Why use articles & journals?
Journal articles are much shorter than books, usually only 5-30 pages, which means they have a much narrower focus. Articles cover a focused, niche topic at a highly detailed level. Journals aren't the best place to find contextual or background information, but they are a great source to use to find the most recent academic information about a topic.
Journals contain articles about a shared topic. Articles are written by different authors who may not have anything in common besides their research interest. The highest quality journals require a peer review process where other scholars in the disciple review each others work to verify the rigor of the research before publication.
How to find articles
- BU Libraries Search This link opens in a new window
BU Libraries Search provides a single place to search for a wide variety of research material provided by the library. Resources covered by the search includes books and eBooks, journals, scores and sheet music, video and audio recordings, and other physical and electronic items held by the library. Coverage encompasses materials relating to the prehistoric and antique world through to the present.
You can find journal articles in BU Libraries Search and other library databases. BULS is a great place to start because it searches across the journals and databases that BU subscribes to, so you can search in multiple repositories of knowledge all at once! To search only for articles, select the articles option when searching your keywords in the BULS search box.
