HIST 5132 - The Civil War and Reconstruction: Find Articles

Scholarly (peer-reviewed) resources undergo review by experts in a field of study, who determine that the articles are objective and credible before they are published. Examples of peer-reviewed resources include articles in academic journals, collections of essays or anthologies. 

Non-scholarly resources are published without review by experts. Non-scholarly resources range from a variety of types, such as websites and magazines, to newspapers and books. If you plan to use non-scholarly materials, ask your instructor beforehand, and use the CRAAP Test.

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ILLiad is the system used to manage Interlibrary loan requests.

New Georgia Southern users must create an ILLiad account.  Once you have an account, use ILLIad to:

• submit new requests

• track status of requests

• view electronically received articles

• submit requests for renewals

Think of the best keywords to enter and be ready to change them as you pursue your topic. Try using a subject encyclopedia or dictionary for specialized terminology. Get ideas for new keywords by carefully examining the subject fields in your first results.

Try these search features:

• Use quotes to search for phrases (example: "industrial revolution”)
  
  
• Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to broaden or narrow your search
  
  
• Use truncation (example: archiv* will find archive, archives, archival, archivist)
  
  
• Sort results by date or relevance
  
  
• Browse subject headings