Itzel Soto

English 1302

1. What is the goal of peer review?

The goal of peer review is to “assess the quality” of articles. It must be submitted to a journal
editor and be revised. Peer-reviewed articles will not be published if it doesn’t meet standards.
2. What are 6 characteristics of peer-reviewed articles?
The 6 characteristics of a peer-reviewed article are check if they have multiple -copy submission,
an abstract, literature review, methodology, results, conclusion and references.
3. What are three categories of “information resources”?
The three categories of “information resources” are newspapers and magazines containing news,
journals containing articles written by academics and/or professionals, peer-reviewed (referred or
scholarly) journals. Newspapers and magazines containing news are written by reporters.
4. What are four things you can do to make sure that you are finding peer-reviewed sources?
Four things I can do to make sure that I am finding a peer-reviewed source are limiting a
database search to peer-reviewed journals only, checking in the database Ulrichsweb.com to determine if
the journal is indicated as being peer-reviewed, examining the publication to see if it is peer-reviewed,
and find the official website on the internet. All in all, to limit the database search we will click on the
search bar that only brings up “peer-reviewed articles.” If you can’t limit your database search you can go
to the website Ulrichsweb.com and type in your article to find out if it’s peer-reviewed. If you can’t do
those two you can find out yourself by checking the dates, bibliography, cites, check to see if it’s scholarly.