HONR 111: College Writing B

Choose the resources that best help you explore your topic.

• Take time to consider how the articles and websites you find will help you explore your interests and questions. 
• Use a mix of popular and scholarly articles, books, and websites. 
• Seek a variety of points of view from multiple sources.

A peer-reviewed article goes through a special process before it is published.

1. Author submits their article to publication (usually a professional journal)
2. A group of "peers," or other professionals in the same discipline, review the submitted article
3. The peers then send the article back to the author with questions and/or revisions
4. This back and forth process can last 6 months to a year
5. Once the author and reviewers agree on the article, it is published.

Most databases have an option to narrow down your search results to peer-reviewed articles. Here are a few examples:

• How do articles get peer reviewed?
• What role does peer review play in scholarly research and publication?
• This video will explain.
• This video is published under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license.
• License, credits, and contact information can be found here: https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/peerreview/