Using the Discovery Search (main search box on the library home page).
Using library databases
Check the Databases A-Z page and check databases per area of study and per type of content. Several of our databases contain peer-reviewed articles.
Most databases include a filter to refine to peer-reviewed articles only. The filter can be seen either from the main search interface or from the results list.
Ebscohost databases | Proquest databases |
Though peer-review is still the main option to guarantee the quality of published research, it is not entirely flawless. Even respected authors and highly regarded journals sometimes have to issue corrections or the retraction of entire papers, either because data was inaccurate, incomplete, or there were unknown ethical concerns at the time of publication.
The issue of retraction becomes more problematic as researchers are pressed to publish more (publication volume is usually assessed for grants and career advancement) and with topics that require research results to be published faster (think of Covid-19).