Additional help with selecting databases can be found by using the Research Guides, found on the Sawyer Library home page. Each guide will point to the appropriate databases for that subject.
The terms Refereed, Peer Reviewed, Academic, and Scholarly are often used interchangeably.
To be published in a peer reviewed (or refereed) journal, the article must be read and approved by other scholars in that field of study. For more on how to distinguish a scholarly journal from a popular magazine, see the Sawyer Library guide: Peer Review and Primary Literature: An Introduction.
Journals, magazines, & newspapers are published 'periodically:'
Hence the term 'periodical databases.'