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What is Peer Review?

Peer review is the process by which academic writing (such as an article or a research proposal) is assessed by a group of professionals in the same field before it can be published or accepted.

Top Databases for Peer-Reviewed Articles

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Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window (Gale) - Academic OneFile provides peer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources. Includes coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and, other subjects.
Funded by State Library of Florida (FEL)
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window (EBSCO) - Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
CINAHL Complete This link opens in a new window (EBSCO) - The worlds most comprehensive source of full-text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 1,300 journals indexed in CINAHL. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index, with no embargo. CINAHL®Complete is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
Humanities Source This link opens in a new window (EBSCO) - Designed to meet the needs of students, researchers and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities. The collection includes full text for more than 1,400 journals, with citations to over 3.5 million articles, including book reviews. Coverage in Humanities Source includes worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
JSTOR This link opens in a new window (JSTOR) - Access to back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
MEDLINE with Full Text This link opens in a new window (EBSCO) - Full text for nearly 1,200 journals with coverage dating back to 1965. Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care system, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine. Search abstracts from over 4,000 current biomedical journals.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
PsycArticles This link opens in a new window (EBSCO) - Provides full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It contains more than 100,000 articles from 59 journals - 48 published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and 11 from allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal. Coverage spans 1894 to present.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
Sage Journals This link opens in a new window
Funded by Statewide Allocation
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window Stringent publishing standards guarantee quality content. Journals are guided by eminent editorial boards and articles are rigorously peer reviewed. Authors, editors and contributors are experts in their fields.
Funded by College
Springer eJournal Collection This link opens in a new window (Springer) - SpringerLink provides full text access in a variety of topics, including mathematics, economics, ecology, religion, history and more. Coverage for most titles begins in the late 1990s. Coverage varies by title. Content is updated daily.
Funded by Statewide Allocation
Wiley eJournal Package This link opens in a new window "At Wiley we believe that peer review is the foundation for safeguarding the quality and integrity of scientific and scholarly research."
Funded by College (FLVC Group License)

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