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Special Education

Why use Web of Science?

Web of Science covers all disciplines, not just science. The Cited Reference Search is used to find any authors that have cited a particular article. Basic search results can be sorted by number of times cited, indicating the most influential articles on a topic.

Find help using Web of Science (tutorials and more) at https://libguides.fau.edu/citation-tools-boca/WOS.

Scholarly Journals

Scholarly journals have articles written by researchers who are considered experts in a field.  They are known as "peer-reviewed," "refereed" or "academic" journals.  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is a scholarly journal.

Popular magazines have articles written by writers or journalists. Time or Newsweek are examples of popular journals.

List of Electronic Journals

Last updated on Sep 9, 2025 1:39 PM