A library database is a tool that allows you to search for and find different types of information. For Music Education students that information might be scholarly peer-reviewed articles on teaching pedagogy for music instruction or it might be information on a composer or sound recordings. At Jenks Library we have several library databases you can search to help retrieve the information you need.
To select an appropriate database to use, first think about the type of information you are trying to find.
For your research in both music and education, we have many databases that will provide access to different kinds of information. The goal of this video is to introduce you to where you can find many of those resources from the library's database page, and how to run database searches to find peer-reviewed sources on your topic.
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An article is considered "peer-reviewed" if it has been reviewed by scholars and professionals within the field of study for the article. This process involves reviewing how the article was written and the research involved. The review process involves an extensive exchange between the review panel and the author(s), and the article can only be considered for publication in a scholarly journal once it has been approved.
Ask yourself the following questions about the article you are viewing to determine if it is peer-reviewed:
Many of our databases make the process of locating peer-reviewed information very easy for us by providing a "peer-reviewed" search filter on the search screen. This search filter is automatically selected in our EBSCO databases.
Use this information sheet for criteria to look for in a peer-reviewed article.
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