Scholarly Journals
A dialogue at the bus stop:
"Hey, how's the psychology class going?"
"Not good. The professor wouldn't let me use the articles I found and I've already written the paper!"
"Really?! Why did she do that?"
"She said all my articles were from popular magazines, and she only accepts scholarly journal articles. I gotta do my research and my whole paper all over again! I wish I'd known the difference between popular magazines and scholarly journals, 'cause I'd be done now!"
Ordinary magazines, also known as popular magazines, are intended for a general audience. The articles are fairly short and often do not explore a topic in depth. Popular magazines are usually published by commercial publishers. The authors of the articles do not have to be experts on the subjects they write about. Popular magazines have lots of advertisements for all sorts of products and services.
Scholarly journals are also known as: peer-reviewed journals, refereed journals, original research, juried publications, primary research. They are intended for an audience of scholars, researchers, and scientists. Scholarly journal articles cover a subject in great detail. Scholarly journals are published by universities, research institutes, or scholarly associations. Authors must be scholars or researchers in the field covered by the journal. Titles of scholarly journals reveal a more in-depth approach to a topic. Scholarly journals usually have no advertisements. Scholarly journal articles often have an abstract or summary that appears at the top of the first page. Do not write your paper from the abstracts! You must read the whole article. Scholarly journal articles always have a list of sources used by the author at the end. The list may be called: references, bibliography, resources, notes. The list will lead you to other sources on your topic.
Popular magazine features:
Scholarly journal features:
The End.
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