Peer review is a process applied to scholarly work intended to produce a "high level of scholarship."
The peer review process consists of a critical review of a submission by other experts in the field. The result is a publication that has passed rigorous standards and is therefore accurate, reliable, and high quality scholarly work.
Peer review work is also sometimes referred to as "refereed". If you see either of these terms used to describe a scholarly journal, it means that source is peer reviewed.
For a more thorough understanding of peer review, take a look at the UTSC Library's guide:
Many databases have filters to help you limit to peer reviewed articles. In the filters menu, look for "peer review" or "scholarly article" or "scholarly source".
LibrarySearch, the UTM Library's catalog, will let you know when a resource is peer reviewed. Look for the peer review icon when using the Library website to find sources:
Not all the resources you use to find articles will clearly indicate when a source is peer reviewed, and not all scholarly sources are peer reviewed. When you're not sure, you can use Ulrichsweb to confirm whether a source you've found meets that standard.
Ulrichweb is a database that tracks peer reviewed sources, and you can use it to look up whether a publication is peer reviewed.
To use Ulrichsweb:
