Unfortunately Google Scholar doesn’t have a setting that will allow you to restrict results only to peer-reviewed articles. If you find articles in Google Scholar, you would have to look up the journal the article is published in to find out whether they use peer review or not. If you use the library databases, these do have options to restrict to peer review, either from the main search page or usually in the left hand column of the results page.
While the results from Google Scholar are generally academic they are not necessarily peer- reviewed . Typically, you will find: peer reviewed journal articles (although they are not identified as peer-reviewed) Masters theses, doctoral dissertations and other degree publications (not peer-reviewed) .
You might be wondering “What is Google Scholar and how does it work?”
With Google Scholar, you can search by scholar preferences, easily navigate to related articles, and see how many times an article has been cited. Use search criteria to locate peer-reviewed articles.
How do I find peer-reviewed articles?
Google Scholar can be a powerful source of scholarly information, It’s very easy to use, looking and feeling just like Google. But the results you will get are very different. Here’s some of what you may find: 1. Peer-reviewed journal articles 2. Other previously published journal articles 3.
How do I search for scholarly literature?
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources : articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions.
How do I restrict search results to peer review only?
If you use the library databases, these do have options to restrict to peer review, either from the main search page or usually in the left hand column of the results page. For example, in Ebsco databases (such as Academic Search Complete), there is a checkbox to filer for peer-reviewed articles only in the section below the main search box:.