A peer-reviewedjournal contains articles written by experts that are reviewed by several other experts in the field before the article is published in the journal in order to insure the article’s quality. (The article is more likely to be scientifically valid, reach reasonable conclusions, etc.) In most cases the reviewers do not know who the author of the article is, so that the article succeeds or fails on its own merit, not the reputation of the expert.
The term scholarlyor academic journals may also be used.
After you have carried out a search in Library searchyou can narrow your search toPeer Reviewed articles byusing the Refine Your Search options on the left of the results screen or via the Advanced Search.
In most journaldatabases there is also an option to restrict your search to peer reviewed journals.
