Guides: HU 3900: Inquiry Seminar: Working: Journal Articles

Peer Reviewed or Refeered

What are "peer-reviewed" or "refereed" journals?

A peer-reviewed journal is a respected publication. Before articles are published within these types of journals, they are sent by the editors of the journal to other scholars in the field ("peers"), often anonymously, to get feedback on the quality of the scholarship, review research methods, as well as relevance or importance to the field. The article may be accepted, often with revisions suggested, or rejected for publication. Many peer-reviewed journals have low acceptance rates.

To find peer reviewed articles in WPI Library Search, enter your keywords and then choose the Peer-Reviewed Journals filter on the left.

Suggested Databases for History

Use these databases to find journal articles, books, and book chapters on historical topics.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Online archive of eBooks and complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields.
Coverage: 1800s-
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Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full text access to scholarly humanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals.
Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Indexing and full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world on various humanities topics.
Coverage: 1920s-
Full Text: Yes
Oxford Academic | Journals This link opens in a new window
Search 400+ titles covering a variety of topic areas.
Coverage: 1996-
Full Text: Yes

To find more history databases and electronic resources, check out our History Databases.

Examples of Peer-Reviewed Journals for Modern European History

Use BrowZine to find journals available at WPI. Browse by subject to find journals on labor history.

Labor History
Labor History is a journal for historical scholarship on labor. It showcases the work of labor historians, industrial relations scholars, labor economists, political scientists, sociologists, social movement theorists, business scholars and all others who write about labor issues. Labor History is also committed to geographical and chronological breadth. It publishes work on labor in the US and all other areas of the world. It is concerned with questions of labor in every time period, from the eighteenth century to contemporary events.
Labor Studies Journal
The Labor Studies Journal (LSJ) is the official journal of the United Association for Labor Education (UALE). Published quarterly, LSJ is a multi-disciplinary journal covering issues related to work, workers, labor organizations, and labor studies and worker education in the US and internationally. The journal publishes articles which use a wide range of research methods, both qualitative and quantitative.
Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas
The official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA). The labor question—who will do the work and under what economic and political terms?—beckons today with renewed global urgency. Labor hopes to provide a scaffolding for understanding the roots of our current dilemmas. While engaging social movements and institutions based on industrial work, Labor gives equal attention to critical labor systems and social contexts across the "American hemisphere". Published by Duke University Press.

Examples of Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Left out in the Cold: Village Women and Agricultural Labour in England and Wales during the First World War
Verdon, Nicola. “Left out in the Cold: Village Women and Agricultural Labour in England and Wales during the First World War.” Twentieth Century British History 27, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwv039.
Organizing the Neglected Worker: The Women’s Trade Union League in New York and Boston, 1930–1950
Norwood, Stephen H. “Organizing the Neglected Worker: The Women’s Trade Union League in New York and Boston, 1930–1950.” Labor History 50, no. 2 (May 1, 2009): 163–85. https://doi.org/10.1080/00236560902826071.
Jacobins, Bolsheviks, and the Dream of Revolution: October 1917 in the Trajectory of a Brazilian Metalworker of African Descent
French, John D., and Alexandre Fortes. “Jacobins, Bolsheviks, and the Dream of Revolution: October 1917 in the Trajectory of a Brazilian Metalworker of African Descent.” Labor 14, no. 3 (September 2017): 23–34. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-3921283.