Journal articles can be useful sources of information for almost any subject area. They contain current information or research, and are usually written on specific aspects of a topic.
Use research databases to search for articles on a specific topic. Databases can be accessed from off campus by current UFV students and employees.
UFV has access to more than 60,000 journal, magazine, and newspaper titles online, and about 500 current titles in print.
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for over 9000 journals, including many which are peer-reviewed.
Permitted Uses for this Database
Provides full text access to articles about working papers, conference papers, journal articles about agricultural and applied economics.
Coverage: 1995 to present.
Permitted Uses for this Database
Covers agriculture and related disciplines. Some content available digitally.
Permitted Uses for this DatabaseYou can request articles from journals not held by UFV through interlibrary loan. Request forms can be accessed from the library's web site, or through the Full Text Finder link in the library's research databases. Articles generally arrive within 2-5 business days; books may take a little longer.
Not all journals are created equal, and not all will be appropriate for every research need. These are the most common types of journals you are likely to encounter in your research, presented in order from most to least academic or scholarly: