Stevenson Library FAQs

Peer review is a publication process in which research articles written by experts are evaluated by other specialists in the same academic or professional field before being published.

*Materials such as letters, commentaries, news reports, obituaries, and book reviews are typically not peer-reviewed, even when they appear in journals that use peer review for research articles.

To find peer-reviewed articles in the library catalog:

1. Perform your Search 
2. Scroll down to Content Type 
3. Select Peer Reviewed

Most library databases include a peer review filter much like the one above that restricts results to journals that publish research articles reviewed by experts.