FAQs

Is this article scholarly? How do I tell if an article is peer-reviewed?

One quick and relatively fail-safe way to become a little more educated on the pedigree and quality of a particular journal is to look it up in Ulrich's Web: Global Serials Directory. 

UlrichsWeb is a collection of detailed information about more than 300,000 academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.

It is particularly useful for determining whether a journal is peer reviewed  (a scholarly journal). In Ulrichsweb this is called “refereed.”:

1. Search for your journal by name or ISSN
2. Look for an icon that looks like a black and white sports referee’s jacket next to your journal’s name to see if it is refereed (peer reviewed). Clicking on the name of your journal will show you more detailed information.