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Popular and Scholarly Articles
| Popular Articles |
Scholarly Articles |
| Will traditionally appear in magazines, newspapers, and trade publications |
Will traditionally appear in journals |
| Shorter length |
Longer length |
| Will sometimes see pictures or advertisements |
No advertisements, usually charts and graphs detailing data |
| Written for a general audience |
Written for scholars, researchers, or students in that field |
Scholarly V. Popular
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Scholarly Research
Watch a quick tutorial on the difference between scholarly and popular articles
Where Do I Find Articles?
- The databases (see next tab) hold a collection of articles, including peer-reviewed journal articles.
- Google Scholar will also hold a collection of articles. If you use the link provided through the library, Google Scholar can link to the full text of the article
Search Tips
- Never put in your entire research question when you search
- Break up your search into keywords
- Write down several different possibilities for searching
- You will need to search different terms and combinations - there is no such thing as a perfect search
