Anthropology and Archaeology

This is not always an easy answer because:

peer reviewed journals have non-peer reviewed content in them.

First check if article is scholarly.  Check if it has:

• has references of other scholarly articles
• is written by a scholar or expert
• is written for author scholars so uses specialized terminology
• has abstract
• is organized in a specific way
  • introduction
  • methods
  • analysis/results
  • discussion
  • conclusion

Is the article Peer reviewed?

Peer reviewed articles are a special kind of scholarly.

To make sure you have to check if the journal says that it is peer reviewed

To do so:

Search for the journal title in Urichsweb. The term they use for peer-reviewed is 'referred'.

You can also:

• find journal in print or online
• open an issue and look
  •   at the first few pages
  • or the last few pages
  • they often say if journal is peer reviewed
• online at the journal site look for
  • about the journal or
  • author guidelines
  • one or the other should tell you if there is a review process

Again, not everything in a peer reviewed journal is a peer reviewed article. 

As you professor or a librarian if you are unsure.