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A peer-reviewed article has been reviewed by other experts or scholars in the field for quality and originality. To determine if an article is peer-reviewed:
In many databases you can limit your search to only peer-reviewed articles.
Look for a checkbox that limits a search to scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles (either on the first search page or on the results page).
Search in a database or journal that only contains peer-reviewed articles. (Read about the database or journal to identify the nature of its publications.)
Learn more about the journal your article was published in.
If you are in a database, clicking on the journal title may give you more information about the journal.
Google the title of the journal and look for an editorial policy page or a page for authors. This will tell you whether the journal uses a peer review process.
Search for the journal title in Ulrichsweb.com. This icon means the journal is "refereed" or peer-reviewed.
means the journal is "refereed" or peer-reviewed.