Library Instruction
Is Journal Peer-Reviewed?
Limit searches to peer-reviewed/scholarly journals
Most of the online databases to which the Library subscribes offer the ability to limit a search to scholarly or peer-reviewed journals using a check box or menu option. You can limit either the initial search or the displayed results.
These databases include ONLY Peer-reviewed journals:
You may also search for peer-reviewed articles across all of the library databases:
Working from an article citation from another source:
If you are investigating a journal from an existing article citation, go to the and search on the journal name. The Journals List will often include information on whether that journal is peer-reviewed or not. When searching for names of journals using the Journals List, you may also limit your search to those that are peer-reviewed.
Consult the Library's Subject Research Guides for recommendations on which databases to use for research projects.