Library FAQ

Academic Search Premier, Google Scholar CSUSM, and Proquest are good databases to begin searching for scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.

• Academic Search Premier: The video below will show you how to limit your results in Academic Search Premier to only retrieve scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal articles. 
• Google Scholar CSUSM: The following link will show you how to locate scholarly or peer-reviewed articles using Google Scholar CSUSM.   Not all articles on Google Scholar CSUSM are peer-reviewed. Use the "How do I know if a journal article is scholarly (peer-reviewed") link to determine if the article is peer-reviewed or ask a librarian using the "Research Help link under "Ask Us!" on the CSUSM Library website. .
• ProQuest: The video below will show you how to limit your results in ProQuest to only retrieve scholarly (peer-reviewed) journal articles. 

If you are looking to explore a particular subject in more depth, we recommend choosing one of our subject-specific databases using the "subjects" drop-down menu on the A-Z databases link.