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PSYC 3010 - Research and Statistics

Is this journal peer reviewed?

To determine if a journal is peer reviewed, go to the Libraries webpage (from www.memphis.edu) click on Libraries.  On the next page, click on Databases (under Search UM Libraries) and type Serials Directory (see example below).  Type in your journal title and select it from the return list if there is more than one similar title.  Scroll down the page.  Near the bottom, you will see Peer Reviewed:  Yes.  If that topic does not appear, then the journal is not peer reviewed.

Title:     American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 

 

Status:  Active  

 

Subjects:             Forensic Medicine, Medical Jurisprudence; Pathology  

 

Description:       The journal features original articles on new

examination and documentation procedures, as well as provocative discussions of the forensic pathologist's expanding role-in human rights protection, suicide and drug abuse prevention, occupational and

environmental health, and other key areas.      

 

Abbreviated Title:           Am. j. forensic med. pathol.      

 

Publication Date:             Vol. 1 (Mar. 1980)-          

 

ISSN:     01957910            

 

Publication Type:            periodical          

 

Language:           English

 

Issues Per Year:                4             

 

Frequency:         Quarterly-4 per year (1 each 3 months or season).          

 

Price:    US 879.00            

 

Publisher:           LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

2 COMMERCE SQ, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19103

Phone: 800/638-3030 301/223-2300. Fax: 301/223-2400  

 

Email:   ORDERS@LWW.COM    

 

Publisher URL:  http://www.lww.com  

 

Subscription Details:      LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, PO BOX 1600,

HAGERSTOWN, MD, 21740. Phone: 800/638-3030 301/223-2470. Fax:

301/223-2470. Email: AGENTS@LWW.COM.        

 

Editors:                Vincent J.M. Di Maio     

 

Indexed/Abstracted:     BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS; CUMULATIVE INDEX TO

NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH LITERATURE; CURRENT CONTENTS. CLINICAL MEDICINE;

MEDLINE; SCISEARCH    

 

LC Classification:              RA1001

 

Dewey Classification:    614/.1/

 

Universal Decimal Classification:             61          

 

CONSER:              005664235          

 

Peer Reviewed:               Yes        

 

Copyright Clearance Center Registered:               Yes        

 

Accession Number:        043561315          

 

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Evaluation of Web documents

How to interpret the basics

Accuracy of Web Documents
Who wrote the page and can you contact him or her?
What is the purpose of the document and why was it produced?
Is this person qualified to write this document?

Accuracy
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Know the distinction between author and webmaster.

Authority of Web Documents
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What is the purpose of the document and why was it produced
Is this person qualified to write this document?

Authority
What credentials are listed for the authors?
Where is the document published?
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How detailed is the information?
What opinions (if any) are expressed by the author?

Objectivity
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