InfoGuides: Organization Development & Knowledge Management: Find Articles

Where to search for journal articles on a topic

Begin your search for research & analysis in ODKM and related fields in these databases.

If you use these resources off campus, you will need to enter your GMU ID (first part of email) and password.

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Search academic journals, trade publications, magazines, working papers, country and industry reports in business, management, and economics. A check box lets you limit your search to peer reviewed journals.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive coverage of scholarly journals for business topics such as marketing, management, human resources, MIS, POM, Accounting, Finance and Economics. Also includes company reports, case studies...
Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window
A good source of articles in organization development, knowledge management, and related fields.
Human Resources Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of literature concerning human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, and organizational behavior.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a collection of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences digitized in most cases back to the first date of issue. Includes selected books, primary sources and other materials for academic work.

QuickSearch at Mason Libraries
Drop the article title "in quotation marks" into the search box & hit enter. Your article should be the top hit in the results list
E-Journal Finder
Search for the JOURNAL title (not the article title). Once you get to the right journal, you'll browse to the correct volume (year), then issue, then article title.

Google Scholar
If you prefer the Google search functionality, try starting here. Tip: Go to the menu under "Settings" and then choose "Library Links" to search for "George Mason University"--check the box, click save, and your results will include links to GMU's catalog record and potential full text access.

Use these sources so see how often an article has been cited:

Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Search for an article to find out how many times it has been cited.

The fastest way to confirm that a journal is peer reviewed is to search for the journal title in Ulrichs:

UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
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Peer reviewed journals have a black & white striped referee's shirt near the journal title.

Watch this video for a quick overview of visual cues for distinguishing peer reviewed articles.

This is an example of a peer reviewed article in the ODKM literature:

Walsh, J. P., & Ungson, G. R. (1991). Organizational Memory. Academy of Management Review, 16 (1), 57-91.