Instruction
These review processes offer potential benefits to scholars. As a doctoral student, you can recognize and reap these benefits. You should know the criteria for recognizing peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed articles as well as how, when, and why to use each type.
To prepare:
Choose an article from an international peer-reviewed journal from the Walden Library.
Reflect on how you determined that the article is peer-reviewed.
Read "Peer Review: An Introduction and Guide" in this week's Learning Resources.
Consider the possible advantages and disadvantages of peer review.
Post the title of the article, the name of the database where you found the article, and the link to the article. Then, explain the criteria you used to determine that it is a peer-reviewed journal article. Next, explain the importance of using peer-reviewed journal articles as a scholar-practitioner in your particular field. Finally, provide an example of a situation when material that is not peer-reviewed would be acceptable for a scholar-practitioner to cite, and why.