Articles: Peer-Review

Your instructors may require that you use articles from peer-reviewed journals as sources for your coursework.  But what makes these articles special?

• Before a peer-reviewed journal publishes an article, the editor submits it to the author's peers (other experts in the same field) to be reviewed for accuracy, reliability, and the quality of its research, so you know the information is accurate.

How can you find peer-reviewed articles for your assignments and research?

• Look in library databases. Check the box on the database search screen that allows you to limit your search to  peer-reviewed articles. 
• Here's where to find those checkboxes in some popular databases.
• Some databases contain only peer-reviewed articles, like Sage.
• Unsure if the database you're using has peer-reviewed articles? Contact the Library.