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Information Literacy Content

Here you will find information literacy content for use in courses or assignments. Concepts such as research, evaluating sources, citation, and library navigation are covered.

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Finding Peer-Reviewed Resources

In this section, you’ll learn how to:

  • Explain what a database is and demonstrate how to access them on the library’s website.

  • Apply search filters to limit results to peer-reviewed articles in a library database.

  • Determine whether a journal is peer-reviewed.

Scroll on to learn more about these important concepts. 

How to Find Peer-Reviewed Articles 

Many college assignments require peer-reviewed sources, and this video shows you how to find them. You’ll learn how to apply the peer-reviewed filter in Academic Search Ultimate, a multidisciplinary EBSCO database available through the library, and how to recognize the peer-reviewed label in your search results.

Locating Scholarly and Peer-Reviewed Library Resources

How to Verify if a Journal is Peer-Reviewed

Many assignments ask for peer-reviewed sources, but it’s not always clear if a journal qualifies. This video shows you three quick ways to check: using the journal’s website, the Ulrichsweb database, and the library’s Multi-Search tool.