HCC - Seeing if an Article's Peer-Reviewed or Not
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Seeing if an article’s peer-reviewed
(evaluating sources tutorial @ HCC Libraries)
You find the perfect article when you realize that your professor only wants peer-reviewed articles.
You find the perfect article when you realize that your professor only wants peer-reviewed articles.
it’s okay! you can find out in a few seconds.
If you’re on EBSCO...
1. Click the source’s name (aka the journal)
2. Look at the publication details & check the peer-reviewed status.
Step 1: Click the source name
Click this!
Step 2: Look at the publication details
look at the peer-review status!
Not on EBSCO or publication details unavailable?
1. Go to Google & type the journal’s name & quotation marks and peer-reviewed
“journal name” + peer reviewed
2. Browse the results to see if you can find information on its peer-reviewed status
Step 1: Google “journal name” + peer reviewed
Step 2: Browse results to see peer reviewed status
Here’s the journal’s sponsor’s details
Step 2: Browse results to see peer reviewed status
Here’s the peer-reviewstatus!
Remember, being peer-reviewed is a big deal for an academic/scholarly journal. If you can’t find it quickly, it’s probably not peer-reviewed.
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