Tutorials

Identify Peer Reviewed Articles

Learn how to identify a peer-reviewed article.

What does the "peer review" filter mean?

When you search in the USC Libraries, you may notice a filter on the left-hand side that says “Peer-Reviewed Journals.” And assignments often require you to use peer-reviewed, or scholarly, sources. What does this mean, and why would you use this filter? That’s what we’ll cover in this tutorial.