Peer-Review Process
For your project, you will need to include peer-reviewed articles and/or books. These sources go through a peer-review process to ensure their accuracy. Watch the video below to learn about the peer-review process.
Peer Reviewed Vs Popular
Use this chart for a quick reference to determine if your article falls into the peer-review/scholarly or popular realm of publication.
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Credit: Syracuse University Library
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Peer-reviewed articles are published in journals. They contain specific attributes. Watch the video below to learn how to identify whether a source is peer-reviewed.
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Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
Click on this interactive page from NC State Libraries to see the different sections of a scholarly article defined.
Predatory Journals
Elmore and Weston define predatory journals as the following: "publications that claim to be legitimate scholarly journals but misrepresent their publishing practices" (607). Read Elmore and Weston's article "Predatory Journals: What They Are and How to Avoid Them" to learn how to determine if a journal is scholarly.