A few pointers to help with your decision...

Peer Reviewed Journals are sometimes called:

• Scholarly
• Juried
• Refereed
• Trade Publcations/Professional
• Articles submitted to editorial or review board
• Review masthead

Audience is usually:

• Reseachers
• College Students & Professors

Appearance of a journal for Your Profession is very different than others, rather than black and white pages, you will encounter:

• Adverstisements
• Color pictures

Purpose for the articles can be:

• Original Research
• Review of Literature
• Experimentation
• Methodology
• Theory

Format of Articles will typically include:

• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction/Statement of Purpose or Problem
• Lit. Review
• Methodology
• Results
• Conclusion/Recommendations
• References

Boolean Operators

Boolean logic defines logical relationships between terms in a search. The Boolean search operators are and, or and not. You can use these operators to create a very broad or very narrow search.

• And combines search terms so that each search result contains all of the terms. For example, travel and Europe finds articles that contain both travel and Europe.
• Or combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one of the terms. For example, college or university finds results that contain either college or university.
• Not excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the terms that follow it. For example, television not cable finds results that contain television but not cable.

Note: When executing a search, And takes precedence over Or.

The following table illustrates the operation of Boolean terms: