guide.
Can't find a book or article through Belk Library subscriptions? Use our free Interlibrary Loan service and we'll get it for you from another library.