Women's / Gender Studies

Keep in mind that not all information is created equal. You can use the image below to remind you of the differences.

Scholarly article/ literature is written by:

• researchers who are experts in their field.
• employees of colleges, universities, or other institutions of education or research.

examples of academic journals are:

• • Journal of American History 
  •  Psychological Review
  • Nature
  • Annals of the National Academy of Science
  • Acta Archaeologia
  • James Joyce Quarterly
  • Journal of the American Musicological Society
  • Harvard Business Review

http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ecollege/popular.htm

Peer-review (refereed) process: journal editor sends article to other discipline scholars (author’s peers) to review the article to decide if it should be published in the journal based on relevance to the field, the quality of the research, and other criteria with suggested possible changes.

What to look for to determine is the article is peer-reviewed:

• An abstract, methods, findings/results, conclusion
• Serious look – no fun pictures – graphs and figures
• Lengthy list of references citing other scholarly sources
• Received and accepted date

If you are uncertain, you can check the journal’s guidelines for authors.