Peer-reviewed journal articles have gone through a special review process (peer review, naturally). This means scholars of a discipline have read an article carefully and determined that it makes a worthwhile contribution and was researched correctly. This is why instructors prefer you to use peer-reviewed articles -- it guarantees that your sources are good ones.
Guide Example: Kansas University Medical Center
Journal articles report the latest findings in a field, provide reviews of the literature for selected topics, and discuss issues important to a professional group. Search for journals in the Journal Locator, or, under Browse By Discipline, click Nursing & Allied Health to see the more than 700 journals we have access to.
Journals of special interest in Nursing include:
This video explains the peer review process and its importance. Many, but not all scholarly journals are peer reviewed.
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