How to find peer reviewed articles
Many lecturers at CBS expect you to use peer reviewed articles in your assignments. The good news is that it is easy to find them when you search through Libsearch, the library’s own search system.
Start in Libsearch
Libsearch makes it easy to filter out everything that isn't peer reviewed. Just search for your topic and select Peer Reviewed in the left-hand menu. Then you will only see the research articles that have undergone peer review before publication.
Find peer reviewed articles in a few clicks
- Go to libsearch.cbs.dk
- Search for your topic, for example, meat substitute
- Click Peer Reviewed in the left-hand menu
The hardest part is often finding the right keywords. Try different combinations, play with synonyms and see how your results change.
Fewer – but more relevant – results
In the example above, the search results drop from around 2500 to 1700 peer reviewed articles. That is still a lot.
If you want to narrow your search further, you can:
- Limit the publication years
- Add more subject terms, for example, consumer attitudes
This quickly reduces the number of results to something far more manageable – in this example to 91 articles.
And remember: the librarians are ready to help if you get stuck or want guidance on your search strategy.
Understand what peer reviewed articles are
What does peer reviewed mean?
Peer review is the academic world’s quality control. When researchers write an article, they submit it to a journal, which asks other experts to evaluate the content, methods and conclusions before it is published.
How can you check if an article is peer reviewed?
It is the journal – not the article – you need to check.
You can:
- look up the journal in Libsearch via Find journals, where a purple label shows that the journal uses peer review
- visit the journal’s website and read more under About
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You are also welcome to drop by the library and talk to a librarian.
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