Searching for English scholarly articles in the Internet

1. Searching for English scholarly articles in the Internet

2. Scholarly materials:

academic books
conference publications
academic journal articles

3. Features of scholarly materials:

The authors are scholars or researchers with known
affiliations and educational/research credentials
The authors cite other sources. Many scholarly publications
include citations to other sources and bibliographies
The language used is academic or complex
The publisher is a scholarly press that practices editorial
review to ensure that content and context adhere to the
expected research parameters
The intended audience is composed of researchers,
scholars, academics, and other informed or specialized
readership.

4. Why search?

Searching literature is
a first step of any research
Searching foreign literature will
help you be aware of the world
scientific ideas, approaches,
technologies etc.

5. Where to search?

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a simple way to search for scholarly literature broadly
search across many disciplines and sources:
articles,
theses,
books,
abstracts
online repositories
other web sites.

7. Other Internet sources:

ScienceDirect
http://www.sciencedirect.com
SciVerse Hub
http://www.hub.sciverse.com/action/home
ScienceResearch.com
http://www.scienceresearch.com

8. No results in searching…!

9. Why?

1. You are making a nonsense!
Nobody is interested in it. Stop
bullshiting!
2. You translated your search query
in a wrong way.

10. How is your scientific area translated into English?

1. Find a Russian term of your
area in Wikipedia
2. Click “English” on the left
3. Look through an English article
for references

11. Example:

Тема магистерской диссертации:
Роль малого бизнеса в развитии
экономики России