Evaluating Information

How to evaluate information, from social media to scholarly articles.

Types of Articles in Peer Reviewed Publications

Peer-reviewed publications have both peer-reviewed articles and non-peer-reviewed content, including: 
  • Literature Reviews
  • Columns (often opinion pieces)
  • News
  • Book Reviews
    ---Brief critical discussion about the merits and weaknesses of a particular book; scholarly books are typically reviewed by other scholars
  • Annotated bibliographies
    ---A list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief descriptive and evaluative paragraph, which is the annotation. The purpose of the annotations is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.
  • Literary Reviews
    ---A brief critical discussion about the merits and weaknesses of a literary work such as a play, novel, or book of poems.
  • Obituaries