What is Peer Review & How to Find It
What is a peer-reviewed journal?
A scholarly/academic journal is peer-reviewed when manuscripts are sent to experts, sometimes anonymously (blind peer-reviewed), in the related field. They make recommendations to editor for publication, rejection or revision. These journals are generally thought to be of the highest quality.
These are the type of articles you will want to find for your research.
One of the great things about these articles is that, most often, they contain bibliographies or lists of sources the authors have used in writing the article. You can use that information to find even more articles of interest!
How to find these peer reviewed articles?
Most often, you will find a box to click when refining search results in many of our online databases.
Below is an example from Ebsco, which produces "America: History and Life" and other key databases. Just click "Peer Review" box to find scholarly articles. The location of the box may be different on different database platforms but, look for it! It can be a great help to your research process.
