Content on this page has been adapted from Middle Tennessee State University Libraries' libguide "Finding Non Peer Reviewed Sources."
OSTI.GOV makes discoverable over 75 years of scientific and technical information (STI) research from DOE and its predecessor agencies. Research results include journal articles/accepted manuscripts and related metadata; technical reports; scientific research datasets and collections; scientific software; patents; conference and workshop papers; books and theses; and multimedia. OSTI.GOV contains over 3 million records, including citations to 1.5 million journal articles, 1 million of which have digital object identifiers (DOIs) linking to full-text articles on publishers' websites. Easy-to-use search capabilities and customization options are available; and for the DOE community, additional citation information is available to help researchers evaluate article impact and find related research.
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Abbreviation: osti
Vendor: U.S. Department of Energy
Subjects: Engineering
Type: E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Government Publications, Open Access, Reports
A non-peer-reviewed source is an information source that has not undergone peer review. Examples include government publications, books or book chapters, theses and dissertations, newspaper or magazine articles, websites or blog posts, and documents published by government agencies.
One other non-peer-reviewed source is an article in a trade journal. Trade journals, also called trade publications, trade magazines, or professional magazines, are magazines or newspapers whose target audience is people who work in a particular profession or industry. Articles in these publications are often short, and they may contain advertisements. Examples of trade publications include the Chronicle of Higher Education, Education Week, and Ad Week.
As for peer-reviewed sources, you should constantly evaluate a non-peer-reviewed information source for relevance, credibility, and appropriateness for your situation.
Always consult your course materials and instructor for specific guidelines about acceptable assignment source types.
Also see: Theses and Dissertations at The Florida State University
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital form full text.
You have access to:
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Business
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Health & Medicine
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: History
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Literature & Language
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Science & Technology
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: Social Sciences
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text: The Arts
Abbreviation: dissertations
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1637–Current
Subjects: *General / Multi-Subject
Type: Dissertations / Theses
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