Primo Search
With a set of results in Primo Search, you can use the Show only > Peer-reviewed Journals option to refine your results to articles from peer-reviewed journals.
![In Primo Search, the refiner for Show Only > Peer Reviewed Journals appears to the left of the results list](//libapps-au.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/accounts/23977/images/Primo_PR_refiner.PNG)
Databases
Some databases offer the option to limit searches or refine results to peer-reviewed journals.
Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory
The most reliable way to check whether a journal is peer-reviewed is to check in the Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory:
- Locate Ulrichsweb in CSU Library’s list of U-Databases
- Use the default Basic Search to find the journal you are checking. Type in the name of the journal in double quotation marks.
- In the table of results, if the “Refereed” column for the journal includes an icon of a referee’s shirt, then the journal is peer-reviewed.
![The peer-review symbol appears in search results in the Ulricsweb database in the second column from the left]( //s3.amazonaws.com/libapps/accounts/23983/images/pr_icon_ulrichs.png)
Journal’s website
If you go to a journal website, information on peer-review will usually be included in a section on information for authors or publication policies and procedures. A good way to find the website for a journal is to check the journal record in Ulrichsweb.
![Publisher information on this example of a journal website states that all manuscripts are subject to double-blind peer review]( //s3.amazonaws.com/libapps/accounts/23983/images/publisher_pr.png)