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Finding Scholarly and Peer Reviewed Articles: Scholarly v Popular

Scholarly vs. Popular sources

Below is information on the difference between popular and scholarly or peer reviewed articles and how to identify these sources.

Scholarly vs Popular Sources

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Scholarly vs Popular Sources
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Resources for Learning About Peer Reviewed Articles

Peer review in 3 minutes video
What is peer review?
From the Oregon State University Valley Library, this guide illustrates sources for identifying peer reviewed journal articles.
Identify peer reviewed articles: Evaluating resources
See this 1-minute tutorial from the USC Libraries on definitions and sources of peer reviewed articles.

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