The following video explains the Scholarly Peer Reviewed Process, also known as the Refereed Process.
Click here for a guide explaining how you can recognize peer-reviewed articles.
What does it mean to be refereed (peer reviewed)?
Journals are considered refereed if the articles that are published in that journal have gone through the process highlighted above. Articles published in refereed journals are highly respected because of the rigorous peer review process that they are put through.
Not all journals are refereed, but you can determine this by reviewing the publication process posted on the journal's website, or go to the "Publications" link in the library's nursing/human anatomy database CINAHL and click on the publication's title to find out. To do so:
1. Go to CINAHL
2. Click on the "Publications" link the top menu
3. Search for the journal title and click on it.
4. Look at the "Peer Reviewed" section. It will indicate whether or not the journal is refereed.
Additionally, library databases often have a "peer-reviewed" limiter that will allow you to narrow your results to peer-reviewed/refereed articles.