Social Work 170

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Peer-reviewed journals (also called "scholarly" or "academic" journals) contain original research articles within a specific subject domain.

These articles are reviewed by other experts before publication and share many or all of these qualities:

• List authors' names, email addresses, and affiliations (e.g. Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney)
• Use section headers (these may vary): Abstract, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion
• Include tables or figures of statistical data
• Cite references to other quality sources

Here are two examples:

• Qualitative study in social work
• Quantitative study in sociology

NOTE: Some peer-reviewed journals will include literature reviews, book reviews, and opinion essays. None of these present original research however!

This table summarizes the differences between peer-reviewed journals and other periodicals, but please ask a librarian if you have further questions!

This list may help you get started, but is by no means complete!  Try using these keywords, or combinations of keywords, within LOPERSearch or other library databases.

For example:  gender AND "income distribution"