Public International Law

Scholarly (or peer-reviewed) articles report on new research. They are published in discipline-specific academic journals in order to make such information available to other scholars and academics. Here are some characteristics.

• A scholarly journal accepts only articles that have been reviewed by a panel of experts in the field.
• Authors are usually experts or scholars in their field. The author's credentials and affiliations are usually listed.
• The language of scholarly journals is that of the discipline covered. It assumes subject matter knowledge on the part of the reader.
• Scholarly articles always cite information sources using footnotes, endnotes, and/or bibliographies.
• Scholarly articles are often quite long, and can include charts, graphs, and collected data.

Use research databases to search for articles. Most databases allow you to limit to scholarly or peer reviewed articles. Some databases will return full text articles, and abstracts or summaries of articles.

Use the GET ARTICLE link to see if an article is available in another database. Most databases allow you to limit to full text. If an article is unavailable through Monmouth University Library it may be requested through 

Interlibrary Loan. 

Subscription databases are available to Monmouth University students, faculty and staff. For remote log in, use your university username and password.

For background information or basics facts, try these alternatives to Wikipedia.

International Court of Justice
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