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Home > Services > Literacy & Instruction Services > SJSU Information Competence > Finding Articles > Scholarly & Popular Articles
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Scholarly & Popular Articles
How can you tell the difference? Here are some clues to look for:
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Scholarly Journal Articles
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Popular Magazine Articles
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Usually a scholar or researcher with expertise
in the subject area; Author's credentials and/or affiliation are given.
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Author
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Author's name may or may not be given; often
a professional writer; may or may not have expertise in the subject area. |
Other scholars, researchers and students.
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Audience
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General public; the interested non-specialist. |
Specialized terminology or jargon of the field;
requires prior knowledge (or a good specialized dictionary!).
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Language
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Vocabulary in general usage; understandable
to most readers. |
Articles have a clearly-defined structure with an
abstract, objective, methodology, analysis, results and conclusion. May include charts or graphs but rarely photographs or other illustrations
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Appearance / Organization
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Informal organization: eye-catching type and
formatting. Usually includes illustrations and photographs.
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| Always has a list of references or bibliography;
sources of quotes and facts are cited and can be verified. |
References /
Bibliography
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Rarely has a list of references; usually does
not give complete information about sources of information. |
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This page last updated June 27, 2007 by the Web Team
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