Start with the following Monmouth University subscription databases to find disciplinary journal articles. Remote access is available using your student ID and password.
Search Tips:
The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) database includes full-text reviews of more than 3,000 contemporary testing instruments. It does NOT include the actual tests.
The opening search page of the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) database is actually Advanced Search. This search mode is the most effective way to search MMY. It provides three search bars so that you can search for multiple key terms at once:
Your choice of search terms will affect the quality of your results. Think about your topic and determine the strongest and simplest words. Enclose a phrase in quotation marks to search the terms together, as a phrase.
MMY Advanced Search allows you to search within fields, such as test name, author, test category, acronym, population, and others. Use the dropdown menu marked "select a field" to search within a particular field. If no selection is made, all fields are searched.
After you type in your search terms and click on the Search button, you see a list of results:
Click on the title of the test to be taken to the test record. The record includes test acronym, authors, publication date, purpose, population, and more. There is also a description of the test. Below the test description, there is at least one review written by an expert.
Google Scholar searches articles, books, theses, and other content. Searching Google Scholar is easy, but it doesn't give you the ability to filter to peer-reviewed journal articles.
If you need to be sure the article you found is from a peer-reviewed journal, use Ulrichsweb as described in the box below.
Always access Google Scholar from the link above or the "Resources" list on the front page of the library website. When you use these links, your MU credentials will be authenticated, giving you access to library resources found in Google Scholar. Look for the "Full-Text @ MU Library" link in your results list. You can also click on the Google Scholar logo above to search using your MU credentials.
One useful feature of Google Scholar is the ability to find articles that have cited an article you already have. See the handout below for more information.
Not sure if a particular journal is peer-reviewed? Check out Ulrichsweb. This database (also found in the A-Z database list from "Quick Links" on the library website) provides detailed information on publications. Look for the referee icon to indicate it is a peer-reviewed journal.
The black and white “ref jersey” icon in the screenshot below indicates that Higher Education is a peer-reviewed journal, but Education Week is not.
