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Demystifying Peer Review

You may know that peer-reviewed journal articles are an important part of the research process. But do you really know what “peer review” is? What difference does consulting peer-reviewed scholarship make to your own research?

The Value of Peer Review

Arant Kaspar, Wendi. “What’s So Important about Peer Review?” College & Research Libraries 77, no. 6 (November 2016): 678–81.
Engler, Steven, and Michael Stausberg. “Acknowledging Peer Review.” Religion 40, no. 3 (July 2010): 147–51.
Pahman, Dylan. “A Primer for Academic Authors.” Journal of Markets & Morality 21, no. 2 (Fall 2018): 231–37.
Pahman, Dylan. “A Primer for Peer Review.” Journal of Markets & Morality 17, no. 1 (Spring 2014): 1–7.
Roberts, Thomas J., and Jennifer Shambrook. “Academic Excellence: A Commentary and Reflections on the Inherent Value of Peer Review.” Journal of Research Administration 43, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 33–38.

Challenges to Peer Review

Ford, Emily. "Scholarship as an Open Conversation: Using Open Peer Review in Library Instruction." In the Library with the Lead Pipe. April 4, 2018.