Criminal Justice 280: Nielson

Scholarly articles are the bread and butter of a lot of the research you will be asked to do as a student at WCU. They are not inherently better than any other genre of writing, but they do have a specific purpose and unique production/publication process that results in an end product that looks much different from other writing with which you may be familiar.

Scholarly articles (and other publications):

Legal resources:

If you find an article that is perfect for your research, there's a good chance that the author or authors of that article have cited works that will also be beneficial to your research. Look through the references; if you see an article or book that looks promising, search the library catalog for the journal title or book title. Journal and book titles are typically in italics in a citation.