This document discusses peer-reviewed articles and how to find them. It defines peer-reviewed articles as scholarly articles written by academics that have been reviewed by other scholars and experts in the field. Only articles that are found to be reliable, credible and accurate are published in peer-reviewed academic journals. Some top databases for finding peer-reviewed journals mentioned are EBSCOhost, ProQuest, JSTOR and Project Muse. The document emphasizes that peer-reviewed articles are the best sources to use for research.

1. Peer Reviewed Articles
WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO FIND THEM
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2. What Are Peer-Reviewed Articles?
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3. 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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4. Peer reviewed articles are written by
scholars in the subject area
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5. 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
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6. Peer reviewed articles are published in
academic journals (also known as scholarly
journals)
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7. Popular magazines are not scholarly or peer
reviewed
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8. 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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9. Where do you find peer reviewed
journals?
Some of our top picks:
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10. EBSCOhost
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11. ProQuest
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12. JSTOR
JSTOR only has
scholarly and
peer reviewed
journals—just
select Article and
you’re set
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13. Project Muse
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14. 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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15. Questions?
Email: library@ashford.edu
Phone: (866) 685-8089
Chat: On the library website
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