Key journals
You may need to use articles from a range of different journal types in the course of your studies.
You may be asked to only use articles from a peer-reviewed or refereed journal. Our peer reviewed journal articles guide explains what peer review is and how to find peer reviewed articles.
Find out about different journal types and how to find the articles you need.
- What is a journal?
- Why use journal articles?
- Find a particular article
- Find articles by subject or keyword
Search for journal articles using the databases recommended on the Key resources page or try searching in specific journals.
Which database should I use?
How to Searching tips
- Plan your searchFive steps to better search results.
- Searching in databasesAdvice on how to focus your search.
- Find journal articlesExplains different types of journals and how to find journal articles.
- Peer-reviewed journal articlesCheck if an article is peer reviewed.