Databases that allow you to limit to peer-reviewed or scholarly articles

 

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Databases that allow you to limit to peer-reviewed or scholarly articles Limit to Peer Reviewed Limit to Scholarly Check if a journal is Peer Reviewed

 

Please note that all peer-reviewed articles are scholarly, but not all scholarly articles are peer-reviewed.

 

Limit to Peer Reviewed

 

Academic Search Elite/Premier (EBSCO) - Refine Search: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals

 

Applied Science and Technology Full Text/Index (Wilson) - Advanced Search - Limit To - Peer Reviewed

 

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

Art Full Text/Index (Wilson) - Advanced Search - Limit To - Peer Reviewed

 

ARTbibliographies Modern (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

ATLA Religion Database (EBSCO) - AND the search term: DE "Peer Reviewed"

 

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

BHI: British Humanities Index (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

Biological and Agricultural Index Plus (Wilson) - Advanced Search - Limit To - Peer Reviewed

 

BioOne Abstracts and Indexes (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

Business Source Complete/Elite/Premier (EBSCO) - Refine Search: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals

 

Canadian Reference Centre (EBSCO) - Refine Search: Peer Reviewed

 

Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

CINAHL with Full Text (EBSCO) - Refine Search: Journal Subsets: Peer Reviewed

 

Communication Abstracts (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

Communications & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) - Refine Search: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals

 

CPI.Q (Thomson Gale) - Advanced Search - Limit Results - to peer-reviewed publications

 

Criminal Justice Abstracts (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

Education Full Text (Wilson) - Advanced Search: Peer Reviewed

 

ERIC (EBSCO) - Refine Search: Peer Reviewed

ERIC (CSA) - Advanced Search: Limit to Peer Reviewed, or Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

GeoRef (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

General Science Full Text/Index (Wilson) - Advanced Search: Peer Reviewed

 

Hospitality and Tourism Complete (EBSCO) - Refine Search: Peer Reviewed

 

Humanities Full Text/Index (Wilson) - Advanced Search - Peer Reviewed

 

Index Islamicus (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

Library Lit & Inf Full Text (Wilson) - Advanced Search: Peer Reviewed

 

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) - Refine Search: Peer Reviewed

 

Oceanic Abstracts (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

PAIS International (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

Philosopher's Index (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

PILOTS Database (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

PsycInfo (EBSCO) - Refine Search: Peer Reviewed

 

Reader's Guide Full Text/Index (Wilson) - Advanced Search - Peer Reviewed

 

Social Sciences Full Text/Index (Wilson) - Advanced Search - Peer Reviewed

 

Social Services Abstracts (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

Sociological Abstracts (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

SPORTDiscus (EBSCO) - Refine Search: Peer Reviewed

 

Zoological Record Plus (CSA) - Tab above search results: Peer Reviewed Journals

 

 

Limit to Scholarly

 

ABI/Inform (Proquest): Advanced Search - Scholarly Journals

 

CBCA (Proquest): Advanced Search - Scholarly Journals

 

Check if a journal is Peer Reviewed

 

If possible, look in Ulrich's Periodical Directory:

• available online at: BCIT, JIBC, SFU, UBC, UCFV, UVic
• available in print only at: CAM, CAP, KUC, LC, OC, SC, TRU

 

If the article in question was found using a database, check to see if the database allows you to limit to peer-reviewed

 

Google the journal name - see if its website says that it's peer reviewed or check for a list of peer editors

 

Obtain a print copy of the journal and look at the beginning for a list of peer editors