Scholarly materials and other useful resources and tools are crucial for effective university-level research, whether you conduct your research in the library research databases or on the free web.
Scholarly literature:
- Is written by researchers who are experts in their fields
- Is sometimes original (primary) research
- Is often peer-reviewed (carefully reviewed to determine academic quality by other experts in the same discipline)
- Is often the best for gathering, developing, and citing ideas in academic work
