How to identify academic resources

Examples

Sometimes lecturers tell students "don't use the internet" to do research. What they actually mean is - don't depend on search engines, like Google, Yahoo, etc, to find resources. To use the Monash Library effectively it is impossible to avoid using the internet! The examples here are accessed using web based technology and are acceptable academic sources.

The links in the examples will open in a new browser window. Some pages will require Authcate passwords.

Pitkin, R.M., Branagan, M.A., Burmeister, L.F. (1999) 'Accuracy of Data in Abstracts of Published Research Articles'. JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, v281(12), p.1110.
(An example of a very short but quite acceptable article from one of the databases. The content matter highlights how carefully research must be read)

Roberts, P. (1999) 'Scholarly Publishing, Peer Review and the Internet', First Monday, v4(4).
(An article from a published online only, peer reviewed journal)

Sahlman, W (1997) 'How to write a great business plan' Harvard Business Review, v75(5), pp.98-108.
(This reference does not provide a bibliography but is written by a professor of the Harvard Business School)

Zhou, L.(1994) 'Late Quaternary aeolianites, palaeosols and depositional environments on the Nepean Peninsula, Victoria, Australia', Quaternary science reviews, v13, pp.225-239.
(Example of a Library digitised academic article containing the classic features)