HST 327: Women in US History 1600-1880 (Poly campus online)
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Checking for Peer-Review Journals
In some of our databases, the database does not allow you to check that you are shown only peer-reviewed journal articles. To find out if a journal is refereed (also called peer-reviewed) you have two options:
1. Go to the journal publisher's web site to read the Advice to Authors and the About this journal. These are the most likely places that state if articles are sent out for peer-review.
2. Check Ulrichsweb (see below) to see if there is a little referee shirt icon in the left hand column. Search by journal name.
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Ulrichsweb
Comprehensive details on over 300,000 periodicals, including scholarly journals, e-journals, magazines, and newspapers. Entries feature ISSN, publisher, language, subject, indexing coverage, full-text availability, and librarian reviews.
If you need more help discovering the peer-reviewed status, please contact your librarian.
Remember, only your professor can tell you if an article is acceptable for your assignment.
Background sources you cannot cite
You may use these encyclopedias to find background information, dates, and possible other sources, but you cannot cite these in your paper.
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Britannica AcademicIncludes the complete encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, world atlas, timelines, "This Day in History," and world data analysis, with articles, illustrations, definitions, and curated links reviewed by Britannica editors.
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WikipediaThe strength of this encyclopedia is the bibliography at the end of the articles.