Peer Review is a process that journals use to ensure the articles they publish represent the best scholarship currently available. When an article is submitted to a peer reviewed journal, the editors send it out to other scholars in the same field (the author's peers) to get their opinion on the quality of the scholarship, its relevance to the field, its appropriateness for the journal, etc.
--University of Texas at Austin
Here is a list of the more than 500 sociology journals the library has access to. Several specific database options are noted below.
Step One (select Advanced Search):
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Step Two (enter search terms, select Item Type - Articles):
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Step Three (scroll down page and select Journal Filter/Discipline):
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Step Four - Result List/Article Selection:
Tips for Reading a Research Article
Read the Abstract. It consists of a brief summary of the research questions and methods. It may also state the findings. Because it is short and often written in dense psychological language, you may need to read it a couple of times. Try to restate the abstract in your own nontechnical language.
Modified from Net Lab