How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed Articles?
How Do I Find Peer-Reviewed Articles?
The easiest and fastest way to find peer-reviewed articles is to search the online library databases, many of which include peer-reviewed journals. To make sure your results come from peer-reviewed (also called “scholarly” or “academic”) journals, do the following:
- Read the database description to determine if it features peer-reviewed articles.
- When you search for articles, choose the Advanced Search option. On the search screen, look for a check-box that allows you to limit your results to peer-reviewed only.
- If you didn’t check off the “peer-reviewed articles only” box, try to see if your results can organized by source. For example, the database Criminal Justice Abstracts will let you choose the tab “Peer-Reviewed Journals.”
