Scholarly journals are published by scholars--people who have the highest college degree in their field--for other scholars to read. Before the article is published, it undergoes a process of peer review, during which *other* scholar specialists (the author's peers) review the article and make suggestions for improvement. It's a strenuous process, so when something is published in a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, it is considered by college professors to be extremely reliable. Watch the video below on Understanding Peer Review.
Here are some clues/characteristics of peer-reviewed articles (but not all!)...
Use one of the following databases:
- ProQuest
On the Advanced Search screen, put a check in the box that says "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" or "Peer reviewed," like this...
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Peer-reviewed/academic articles in addition to newspaper, magazine, and trade journals from all subject areas.
ProQuest also includes "ProQuest Ebook Central" - an ebook database.
Multidisciplinary resource. Includes peer-reviewed (refereed) journals, magazines and newspapers.
Access to more than 4,600 academic journals, most of which are peer-reviewed (refereed) titles.
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NEW for Fall 2023: Access has been expanded through the JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection; all Artstor content has been migrated to the JSTOR platform.
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