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Scholarly & Peer Reviewed

The Peer-reviewed limit in Articles+ is derived from Peer-review indications in the Ulrich's Directory of Periodicals and will limit your search results to a majority of journal articles. If you select Peer-Reviewed, it will be "sticky" and stay checked until manually removed.

Grey box labeled Refine Your Search, with several options below it, including full text online, scholarly and peer review, peer review, and open access. There is a red box around the Peer Review option, which is bolded and has a green checkmark next to it.

Regardless of whether or not the Peer-Review limit is applied, a peer-review indicator Button labeled Peer Review with a purple icon of a person reading a bookwill appear next to each peer reviewed source.  Under the Advanced Search, there is also a Peer reviewed publication only limit. 

Grey box labeled Limit To with an empty check box next to Peer reviewed publications


Below are definitions of academic/scholarly and peer-reviewed, as provided by Ulrich's:

Academic/Scholarly: A serial type assigned by Ulrich's to describe the primary audience for the publication. The Scholarly determination is made by a process combining publisher self-reporting about individual titles and independent Ulrich's editorial research.

Peer-Reviewed: The terms "peer-reviewed" refers to the system of critical evaluation of articles by professional colleagues or peers. Multiple types of peer-review (e.g., double-blind, expert) are included under this designation. The content of refereed publications is sanctioned, vetted, or otherwise approved by a peer-review or editorial board. Ulrich's gathers information about peer-reviewed publications from publishers. The information is supplemented by feedback from librarians and individuals associated with the publications, as well as through independent research conducted by the Ulrich's editorial team.

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