Find out about peer reviewed or scholarly journals, and some of their features.
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Kia Ora
Today we’re looking at scholarly and peer-reviewed journals.
If I asked you what this is you would instantly say a magazine, which is correct. The articles are written by journalists and cover all sorts of subjects, including politics, economics, and popular culture. There are glossy pictures, the articles are short, and there is lots of news. Generally speaking it caters to most readers.
In comparison, this is a scholarly or academic journal. Journals like this are quite different to magazines. Articles are written by subject specialists, academics or professionals, rather than journalists. The articles all cover the same subject area and they are longer, in smaller font, and contain a reference list at the end. There are no glossy pictures either!
Scholarly and peer-review journals are almost the same, but peer-reviewed journals go a step further in quality. Articles are written by experts in the field and reviewed by other experts in the field before they are published.
You can find many peer-reviewed articles through the Library website and almost all of these are available electronically.
To find out more about accessing journal articles, watch the video on searching Library databases.
The Library staff are here to help so feel free to contact us if there is anything we can do for you.
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