Your professor may say that you must use only scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles in your research assignment. But what does this mean?
Peer review is the process by which an article is approved for publication in a scholarly journal. Before acceptance in the journal, it must be reviewed by peer experts in the field to ensure that it meets a high standard of scholarship.
Think of peer review as a stamp of approval that lets you know that an article meets the accepted standards of its field.
If you already have a citation for the article that you want, use our Journal Locator to find the article.
Type in the name of the journal to find out if the library has access.
If we don't have the article you want, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan (takes 1-2 weeks).