Peer-reviewed (or scholarly) sources are reviewed by experts in the field for accuracy before publication. This includes many academic journals and books from university presses.
Examples: American Nurse Today, Journal of Higher Education, etc.
Most databases let you filter for peer-reviewed sources.
Not peer-reviewed: Newspapers (Wall Street Journal), trade journals (Engineering News Record), and magazines (Forbes, Cosmopolitan)—these are only reviewed by editors, not subject experts.
