There are many Article Processing Charge (APC) discounts and waivers available to U of A researchers. If you are interested in publishing your research Open Access, please look at the Article Processing Charge Support page, you can also search for APC-free or discounted journals with our new Open Access Journal Search.
Use the CRAAP Test
Currency - Is it timely?
Relevance - Useful for your purposes?
Authority - Who? What is the source?
Accuracy - References to back it up?
Purpose - Why? Is there a bias?
Chemistry Databases
Interdisciplinary Databases
Patents
It is important to material from peer-reviewed journals in your work. The peer-review process is where experts in a field evaluate a paper's quality, research validity and originality for publication.
To determine whether a journal is peer-reviewed, search for it in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory and look for the little referee symbol: .