Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work. Peer review methods are used to maintain quality standards, improve performance, and provide credibility. In academia, scholarly peer review is often used to determine an academic paper's suitability for publication.
The resources on the right are arranged by type: journal articles, videos, and database tutorials. They all relate to peer reviewed articles in some way, though individual resources may cover other aspects of research methodology.
Peer reviewed journals are scholarly journals which publish only articles that have been reviewed and approved by scholars in the author's field or area of expertise. Peer reviewed journals are also called refereed journals.
All peer reviewed journals are scholarly, but not all scholarly journals are peer reviewed. Scholarly journals contain articles written by experts in the field and are directed toward an academic audience, but may not require that these articles undergo the review process. Scholarly journals are published by academic organizations and their main purpose is to report research in the field. Many, but not all, are peer reviewed.
The library has several journal databases, including the ProQuest and EBSCOhost, databases, that contain articles from peer reviewed journals, as well as other types of publications. You can find peer reviewed articles by following these steps:
Mark the "Scholarly Journals" option.
EBSCOhost calls this "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals" but don't be confused by this; it really means scholarly journals including peer reviewed. ProQuest has a "Peer Reviewed" option, but like EBSCOhost, it often includes scholarly journals as well as peer reviewed.
Enter your search terms and mark any other options you desire, such as "Full Text."
Choose an article from the results list and find the journal title in the article information.
Check this title in UlrichsWeb to see if it is peer reviewed. Access this by clicking on A-Z Database List under Find on the library homepage, then click on UlrichsWeb. Now enter the journal title in the search box.
If you see the refereed symbol, next to the title name, this journal is peer reviewed.
All articles contained in the PsycARTICLES database are from peer reviewed journals, so there is no need to mark any options or check UlrichsWeb. You can also find PsycARTICLES on the A-Z Database List .
