How to identify scholarly, academic or peer-reviewed articles Library Research Skills Tutorial
scholarly/academic/peer reviewed? Did you find an article but you’re not sure if it’s scholarly/academic/peer reviewed?
of scholarly/academic/peer-reviewed articles Here are some characteristics of scholarly/academic/peer-reviewed articles
It is identified as an academic journal
It is relatively long
It may contain charts
It has a long, very specific journal article title
(a summary of the article at the beginning) It has an abstract (a summary of the article at the beginning)
The abstract might be divided into sections that mirror the article’s format
the “Results” section is in the abstract and in the article Example: the “Results” section is in the abstract and in the article
The article includes in-text citations
It may include graphs, tables, images or data that illustrate the results
There is an extensive reference list/ bibliography
The article also includes author affiliations and qualifications
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