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POLS-408 Racial and Ethnic Politics (Chambers)

Spring 2025

Scholarly and Peer Reviewed Journals

Scholarly journals are written by experts in a particular field or discipline and their purpose is to advance the ongoing body of work within their discipline. These articles might present original research data and findings, or take a position on a key question within the field. 

Scholarly journals are oftentimes peer-reviewed or refereed. A peer-reviewed or refereed article has gone through a process where other scholars in the author’s field or discipline critically assess a draft of the article. 

Please keep in mind that not all scholarly journals go through the peer-review process. However, it is safe to assume that a peer-reviewed journal is also scholarly. In short, “scholarly” means the article was written by an expert for an audience of other experts, researchers, or students. Peer-reviewed takes it one step further and means the article was reviewed and critiqued by the author’s peers who are experts in the same subject area. 

Some peer-reviewed journals available from Trinity include (with the database they are located in):

  • American Politics Research (Sage Journals Online).
  • American Political Science Review (Cambridge Journals).
  • American Journal of Political Science (JSTOR).
  • Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (Taylor and Francis)
  • Political Research Quarterly (Sage Journals Online).
  • Social Science Quarterly (Google Scholar).

Best Bets

Below are some great places to begin your research for scholarly journal articles (as well as eBooks) on your topics: