Modern Languages

Peer-reviewed journals (also called "scholarly" or "academic" journals) contain original research articles within a specific subject domain.

These articles are reviewed by other experts before publication and share many or all of these qualities:

• List authors' names, email addresses, and affiliations (e.g. Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney)
• Use section headers (these may vary): Abstract, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion
• Include tables or figures of statistical data
• Cite references to other quality sources

Here are two examples:

• Qualitative study in social work
• Quantitative study in psychology

NOTE: Some peer-reviewed journals will include literature reviews, book reviews, and opinion essays. None of these present original research however!

This table summarizes the differences between peer-reviewed journals and other periodicals, but please ask a librarian if you have further questions!

Several library databases have international news, in multiple languages. 

Nexis Uni:

From the main menu, select News

Below the News search, in the Explore menu, you have several options. For news from sources located in the geographic region in which you're interested, select By Region, then a region. You can also select View All Countries, then choose the country of interest. To access news in a specific language, use the By Language option in the Explore menu

Access World News

To access newspapers by source location, select Map Search below the main search box, then use the Refine by Source Location tools to select countries and/or sources of interest.

For Spanish-language news, both U.S. and international, select Acceda Noticias from the Quick Links/Hot Topics menu.