The easiest way to find journals in your profession is to search BearCat for the profession name followed by the word periodicals:
pediatrics periodicals
engineering (or electrical engineering, etc.) periodicals
The term "periodicals" is library lingo for journals, magazines, or anything published on a regular basis - even if it is only published once a year. Using this term will get you only periodicals. The list may be long, but it will provide you with examples of what your profession considers scholarly or trade writing.
To decide if the periodical you've found is scholarly or not, go to the Ulrichsweb database listed below, search the title, and if the matching result has a little referee jersey logo (), then the journal is a scholarly journal.
Provides detailed information on more than 300 000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.
Indexes articles from around 400 scholarly and popular periodicals, as well as some books. Includes reviews, biographical profiles, obituaries, interviews, and more.
You can also search in any one of the subject databases we have which index articles in a specific discipline or profession. Use the tabs above to find a selected list of these databases in your specific field.
Provides access to news publications from across the world, including major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles.
The resources here are to both academic journal, education news, and educational statistical sources.
Includes citations and abstracts of documents and journal articles in all areas of education. Both journal articles (designated as EJ) and educational documents (ED) are indexed.
Provides bibliographic information for articles and books for topics on all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and all educational specialties.
Contains NCES publications and data products.
Provides access to IEEE and partner publications, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, standards, books, and courses.
Indexes scholarly publications in environmental science including ecosystem ecology,environmental law, environmental technology, marine and freshwater science, renewable energy resources and more
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Provides over overview articles on key topics ranging from international issues to ethical standards, offer students, with new articles and revisions to existing articles added regularly.
Provides citations and abstracts dealing with all aspects of the social work field, including theory and practice, areas of service and social issues, and problems.
Covers all of the social sciences with deep coverage of sociology and politics, and extending to criminal justice, education, linguistics, and language behavior.
Provides access to full-text business journals and scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.
Provides business information from scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.
Covers worldwide public policy literature, international relations, and world politics through selective international sources.
Indexes journal articles in life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. Contains material not yet indexed in Medline.
Provides bibliographic data and some full text for scholarly literature in nursing and allied health professions.
Provides indexing, abstracts, and some full text of articles from periodicals, peer-reviewed reports, proceedings as well as association and consumer newsletters and pamphlets covering complementary, holistic, and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
Provides citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations in psychology, behavioral science, and mental health.
These resources will cover popular magazines and scholarly journals, and some news sources. Good for examples of how other communities might have dealt with a similar problem with the articles (mostly) written for a general but educated audience.
Offers indexing and abstracts for journals in all academic subjects.
Provides access to news publications from across the world, including major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles.
Provides access to resources for researching news, business, industry, and legal topics.
Provides full text of an extensive number of current national and international newspapers.
Provides full-text coverage for nearly 400 trade and industry related periodicals with indexing and abstracting provided for over 650 journals.
Indexes professional and popular journals, newspaper articles, and other resources in the fields of careers and vocations, career counseling, and various areas of technical education (including engineering and allied health among others).
Provides a subject, author, and title index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
Provides indexing and abstracts for the core journals in the fields of communication studies, journalism and mass communication as well as non-core journals in additional fields which extend the resource to include the growing interdisciplinary nature of the field.
Provides access to resources for researching news, business, industry, and legal topics.