Check if a result is worth your time before you read it. Use clues in the database or search engine to decide if you should read it.
Check out the example of a detailed record below. This example has certain terms circled to highlight information that you will want to check for when you are evaluating an article.
Tips to Remember:
You're looking for two combined pieces:
an article that meets the criteria of a scholarly article
AND
a journal that contains peer reviewed articles.*
* Or any other criteria as assigned by your professor or that meet your information need.
These may be great sources and very useful to you (remember to cite them if you use them!), but they're not peer reviewed.
Have a citation for a specific legal case? Shepardize it to find the current status of that case, related cases, and newer cases that cite that case. Always Shepardize your case to find the most current version of it.
Look up the case in Nexis Uni and click the "Shepardize this document" link.
Or, type shep: and the citation into the search box