How do you know if a journal's articles are peer-reviewed?
You can usually find this information on a journal's website under a section title something like Information for Authors.
You can also look up the journal title in the library database Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. After searching for the journal title and locating the record, looked for the icon of a striped referee shirt that indicates it contains peer-reviewed articles.
If you're looking for a review article (an article that reports, synthesizes, and summarizes primary research), it's very easy to conduct a search in PsycINFO and then LIMIT your results so that you retrieve only review articles.
Once you have a list of results, click on the ALL LIMIT OPTIONS link. Then select JOURNAL ARTICLE (Publication Type) and LITERATURE REVIEW (Methodology).
The following tips will help you determine if an article is right for you!
The University Libraries subscribes to the following annual reviews and owns the following reference books. If you happen to be in the Jerome Library, take some time to browse through the Encyclopedia of Psychology--its eight volumes cover all aspects of psychology. All of the other resources listed here are available electronically and can be accessed from your home, apartment or dorm room if you have internet access.