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How can I find peer-reviewed journal articles for my topic?
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To find peer-reviewed articles:
- go to Library Search
- enter your keywords in the search box. Use parentheses for terms around or . For example (australia or zealand) finds articles mentioning either of these locations. Use speech marks where you are looking for words in a specific order e.g. "access to health", "quality of life", "prostate cancer", etc.
- change "Everything" to "Journal articles"
- click the Search button.
- In the right column tick next to Peer-reviewed journals and Apply filters
- Select the Publication Date if you need up-to-date articles e.g. Select 2015-2025 and Refine.
- To retain the peer-reviewed and date of publication filters for your next search click on Remember all filters.
Here is an example for a search for peer-reviewed New Zealand or Australia articles on barriers to access to health which you can modify with your own keywords. Note that this method will search across most of the Ara databases at the same time. Make sure peer-reviewed and the date of publication shown in Years still shows to the right of your results to be sure your results are up-to-date and peer-reviewed.
See also our FAQ called How do I search a database like CINAHL or Proquest Central?
APA Referencing tip: If you click on the citation icon (it looks like speech marks) you can see the APA reference for any article in Library Search. Click on Copy citation to clipboard to copy and paste the citation into your reference list. Important: Always check your citation against the relevant section in the Ara APA Referencing Guide.
