1. Finding & Citing Peer Reviewed Emergency Management Articles
Diane Spinato UNH Senior Information Literacy Librarian

2. This Presentation will:
Explain some attributes of peer-reviewed journal articles
Demonstrate how to find a peer-reviewed article using these databases:
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full text
ABI/Inform
Academic Search Premier
Show how to use the citation tool in the database to retrieve an article citation in APA citation format

3. This Presentation will:
Explain some attributes of peer-reviewed journal articles
Demonstrate how to find a peer-reviewed article using the ProQuest Criminal Justice database
Show how to use the citation tool in the database to retrieve an article citation in APA citation format

4. How to identify a peer reviewed article
It will be published in a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal
(many databases have a box to be checked)
It will have attributes such as authors’ credentials, abstract

5. How to identify a peer reviewed research article
Charts and data
There are sections that discuss the research. Look for headings such as Method (or Methodology) , Procedure, Results, Discussion, Conclusion

6. How to identify a peer reviewed article
There are references at the end

7. This Presentation will:
Explain some attributes of peer-reviewed journal articles
Demonstrate how to find a peer-reviewed article using these databases:
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full text
ABI/Inform
Academic Search Premier
Show how to use the citation tool in the database to retrieve an article citation in APA citation format

8. From the library homepage Select Databases
How to find a peer-reviewed article using these databases: ABI/Inform Academic Search Premier Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full text
From the library homepage Select Databases

9. How to find a peer-reviewed article using these databases: ABI/Inform Academic Search Premier Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full text
1. Select the Subject Listing of Databases
2. Select the link for the database
ABI/Inform or
Academic Search Premier
from the Category
BUSINESS / ECONOMICS / FINANCE
Select the link for the database
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
from the category
CRIMINAL JUSTICE / FORENSIC SCIENCE/ NATIONAL SECURITY

10. How to find a peer-reviewed article using the ABI/INFORM database
Type your keywords or phrases in the search box. Use “quotation marks” around phrases such as “first responder” Check the box that says peer review
Search by clicking on the search icon

11. How to find a peer-reviewed article using the ABI/INFORM database
Select the pdf icon to open any article that you want to read
Look at it carefully to make sure it has the attributes of a
peer reviewed research article

12. How to find a peer-reviewed article using these databases: Academic Search Premier OR Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full text
The interfaces are very similar so the procedure will be the same
Go to advanced search
Check the box Limit to Peer Reviewed (in Academic Search Premier) or Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals (in Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text)
Type in your search words and phrases (in quotes”
Search by hitting the green search button

13. Select the pdf icon to open an article
How to find a peer-reviewed article using these databases: Academic Search Premier OR Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full text
Select the pdf icon to open an article
Look at it carefully to make sure it has the attributes of a peer reviewed research article

14. This Presentation will:
Explain some attributes of peer-reviewed journal articles
Demonstrate how to find a peer-reviewed article using the ProQuest Criminal Justice database
Show how to use the citation tool in a database to retrieve an article citation in APA citation format

15. Use the citation tool in the database to retrieve an article citation in APA citation format
Click on the link to the article title in the list of
results
2. On the page that then opens, Click Cite. The Cite link will be on the right hand side for the Academic Search Premier and Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full text databases

16. Use the citation tool in the database to retrieve an article citation in APA citation format
1. Click on the link to the article title in the list of results
2. On the page that then opens, Click Cite. The Cite link will at the top of the page in the ABI/Inform database

17. Use the citation tool in the database to retrieve an article citation in APA citation format
Some things to keep in mind when copying and pasting from a
citation tool in a database into a research paper:
Check the spacing. If double spacing is required, the spacing
will need to be adjusted.
Indent any lines after the first line
Check the font to be sure it is 12 pt. Times New Roman

18. Questions? Ask a question in your class Blackboard using the
“Ask Your Course Librarian” discussion forum

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