Research Guides: JOUR 4200 Research Guide: Social Media in the Digital Age: Finding Scholarly & Academic Sources

Scholarly Sources

Scholarly Sources

"Studies have show that..." or "Experts agree that..." are frequent catch-phrases and leading statements used in social media and message boards to provide authority to arguments. It is increasingly rare that commenters or social media managers will provide access to said studies and resources. This page will provide links to easy to access gateways to scholarly information, studies and literature reviews on a host of topics.

Google Scholar -- UMD Students, Faculty & Staff This link opens in a new window
Locate and access peer-reviewed journal articles and other scholarly sources. For access to FindIt off campus or on wireless devices add the University of Minnesota Duluth to your Library Links in the Google Scholar settings.
Google Scholar is accessible by the public.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Access the worlds leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

You can search all databases available on the Web of Science platform at one time. This includes, Web of Science Core Collection, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, KCI-Korean Journal Database, Russian Science Citation Index, and SciELO Citation Index.
Kathryn A. Martin Library: All Campus Catalog This link opens in a new window
Searches all University of Minnesota campus catalogs for books and media.

All UMD Databases for Communications

Communication Databases

Kathryn A. Martin Library

JOUR 4200 Research Guide: Social Media in the Digital Age

Scholarly Sources