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ERS111H5: Earth, Climate & Life

Journal Article Databases

GeoRef Search Video

GeoRef is part of Engineering Village. Watch this quick video to see how the interface works. Found on the Engineering VIllage training site.

Ulrich's: Is it Peer-reviewed?

How do I know that a journal is peer-reviewed? The best way to check is to look up the title of the journal in the authoritative listing of all journals called Ulrich's Periodical Directory.

The search screen in Ulrich's looks like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type the journal title (like "quaternary science reviews") into the search window, then examine the results. Ulrich's will have separate records for the print and online formats of every journal, but what you need to see most is the icon of the referee T-shirt (shown below inside the red outline).

If the journal title is associated with the referee T-shirt, the content of the journal is peer-reviewed: