Tips for Finding Peer Reviewed Articles

Peer reviewed articles are found in academic or scholarly journals. They are written by scholars and experts, but there is an extra step before publication: Other equally qualified scholars and experts review each article for accuracy and significance before it can be published in a peer reviewed journal.

Because of this more rigorous process, a peer reviewed article is considered to have the most value, even more than other scholarly articles.

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Get peer reviewed articles in EBSCO Academic Search Complete. Here's how:

1. Perform a search on your topic. 
2. Select the Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals option under Limit To on the result list.
3. All your results will now be peer reviewed.

Get peer reviewed articles in Research Library. Here's how:

1. Perform a search on your topic. 
2. Select the Peer Reviewed option directly under the search box, or in the Narrow results column.
3. All your results will now be peer reviewed.