Find Research - NSM 1400 Earth and Space Science - Fall 2021

Credible Sources

Scholarly articles go through the peer-review process and are typically published in journals. Use library databases to find articles.

Use the Table of Contents at the front of the book to browse chapter content and the Index at the end to look up specific terms
For eBooks, use the "Search Within" feature to search the full text of the book

Limit your results by using the limiter site:. Example below: This search will only return results for websites that end in .gov.

Lateral reading is a method used by professional fact-checkers to determine a source's credibility:

Open new tabs and search for information about the website you're reading from Wikipedia or credible news sources.
Look for information about the mission, funding, and potential biases.
Go beyond the news story and look for the original resource or other scholarly information using Library resources.

Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing information on a wide range of subjects. It contains full-text access to peer-reviewed journals, magazines, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings as well as indexing and abstracts for thousands of publications.

Subjects: multidisciplinary
Content: journals, magazines, newspapers, books
Publication dates: 1887 - present
GreenFILE
Subjects: biology, biotechnology, chemistry, environmental science, sustainability
Content: journals, ebooks, government reports
Publication dates: 1973 - present
JSTOR
Subjects: applied behavior analysis, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, english, environmental science, mathematics, sustainability, theater
Content: journals, primary sources, books
Dates of publication: 1923 - present
CQ Researcher
Subjects: health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, environment, technology, economy, political science
Content: reports
Publication dates: 1996 - present
Issues & Controversies on File
Subjects: communication, criminal justice, education, english, latin-american studies, media studies, political science, sociology, speech communication
Content: journals, government documents, newspapers
Publication dates: 1995 - present