Research Guides and Subject Guides can help you to identify relevant article-databases for your topic
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Examples:
Humanities Abstracts --Ebsco
MLA (Modern Language Association) --Proquest*
Francis --Proquest*
LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) --Proquest*
*Proquest resources can be simultaneously or individually
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Sample Topic: film and semiotics
You can use Ulrich's Periodical Directory Online to verify whether a journal is peer-reviewed/refereed (the epitome of a scholarly publication)
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Examples of Evaluation Criteria:
CRAAP Test - click on Evaluate Information (by Meriam Library - California State University, Chico)
Evaluate this article:
"The King in Lear" A Semiotic for Communal Adaptation." The American Journal of Semiotics 3.2 (1984):56-76