Scholarly Communication and Peer Review

This guide will help you understand scholarly communication. Use the menu on the left to read more about scholarly communication and peer review.

According to the American Libraries Association, "scholarly communication is the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use."

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