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ASU Library LibLessons are digital credentials that allow 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, follow the steps below.

  1. Go to assignment, Create new.
  2. Assignment name
    • Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Credential Assignment
  3. Add the following text as the description:
    • For this assignment, you will be required to complete the Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles LibLesson, developed by the ASU Library! 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. Completing this assignment will take approximately 30 minutes, not including the wait for the email notification.
    • To complete the assignment, you will need to:
      1. Self-enroll in the course using this link: https://canvas.asu.edu/enroll/W6DACB
      2. Complete the modules.
      3. Complete the quiz with a 90% or higher.
      4. Check your ASUrite email for the credential award notification. The email take up to 2 hours.
        • Once the credential is awarded, it will appear in your list of credentials below.
      5. Click the submit button next to the credential required for the assignment.
  4. Display grade as Complete/Incomplete or as Points depending on how you wish to grade the assignment.
  5. Submission type 'External Tool' 
  6. Under External Tool Options select 'Find'
    • Select the CredID Tool from the list.
  7. Save.

After students submit their credential, you will want to verify that it is correct. The image below is what the credential will look like in the Canvas Speed Grader tool. The two blue markers indicate where you will find the student's identification information.

  1. On the credential, the students ASUrite email will be listed here.
  2. In the Speed Grader tool, that students name will be listed here.

 Note: The example is from the LibLesson: Searching for Articles and Sources credential.

A view of a credential in the Canvas Speed Grader tool with a number one and two points to the location where the students name is located.