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PSY 3402: Experimental and Research Methods

5. Check if a source is Scholarly (Academic), Peer-Reviewed

Next you need to be sure your sources are OK for college level research.

  • College level research requires that you use "Scholarly" or "Academic" sources.  These are books, journal articles, and conference proceedings that are written by scholars for scholars.  Which means they were written for you!
  • Peer-reviewed scholarly (or academic) journals have articles that are reviewed by other scholars before they are published, so you know the information is credible.
  • Learn more in the boxes below: more information about types of periodicals, and how to limit your PsycINFO search to only peer-reviewed journals.

 

Types of Resources

Graph of periodicals ranging from popular magazines and newspapers to trade journals to conference proceedings to scholarly journals to peer-reviewed scholarly or academic journals.

PsycINFO: Limit To Peer-Reviewed

Limit to peer-reviewed articles in PsycINFO:

  • On your results list page, there's a column on the left titled "Refine Results".
  • Click on the box next to "Peer-Reviewed.
  • You're done!