Evaluating Information
How to evaluate information, from social media to scholarly articles.
Always Evaluate the Site
These guides from the libraries at the University of Washington and UC Berkeley point out important clues for deciding whether or not to depend on a web page for information.
History of Peer Review
- The Rise of Peer Review: Melinda Baldwin on the History of Refereeing at Scientific Journals and Funding BodiesInterview with a researcher on the history of peer review.
Peer Review
Look it up
Go to our database called Ulrich's (Ulrichsweb.com).
- Type the journal TITLE in as a phrase; that is, surrounded by quotation marks
- In the left, check the filters that you want, such as "active" or "available online. Then click on the journal title.
- If the journal is peer-reviewed -- they called it “refereed,” like in sports -- you will see a little black icon (mouse over the icons to see what they mean)
