This guide is designed to provide new and experienced psychology researchers with basic information about UNL Libraries' services and resources. Contact your librarian for help locating the best sources for your information needs.
Before trying to understand the scholarly and peer-reviewed articles, get a firm grasp of your topic with definitions, topic overviews, and information written with the learner in mind.
Whether you're looking for peer-reviewed or just credible scholarly sources, most library databases allow you to limit your search results to these kinds of articles. Take a look at some of these databases to get started.
It's important to know that there is a difference between "scholarly" and "peer-reviewed". Scholarly is a much broader category and can include any publication written for an academic audience. Peer-reviewed refers to a specific process in which a publication is evaluated by other experts within the field before it is approved for publication.