Determining Peer Review
- Is It Peer Reviewed? Strategies for Checking Your ReferencesThis handout describes a few ways to determine if a journal article is peer-reviewed.
Librarian for Public Policy & Urban Planning
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What is a Social Movement?
- Social Movements Reference Entry — Encyclopedia of SociologyBEAFORD, ROBERT D., et al. "Social Movements." Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed., vol. 4, Macmillan Reference USA, 2001, pp. 2717-2727. Gale eBooks, https://link.gale.com.
- Social Movements Entry — Dictionary of Critical TheoryBuchanan, I. (2018). social movement. In A Dictionary of Critical Theory. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 Sep. 2020, from https://www.oxfordreference.com
- Social Movements Entry — Dictionary of Cultural AnthropologyVivanco, L. social movement. In A Dictionary of Cultural Anthropology. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 Sep. 2020, from https://www.oxfordreference.com
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