The Source—what am I reading? The first thing to examine when reading a research article is where the article was found. Is it a peer reviewed journal? Was it published on the web? Is it from a government source? (See “Resources for Doing Web Research”1 for help in evaluating articles found on the web). Typically, peer- reviewed journal articles are considered to be the highest quality, because they have undergone a rigorous review process prior to publication. Most academic journals are peer-reviewed, while many research briefs and reports found on the web are not. The Reese and Cox article2 was published in Developmental Psychology, a signature journal published by the American Psychological Association.