LibGuides: Predatory Journals: Best Practices

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Best Practices for Journal Evaluation

Stick to the journals published by the major scholarly organizations in your field, e.g. American Chemical Society for chemistry, IEEE for electrical engineering, American Psychological Association for psychology, etc.

❖ Ask your colleagues for suggestions

❖ See if the journal is indexed in major library databases in your field

Article Quick Search
Search many UML library databases and journals all in one spot -- a good place to start a broad search, with a very large collection of content across disciplines, but does not include everything we own, and does not include some advanced search features that are in specialized subject databases.
Academic OneFile
A broad collection, across disciplines, with both scholarly and popular sources. Includes leading academic journals, regional and national newspapers, and some reference sources. A good starting point for any topic, and most useful for contemporary newspaper coverage.

Publication dates: 1980 - current (earlier for some titles)

Elsevier: Guide to Journal Evaluation