Journals publish original research and commentary on recent developments in specific disciplines.
Peer review is a process where experts in the field (peers), evaluate the quality of another researchers' work, to ensure that the work meets the required standards.
1. Find Synonyms (alternative keywords):
2. Use Truncation (putting * at the end of a word stem):
4. AND (joins concepts and narrows the search)
5. "...." (inverted commas) use for a phrase
6. Wildcard ? will search for any single letter in the space. e.g. wom?n will search women, woman, organi?ation will search organisation, organization.
7. Wildcard * can also be used where alternate spelling may contain an extra character. e.g. p*ediatric, will search paediatric or pediatric, behavio*r, will search behaviour or behavior.
PubMed database is an internet version of Medline produced by the National Library of Medicine in the United States.
Open access articles are freely available in PubMed. To ensure that you also have access to journal articles available on subscription through ECU Library, link to PubMed via the Library.
PubMed search results will then also include a FindIt link to locate full text articles available via ECU.
What's the Difference Between MEDLINE and PubMed? Fact Sheet explains the additional features of PubMed.
Google Scholar: If searching Google Scholar, set preferences to Edith Cowan University to link to full text held at ECU.
It is automatic if on campus. Off campus users need to change their Google preferences to Edith Cowan University to set up a library link in Google Scholar. This enables ECU staff and students to link directly to full-text journal articles and books held at ECU Library.
Follow these steps to set up Library Links in Google Scholar on your own computer:
1. Go to Google Scholar Preferences (http://scholar.google.com/scholar_preferences)
2. Type Edith Cowan University in the Library Links text box
3. Check the box next to Edith Cowan University Library - Find It@ECU
4. Click Save Preferences
Next time you search Google Scholar, you will see Find It@ECU link below the results. This will take you directly to ECU Library's link to resources.
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the traditional custodians of the land upon which its campuses stand and its programs
operate.
In particular ECU pays its respects to the Elders, past and present, of the Noongar
people, and embrace their culture, wisdom and knowledge.