CDIS 4317: Service Delivery in Communication Disorders.

Finding Peer-Reviewed Articles

1.  Search for your topic in Start Your Research or a subject database (example: CINAHL Ultimate).

2. Use the limiters/filters in the database to limit to Peer-Reviewed articles.

The example below shows the Filters link in the subject database CINAHL Ultimate:

Checking if an article is Peer-Reviewed

If you are unsure if an article is Peer-Reviewed you can use the database Ulrichsweb to find out.

1. Note the name of the journal the article is published in or the ISSN number of the journal.
   1. The ISSN is better because it will bring up the exact journal.  If you use the name of the journal you will probably get multiple journals with the same title.

   2. You might have to do a Google search for to find out the ISSN of the journal:

      1. Example Google search:  "Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development" ISSN

2. Access the database Ulrichsweb from the Database page.
3. In the search box on Ulrichsweb enter either the name of the journal or the ISSN.
4. If the journal is Peer-Reviewed, you will see a referees jersey.