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How do I find a scholarly or peer-reviewed article?

by Heather Shalhoub on 2021-04-15T20:58:11-04:00 | 0 Comments

You have probably been asked to find scholarly or peer reviewed sources or articles. Here is an overview of what that means. In scholarly/peer reviewed articles:

  • The author is an expert in the subject
  • The content is evaluated by other experts before publication
  • All of their information sources are cited

 

When searching in OneSearch, you can limit to Scholarly/Peer-reviewed journals only in the Limit Options menu on the left side of the screen. This shows up when you are viewing your search results and if you select this, or other limit options, your search results will refresh. We recommend that you go through the checklist above to confirm that an article qualifies as scholarly/peer-reviewed after using this option.

Image of the Limit Options menu in OneSearch search results highlighting the selection for "in scholarly/peer-reviewed journals only"

 

Some databases in the online library contain all scholarly material while others have an option to search for only scholarly/peer reviewed articles. Look at the database description for details.

Image of database listings highlighting the descriptions where it says the type of articles included in the database including scholarly articles, scholarly reports, and trade/professional articles.

 

When you select a database to search in and it contains more than scholarly articles, you will often see an option to limit your search results to Scholarly/Peer Reviewed under the Advanced Search option or as an option to limit your search results when you are searching in our online databases. See below for an example of Limit your results in Advanced Search:

Image of advanced search option to check box for Scholarly or peer reviewed

 

For more info on Scholarly/Peer Reviewed Sources, visit our Research Skills Tutorial page on this topic: http://subjectguides.esc.edu/researchskillstutorial/scholarly


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