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ASU Library LibLessons allows faculty to integrate library tutorials into their classes.

Overview of Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Description: This tutorial is designed to help developing scholars at Arizona State University build important skills and knowledge for their scholar's tool kit. This lesson will focus on what a peer-reviewed journal article is, how to find one using the ASU Library One Search features and where to verify one with Ulrichsweb. 

Learning Objectives students will learn in this tutorial:

  1. Explain what a peer-reviewed journal article is.
  2. Describe peer review and why scholars value articles that pass the test.
  3. Define "refereed" journal article.
  4. Use One Search features to find peer-reviewed journal articles.
  5. Use Ulrichweb to determine if a journal is peer-review or the publishers web.

Adding LibLessons to your course

To add to your class, copy and paste the text below into a Page on Canvas.

(Please consult your Instructional Designer for additional assistance with adding LibLessons to your course.)

For this assignment, you will be required to complete the Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles LibLesson, developed by the ASU Library! To complete the assignment, you will need to self-enroll in the course, complete the modules, complete the quiz with a 90% or higher, and submit your badge to the 'Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Badge Submission' assignment as proof of completion and participation. 

Upon completion of this LibLesson, you will be able to:

  1. Explain what a peer-reviewed journal article is.
  2. Describe peer review and why scholars value articles that pass the test.
  3. Define "refereed" journal article.
  4. Use One Search features to find peer-reviewed journal articles.
  5. Use Ulrichweb to determine if a journal is peer-review or the publishers web.

Click here to get started! Self-enroll link: https://canvas.asu.edu/enroll/W6DACB

Create an assignment for students to submit the badge to your class.

  1. Go to assignment, Create new.
  2. Assignment name
    • Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Badge Submission
  3. Add the following text as the description:
    • After reviewing the Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles tutorial in its entirety, you will need to complete a 10-question quiz with a score of at least 90% to receive a passing grade. After you receive a 90% or higher on the quiz, download the badge as directed on the syllabus and submit it.
  4. Display grade as Complete/Incomplete
  5. Submission type 'Online' 
  6. Online Entry Options 'File Uploads'
  7. Save.

After students submit their badge, you will want to verify it is correct. The image below is what the certificate should look like. It includes the badge title, the student's name, their ASUrite email, and the date of completion.

 Note: the example is from the LibLesson: APA Citation Style course.

 


The ASU Library acknowledges the twenty-three Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU Library acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We are advocates for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies within contemporary library practice. ASU Library welcomes members of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh, and all Native nations to the Library.