How To Find Scholar Articles

Finding Scholarly Articles

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Other Sources for Scholarly Resources

• Look for publications from a professional system.
• Use databases such as JSTOR that contain only scholarly sources.
• Use databases such as Academic Search Complete or other EBSCO databases that allow yous to choose "peer-reviewed journals".
• Run into whether Ulrich's Periodicals Directory indicates that it is a Refereed Journal.
• Evaluate impress journals and journals in other databases using the criteria above.

Why does information technology matter?

Existence able to distinguish between journals (scholarly sources) and magazines (non-scholarly sources) is important.

• Your instructor may crave "but scholarly sources"
• Diverse styles treat journals and magazines differently
• Content in a journal is considered more than authoritative than a magazine
• Peer-reviewed journals are considered the most authoritative sources

Check with your instructor if you are not certain of the nature of a source.

Criteria and Examples

These criteria are guidelines. Some publications won't exactly match this listing. If a publication matches MOST of the criteria for a type, that is probably the right placement.

	Journals	Magazines
Concrete format and appearance	Blackness and white text, simple fonts Few colour photographs Non-glossy paper "Journal" often part of championship (Ladies Home Journal is an obvious exception!)	Varied fonts, colored highlights in text Lots of color photographs Glossy paper Titles tend to be less scholarly
Content	Generally long articles Letters to editor may exist several pages long Few ads, which are aimed at professionals in the field	Manufactures vary in length Messages to editor generally short Lots of colorful ads, aimed at the full general public
Typical Authors	Scholars or experts in the field Authors are always identified	Staff or gratis-lance writers Authors may not exist identified
Sourcing	Always identify sources in some fashion May utilise footnotes, parenthetical references, reference list, or bibliography	Often don't identify sources Sources may exist discussed as function of narrative construction
Review Process	Editor will be proficient in the field Articles may be checked past other experts before publication ("peer review")	Editor has publication background Articles only reviewed in-house
Audience	Aimed at scholars in the field	Aimed at full general public or hobbyists
Examples	Political Behavior Journal of Sport Management American Historical Review Constitute Physiology	Time, U.S. News & World Written report Sports Illustrated Vogue, Cosmopolitan Better Homes & Gardens

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Source: https://www.wtamu.edu/library/help/scholarly.shtml

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