This short video discusses what it means for an article to be a peer reviewed empirical research study and gives tips for how you can identify these types of articles.
Empirical research articles (or empirical studies) report the results of original research. Empirical study articles are usually broken down into categories similar to those listed below, although the exact wording of sections will vary:
To limit your results to empirical studies in PsycINFO, select EMPIRICAL STUDY from the Methodology limiter box in the Advanced Search menu.