Speech-Language Pathology

All health publications are not all the same. Some are designed for the general public and others are written for health science researchers.  You will be expected to know the difference and be familiar with the kinds of information contained in each type of publication.  The majority of your evidence-based assignments will require using peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles.

Some terms to understand:

• Periodical is a term that encompasses both magazines and journals.
• Magazine refers to a popular or trade publication.
• Journal is used for periodicals that publish scholarly content.
  • Peer-reviewed articles provide the highest quality control standard since articles are scrutinized by experts in the field before being published.
  • Editor-reviewed articles have more limited review and do not meet the same gold standard of quality.
  • Research articles have undergone peer-review and present the results of rigorous research studies. This work is seen as contributing to the knowledge base of the field and moving it forward.

All of these results lists are from MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine's international index and limited to publications within the past 5 years.  Updated Mar 2024.