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HON 1000: Identity and Hybridity: Finding Research Articles

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

Interlibrary Loan

If the library does not have the full text of the article, you can request it via Interlibrary Loan.

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Scholarly V. Popular

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

Suggested Databases

The following are general knowledge databases useful for your paper:

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Points of View Reference Source This link opens in a new window

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