Using the Walden Library

Where can you find evidence to inform your thoughts and scholarly
writing? Throughout your degree program, you will use research
literature to explore ideas, guide your thinking, and gain new insights.
As you search the research literature, it is important to use resources
that are peer-reviewed and from scholarly journals. You may already
have some favorite online resources and databases that you use or have
found useful in the past. For this Discussion, you explore databases
available through the Walden Library.

To Prepare:

• Review the information presented in the Learning Resources for
  using the Walden Library, searching the databases, and evaluating online
  resources.
• Begin searching for a peer-reviewed article that pertains to your practice area and interests you.

By Day 3 of Week 6

Post the following:

Using proper APA formatting, cite the peer-reviewed article you
selected that pertains to your practice area and is of particular
interest to you and identify the database that you used to search for
the article. Explain any difficulties you experienced while searching
for this article. Would this database be useful to your colleagues?
Explain why or why not. Would you recommend this database? Explain why
or why not.

By Day 6 of Week 6

Respond to at least two of your
colleagues’ posts by offering suggestions/strategies for working with
this database from your own experience, or offering ideas for using
alternative resources.