Owens Library Locating Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Periodicals

Peer-reviewed (refereed) periodicals are published following a formal editorial process involving subject experts. The information therefore has a high level of quality, credibility, and reliability.

For directions on how to limit to scholarly, peer-reviewed journals in anyEBSCOhost, InfoTrac, or WilsonWeb databases, choose one of the following options. for other databases, use the Ulrich's Periodicals Directory method.

EBSCOhost Directions	InfoTrac Directions
Ulrich's Directions	WilsonWeb Directions

EBSCOhost Directions

Directions for off-campus access

Connect to EBSCOhost

Click EBSCOhost Web

When connected, select a database and click Continue

Enter the search request in the Find: search box

Click the Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals box located under Limit your results:

Click Search

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InfoTrac Directions

Directions for off-campus access

Use the InfoTrac Method when searching in the Expanded Academic databases:

Connect to InfoTrac

Select a database

Enter search request

Limit search to refereed or peer-reviewed journals

Click Search

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Ulrich's Directions

Directions for off-campus access

Use the Ulrich's Periodicals Directory when wanting to know if a particular journal title is peer-reviewed:

Connect to Ulrich's Periodical Directory

Choose Title (Exact)

Click in the search box

Type in the title of the journal

Click Submit

Locate the title in the result list. If it is a peer-reviewed periodical, an icon will appear near the title.

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WilsonWeb Directions

Directions for off-campus access

Use the WilsonWeb Method when searching the Biological and Agricultural Index Plus, Readers' Guide Retro, or the Education Full Text databases:

Connect to WilsonWeb

Click the box in front of desired database

Enter search terms

Click Peer Reviewed box

Click Start

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