LibrarySearch Tutorial

When someone wants you to find articles from peer-reviewed journals, he or she wants you to find articles from journals that have an evaluation process for accepting articles for publication.

Here is how it works:

• The journal has a panel of experts in a particular field that make up the review board.
• That board evaluates each article submitted based on the quality of the article's content.
• If it is a high-quality article, it is accepted for publication.
• Think of the peer review process as you would grading. The articles with A's are iaccepted for publication, while ones who are lower than an A are rejected. 

Peer reviewed journals usually are more research-based, with methodologies and references to back up their statements, while non peer reviewed journals are not. Many non peer reviewed articles are from magazines and trade publications. 

One great feature of LibrarySearch is you can limit your results to articles from peer reviewed journals.

To limit to peer reviewed journals:

1. Go to the Boxer Library homepage:www.rosalindfranklin.edu/library
2. Find the LibrarySearch search box at the top of the page.
3. Enter your terms in the search box, and click Search.
4. Enter your HelixNet username and password when prompted. 
5. Look to the left side of the screen for a section called Limit To.
6. Click on the checkbox next to peer reviewed.
7. Your results should now only be from peer reviewed journals. 

Watch the video below to see a demonstration of how to limit to peer reviewed journals in LibrarySearch: