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Psychology: About Scholarly Articles

This guide provides resources, tips, and tutorials for research in psychology.

Scholarly Sources

In psychology, the term "scholarly sources" usually refers to articles published in scholarly journals that present the results of research studies. Scholarly articles are written by experts and go through a peer review process before being published.

Watch the videos and complete the tutorial below to learn about scholarly journals, the peer review process, how to identify scholarly articles, and how to read these articles strategically.

Video: Peer Review

The following video describes how the peer review process works, why it's important, and how to locate peer-reviewed articles (from off campus you will need to log in using your Pipeline username and password):

Video: How to Read Scholarly Materials

The following video explores how to identify scholarly sources and how to read them strategically (from off campus you will need to log in using your Pipeline username and password):

Tutorial: How to Read Scholarly Materials

The following tutorial explores how to identify scholarly sources and how to read them strategically (from off campus you will need to log in using your Pipeline username and password):