Peer Reviewed Articles

WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO FIND THEM

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What Are Peer-Reviewed Articles?

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Scholarly articles are

written by academics

in that field

The best of the best

scholarly articles are

from peer reviewed

journals

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Peer reviewed articles are written by

scholars in the subject area

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Peer reviewed

articles are

reviewed by

other scholars

in the field. The

article is only

printed if they

agree that the

work is reliable,

credible, and

accurate.

Tip: peer reviewed articles are sometimes called refereed, juried, or blind reviewed 5

Peer reviewed articles are published in

academic journals (also known as scholarly

journals)

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Popular magazines are not scholarly or peer

reviewed

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Trade journals are not scholarly or peer

reviewed, but they might be acceptable for

your course—be sure to ask your instructor

before using these as a source

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Where do you find peer reviewed

journals?

Some of our top picks:

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EBSCOhost

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ProQuest

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JSTOR

JSTOR only has

scholarly and

peer reviewed

journals—just

select Article and

you’re set

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Project Muse

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Literary Reference Center

From the home page of the

Literary Reference Center,

click on Advanced Search

Then, on the Advanced Search

page, check the box next to

Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals

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Questions?

Email: library@ashford.edu

Phone: (866) 685-8089

Chat: On the library website

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Image Credits

Elizabeth Riggs and Dana Haff 2012

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