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Informatics: INFO 300 Winter 2025
Research Starting Points
- UW Libraries SearchSearches the entire UW Libraries' collection, including articles, ebooks, news, media, etc.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowDatabase of scholarly literature spanning many different topics. Allows you to easily identify who has cited an article.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowScholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
Learn how to connect Google Scholar to the UW Libraries.
Subject-Specific Databases
- ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new windowPublications from the Association of Computing Machinery - good for topics in computer science, usability, user behavior.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowMagazines, newspapers and journals in all business disciplines.
- Communication Source This link opens in a new windowScholarly journal articles in communication, mass media and related fields. Useful for questions about social media, as well.
- IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowIEEE publications and standards in engineering, computer science, and related fields.
- PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowScholarly literature in psychology - good for questions about mental health and human behavior.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowDatabase covering all aspects of medicine, including medical technology.
Questions?
- Contact Alyssa, the iSchool librarian!How to contact me or set up an appointment for questions after the workshop
Want to try out a new library feature?
- LibKey NomadBrowser extension that connects you to UW Libraries' subscribed content from a web search.
Identifying scholarly articles
Some characteristics of of scholarly and peer-reviewed articles:
- Written by a scholar or expert in the field
- Cite sources in the form of footnotes or bibliographies
- Language is typically that of the discipline covered (e.g. lots of jargon and acronyms)
- Usually assume that the reader has some prior knowledge of the topic or problem
- Often describe original research & clearly articulate how they came to their conclusions/results
- Rigorously reviewed by a group of experts prior to publication (peer reviewed)
Read more about the peer-review process here.