SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND POPULAR MAGAZINES Whats what Whats
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SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND POPULAR MAGAZINES What’s what?
What’s the Difference? SCHOLARLY � � Authors are authorities in their fields, specialists, experts, scholars, and researchers Includes author’s credentials POPULAR � � Authors are magazine staff members or free lance writers and/or generalists Often exclude author’s credentials
Difference. . . SCHOLARLY � Authors cite their sources in endnotes, footnotes, and/or bibliographies POPULAR � Authors mention sources but seldom cite them in formal bibliographies
Difference. . . SCHOLARLY � � Articles go through peer -review process Almost no advertising and color POPULAR � � No peer-review process Contain numerous advertisements and color
Difference. . . SCHOLARLY � � Articles inform or report research Illustrations come in the form of charts, diagrams or graphs to explain the research POPULAR � � Articles normally entertain Illustrations are numerous and colorful to add marketing appeal
Difference. . . SCHOLARLY � � Language, the use of specific to the particular discipline There will often have an abstract ant eh beginning of the article POPULAR � � Language, simple and every day Rarely contain an abstract
Difference. . . SCHOLARLY � � Often published by professional organization or university Indexed in subject indexes, such as MLA, Psych. Info, etc. POPULAR � � Published for profit Indexed in popular indexes
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